Again, thanks - and yes, please: write that book! - c. On 26.08.13 00:15, "Barry Wellman" <wellman@chass.utoronto.ca> wrote:
Charles, I also think the bartender's remark reflects the continuing dystopian meme that new tech is going to kill off old true community. Sherry Turkle's Alone Together is a recent example, as is the obssessive nature of NYT op-eds and magazine pieces (as distinct from their good news reporting).
Leo Marx's The Machine in the Garden first got me thinking about this, and I put a bunch of early internet examples into "Net Surfers Dont Ride Alone" and "Physical Space and Cyber Place"
Marx traces back to Tommy Jefferson. One day, I'll do a book on this.
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