July 19, 2014 - 11:55
A few weeks ago, I asked Ann if the comments on all pages could be re-ordered, so that they appear in reverse chrono-order.
Making that request, I acknowledged, meant that I'd finally bought into the "nowness" of the stream, as per
http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2013/12/2013-the-year-the-stream-crested/282202/
--just as the stream has crested. I'd like us to talk about this. Two starting points?
"'interactive' anything is the wrong word. Interactive makes you imagine people sitting with their hands on controls, some kind of gamelike thing. The right word is 'unfinished.' Think of cultural products, or art works, or the people who use them even, as being unfinished. Permanently unfinished."
"It's like a story of ecosystem collapse where once the delicate balances get thrown off, the biome begins to veer off in crazy directions, everything running around like Texas crazy ants....."