Eratosphere Forums - Metrical Poetry, Free Verse, Fiction, Art, Critique, Discussions Able Muse - a review of poetry, prose and art

Forum Left Top

 
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
Prev Previous Post   Next Post Next
  #11  
Unread 01-04-2023, 04:53 PM
Max Goodman Max Goodman is offline
Member
 
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Sunnyvale, CA
Posts: 2,448
Default

This thread has attracted some thoughtful and thought-provoking responses.

Suddenly, everything I read seems to touch on the idea that changes in the world are changing human nature. Suggested culprits include television

Quote:
Originally Posted by David Foster Wallace, examining in 1988 the work of young writers
It may be that, through hyper- and atrophy, our mental capacities themselves are different [from those of previous generations]: the breadth of our attentions greater as attention spans themselves shorten. Raised on an activity at least partly passive, we experience a degree of manipulation as neutral, a fact of life.
and quantum mechanics

Quote:
Originally Posted by a character in Benjamin Labatut's When We Cease to Understand the World
it was mathematics--not nuclear weapons, computers, biological warfare, or our climate Armageddon--which was changing our world to the point where, in a couple of decades at most, we would simply not be able to grasp what being human really meant.
Reply With Quote
 

Bookmarks


Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Forum Jump



Forum Right Top
Forum Left Bottom Forum Right Bottom
 
Right Left
Member Login
Forgot password?
Forum LeftForum Right


Forum Statistics:
Forum Members: 8,514
Total Threads: 22,695
Total Posts: 279,748
There are 1661 users
currently browsing forums.
Forum LeftForum Right


Forum Sponsor:
Donate & Support Able Muse / Eratosphere
Forum LeftForum Right
Right Right
Right Bottom Left Right Bottom Right

Hosted by ApplauZ Online