The rise of the electronic communications infrastructure hasn’t done anything to improve the signal-to-noise ratio. It has merely amplified and enhanced it. Instead of ordinary bullshit, you can now have flaming digital bullshit bounced off a satellite for your listening and viewing enjoyment.
Stephen Gaskin
February 11, 2012 at 2:50 pm |
“One of the effects of living with electric information is that we live habitually in a state of information overload. There’s always more than you can cope with”.
- Marshall McLuhan on The Best of Ideas on CBC Radio in 1967
February 18, 2012 at 3:35 am |
A refreshing blog find. Recently received a pic of a wild parrot in San Diego from my older brother. My love for Telegraph Hill and Coit Tower has not diminished since I left California for NYC 32 years ago. THE HILL is a must see on each trip home. Searching “your” parrots following receipt of my brother’s parrot pics, brought me to VIEW FROM A HILL Thanks for lessening the effects of “flaming electronic bullshit.” What a quotable line. I’ll be back…