Ralph Dumain
I am not really part of the blogosphere. I've experimented on the most
primitive level with a blog on a rather esoteric subject:
Emergence Blog
http://www.autodidactproject.org/my/emergence-blog.html
I don't know much about blogware. My blog has minimal structure, minimal
design, and no interactivity. While there are sites that register blogs,
and there is likely some type of tracking or ranking system for blogs, I
don't know anything about this. While I'm randomly informed of other
people's blogs, I haven't kept track of all the blogs out there that too
cultural and social critique.
So who needs another blog? Wouldn't it be just more of the same?
I've been thinking of starting a new blog, as a broader based way of
engaging the full range of ideas and observations with the public than via
my usual interventions via small e-lists.
I've taken a step in pursuing this, but I'm not 100% certain this is the
best way to go:
"Studies in a Dying Culture"
BLOG
http://www.autodidactproject.org/my/blog-culture.html
While I like the idea of reviving this old concept (as I did before back in
the '80s), I wonder if the framing might be too negative, apocalyptic, or
narrow, given the range of material I want to cover: philosophy, media
culture, intellectual history, the arts, ideology, etc. Perhaps the tone
set here is too dark and pessimistic, or perhaps it might unduly narrow the
focus. I think my approach to things is unique, with or without the
gloom-and-doom branding.
So I'm curious as to what you think.
^^^^^^
CB: I'm a Caudwell fan. However, I tend to agree with your comment that the
"dying" part lends a tone that is pessimistic. Not that things aren't grim
in many ways, so it's accurate, but "we" have to maintain and inspire action
to get us out of this mess, to move people on to a new culture. I don't yet
have a substitute suggestion for the name, though
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