yes, that's likely true. we hope the future might be interested but who knows what they'll be thinking of by then.
On 4 March 2015 at 13:29, Pall Thayer <pallt...@gmail.com> wrote: > It's interesting to consider what we, in our current ever-present-present, > might think future generations will be interested in. We're probably wrong. > > On Tue, Mar 3, 2015 at 12:26 PM, Randall Packer <rpac...@zakros.com> > wrote: > >> Kath, you're last remarks are particularly relevant in regards to the >> emerging digital natives and millennials. My teaching is centered around >> the study of the digital native as a kind of anthropological research. It >> seems there is a clear trend towards giving up on privacy, and a growing >> lack of concern for preservation, as you suggest. Of course when you are 20 >> you might not think it is important to save anything, but in fact, we have >> a social media industry focused on information as more and more transient. >> The social media of today is about the NOW, what is at the top of our feed, >> which comes to our screen in the Moment, and then fades in descending >> chronological order into a past we are no longer interested in. As Douglas >> Rushkoff has written in Present Shock, we live in an ever-present-present >> tense, our abbreviated attention span revolving around the here and now. >> >> >>> I suppose it's really up to how much people care about these things, >> and whether they work towards saving some of it or preparing for the >> future. >> >> >> What in fact are we leaving behind for future generations on our hard >> drives and cloud >> repositories? And how will the technological culture of today be viewed >> when these values are no longer decipherable. Are we in fact erasing our >> historical past as we create it for the digital future? >> >> I think this is a real issue. though we try to save some things using >> archives, the changing formats and technology (and speed of change) is >> causing data to be lost or at the very least, harder/longer to >> recover/republish (especially if they need converting later on). it's >> covering both net art and personal items such as home photos which are >> generally no longer printed, and home videos. I also wonder what future >> archeologists will think of our surviving buried rubbish. so whilst I love >> the net, I think it's important to go back to hand made physical art and >> craft too. if there is some pulse in the future which wipes all the >> technology we'll be left with a gap from our digital/online years. let's >> hope the libraries survive. I've heard of projects such as printed copies >> of Wikipedia, but I wonder how many they print and how distributed these >> are. (plus how often as WP changes so quickly). in smaller communities such >> as music communities (for one example), there's less event flyers printed >> out - they are all online or (worse) only on Facebook as event listings, >> which means they are lost over very short times. I suppose it's really up >> to how much people care about these things, and whether they work towards >> saving some of it or preparing for the future. >> >> looking forward to this month. checking out the artworks now - they're >> looking great >> thanks >> >> >> On 3 March 2015 at 06:17, Randall Packer <rpac...@zakros.com> wrote: >> >>> [snip] >>> >>> Here are some questions to consider: >>> >>> Are we in fact producing a cultural history that emanates from the >>> language of computers? Are the cultural references of today increasingly >>> coded in numerical values that will need to be compiled and encoded in >>> the >>> far future by curious historians of the 21st century? What in fact are we >>> leaving behind for future generations on our hard drives and cloud >>> repositories? And how will the technological culture of today be viewed >>> when these values are no longer decipherable. Are we in fact erasing our >>> historical past as we create it for the digital future? >>> >>> Randall >>> >>> [snip] >>> >> _______________________________________________ NetBehaviour mailing list >> NetBehaviour@netbehaviour.org >> http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour >> >> _______________________________________________ >> NetBehaviour mailing list >> NetBehaviour@netbehaviour.org >> http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour >> > > > > -- > ***************************** > Pall Thayer > artist > http://pallthayer.dyndns.org > ***************************** > > _______________________________________________ > NetBehaviour mailing list > NetBehaviour@netbehaviour.org > http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour >
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