Breaking down cognitive dissonance in a subject in relation to their critical position within a cultural/political paradigm is what I was suggesting, in a recent post, as an indirect but significant effect of wikileaks. Even though the providence of the leaks will always (as John Young points out) require scrutiny, I think (hope) the mass of whistleblown documents pave the way for a more critical public. (I set myself apart from public by saying this, uncomfortably).
Where this will end (net-leaks), I can't imagine, but I think cognitive dissonance explains (why didn't I think of this before) why a lot of critical arguments get shut down. Of course, as leaks become more accepted, their providence is going to become increasingly suspect..but so far, so useful... Colin # distributed via <nettime>: no commercial use without permission # <nettime> is a moderated mailing list for net criticism, # collaborative text filtering and cultural politics of the nets # more info: http://mail.kein.org/mailman/listinfo/nettime-l # archive: http://www.nettime.org contact: nett...@kein.org
