--- F R E N D Z of martian --- ---------- Forwarded Message ---------- Subject: [visionaries] Postmodern essay generator Date: Thu, 25 Nov 1999 14:52:22 -0600 From: Sasha Chislenko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> From: Sasha Chislenko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I just found a very interesting generator of post-modern essay spoofs - hard to believe that they are computer-made: http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/community/postmodern.html (click on "this link") Their balance of sense and absurdity falls so humorously between total semantic chaos and the confused juggling of fashionable cultural concepts you can find in postmodernist "discourse"... This can probably be extended to spoof religious and writings in other areas where building constructs of sacred terms is more important than any reality grounding or internal logic. With combinations of term lists, one could generate essays in some "synthetic areas", such as "postmodern Christian environmentalism". Scary thought: such essays can win in memetic targeting more than they lose in persuasiveness, and create thousands of very specific groups of followship... But then, maybe, fragmenting the nonsensical domain and removing rotten minds from areas of serious discussions would clear up the stage for more productive debates - just as the expense of supporting the army may be compensated by the social liberation resulting from the isolation of the military types from the civil cultural scene... ----------------------------------------------------------- Sasha Chislenko <http://www.lucifer.com/~sasha/home.html> --------------------------- ONElist Sponsor ---------------------------- GET WHAT YOU DESERVE! A NextCard Platinum VISA: Get an APR as low as 9.9 Fixed & NO annual fee! Apply online today! <a href=" http://clickme.onelist.com/ad/nextcard15 ">Click Here</a> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Great Thinkers and Visionaries website: http://www.lucifer.com/~sasha/thinkers.html -- AppDev Ltd. - Internet Solutions Provider. http://appdev.co.uk/ Cheap, fast, good. Choose two. -- Sent to you via the frendz list at marsbard.com The archive is at http://www.mail-archive.com/frendz@marsbard.com/
