asc says: "By examining the psychodynamic effects on human cognition of the adoption of the technology of writing we can logically assess and contextualize the potential effect of the massification of networked information systems on our day-to-day thought processes. The identification of congruent, parallel and differential affect between writing and network technologies demands that their development be considered above and beyond the dictates and imperatives of consumer capitalism, it demands that the Internet be thought of in terms of public infrastructure rather than saleable capital." asc says: Dude, where's my car? bendoh says: did a lawyer write that? bendoh says: He should have put a smiley face at the end of that. It would've made it all better. asc says: Academic. asc says: Lawyers would almost certainly argue in favour of saleable captial because then it would subject to all kinds of litigation. bendoh says: I would not want to read that paper. It would make my head fall off and subsequently explode. asc says: That would be a symptom of massification and the differential aspect of the network. bendoh says: If I could think of anything remotely witty to respond to that with, I would say it. asc says: Dude, where's my car? bendoh says: hehe