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Re: The Age of Abundant Communication and the Decline of Privacy

Aaron Ross Powell — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 18:28:32 -0000

Sam, Symbolic Order vanished through a stupid mistake on my part. I thought the domain name was on auto-renew -- and it wasn&#39t. So now it&#39s in the possession of a domain squatter. I&#39ve moved all my blogging here and Trevor blogs (very occasionally and not recently) at reasonworks.org.

I&#39ll check out occidentaldissent.com. Thanks for the pointer.

Re: The Age of Abundant Communication and the Decline of Privacy

Sam Davidson — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 14:47:47 -0000

Hi Mr. Powell,

I found your website after searching the &#39net for symbolicorder.com I used to read it occasionally a long time ago. Whatever happened to it? Anyway, speaking of &#39abundant communications&#39 and such, I would like to invite you to read www.occidentaldissent.com, a blog focused on race and culture.

Re: The Age of Abundant Communication and the Decline of Privacy

Aaron Ross Powell — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 14:28:32 -0000

Sam, Symbolic Order vanished through a stupid mistake on my part. I thought the domain name was on auto-renew -- and it wasn't. So now it's in the possession of a domain squatter. I've moved all my blogging here and Trevor blogs (very occasionally and not recently) at reasonworks.org.

I'll check out occidentaldissent.com. Thanks for the pointer.

Re: The Age of Abundant Communication and the Decline of Privacy

Aaron Ross Powell — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 11:28:32 -0000

Re: The Age of Abundant Communication and the Decline of Privacy

Sam Davidson — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 10:47:47 -0000

Hi Mr. Powell,

I found your website after searching the 'net for symbolicorder.com I used to read it occasionally a long time ago. Whatever happened to it? Anyway, speaking of 'abundant communications' and such, I would like to invite you to read www.occidentaldissent.com, a blog focused on race and culture.

Re: The Age of Abundant Communication and the Decline of Privacy

Aaron Ross Powell — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 09:28:32 -0000

I'll check out occidentaldissent.com. Thanks for the pointer.

Re: The Age of Abundant Communication and the Decline of Privacy

Sam Davidson — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 07:47:47 -0000

Re: The Age of Abundant Communication and the Decline of Privacy

Aaron Ross Powell — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 07:28:32 -0000

Re: The Age of Abundant Communication and the Decline of Privacy

Sam Davidson — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 05:47:47 -0000

Hi Mr. Powell,

I found your website after searching the 'net for symbolicorder.com I used to read it occasionally a long time ago. Whatever happened to it? Anyway, speaking of 'abundant communications' and such, I would like to invite you to read www.occidentaldissent.com, a blog focused on race and culture.

Re: The Age of Abundant Communication and the Decline of Privacy

Sam Davidson — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 03:47:47 -0000

Re: The Age of Abundant Communication and the Decline of Privacy

Aaron Ross Powell — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 18:53:56 -0000

@MorganJ: I&#39m not sure what "living in a bubble" means. It doesn&#39t strike me
that people of my generation--or younger ones--go out any less, get together
with their friends, any less, party any less, etc., than prior generations.
We don&#39t have official clubs so much, true, and we attend church less, but
that only means we&#39ve shifted our social activities. There was a time when
people were convinced the telephone would destroy social cohesion.

(I haven&#39t read "Bowling Alone," but going through the reviews and
descriptions on Amazon, I imagine I wouldn&#39t agree with its conclusions.)

Re: The Age of Abundant Communication and the Decline of Privacy

Aaron Ross Powell — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 16:53:56 -0000

@MorganJ: I'm not sure what "living in a bubble" means. It doesn't strike me
that people of my generation--or younger ones--go out any less, get together
with their friends, any less, party any less, etc., than prior generations.
We don't have official clubs so much, true, and we attend church less, but
that only means we've shifted our social activities. There was a time when
people were convinced the telephone would destroy social cohesion.

(I haven't read "Bowling Alone," but going through the reviews and
descriptions on Amazon, I imagine I wouldn't agree with its conclusions.)

Re: The Age of Abundant Communication and the Decline of Privacy

Aaron Ross Powell — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 14:53:56 -0000

Re: The Age of Abundant Communication and the Decline of Privacy

MorganJ — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 23:40:23 -0000

I see the openness of the younger set as reaction to the walls that exist in our society. The greatest generation had more official social outlets. They were connected to their world. They knew their place in it. We say it was a smaller world. If you read Bowling Alone, it talks about clubs and how the baby boomers stopped joining these clubs. As gen X&#39ers we were never exposed to these official social connects so we as social animals made up new methods to connect with the world around us. Our world is bigger, but bigger is also scary and so walls form. We pretend that all the people on facebook are our friends and we live in a bubble.

By the way I followed your link from FF and there are WH invasion players in VA.

Re: The Age of Abundant Communication and the Decline of Privacy

MorganJ — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 21:40:23 -0000

I see the openness of the younger set as reaction to the walls that exist in our society. The greatest generation had more official social outlets. They were connected to their world. They knew their place in it. We say it was a smaller world. If you read Bowling Alone, it talks about clubs and how the baby boomers stopped joining these clubs. As gen X'ers we were never exposed to these official social connects so we as social animals made up new methods to connect with the world around us. Our world is bigger, but bigger is also scary and so walls form. We pretend that all the people on facebook are our friends and we live in a bubble.

By the way I followed your link from FF and there are WH invasion players in VA.

Re: The Age of Abundant Communication and the Decline of Privacy

MorganJ — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 19:40:23 -0000

I see the openness of the younger set as reaction to the walls that exist in our society. The greatest generation had more official social outlets. They were connected to their world. They knew their place in it. We say it was a smaller world. If you read Bowling Alone, it talks about clubs and how the baby boomers stopped joining these clubs. As gen X'ers we were never exposed to these official social connects so we as social animals made up new methods to connect with the world around us. Our world is bigger, but bigger is also scary and so walls form. We pretend that all the people on facebook are our friends and we live in a bubble.

By the way I followed your link from FF and there are WH invasion players in VA.

Re: The Age of Abundant Communication and the Decline of Privacy

Aaron Ross Powell — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 12:59:09 -0000

The question about whether online indiscretions will lead to regret or if there will be a change in societal conventions is crucial and you&#39re absolutely right to bring it up. I&#39m inclined to think society will change, if only because, over time, those kids who posted drunk photos on Facebook will become the employers.

Though it may also become a moot issue as teenagers better use the privacy settings built into social networking sites. An employer isn&#39t likely to hack a Facebook profile when evaluating a potential employee.

Re: The Age of Abundant Communication and the Decline of Privacy

Aaron Ross Powell — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 10:59:09 -0000

Though it may also become a moot issue as teenagers better use the privacy settings built into social networking sites. An employer isn't likely to hack a Facebook profile when evaluating a potential employee.

Re: The Age of Abundant Communication and the Decline of Privacy

Aaron Ross Powell — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 08:59:09 -0000

The question about whether online indiscretions will lead to regret or if there will be a change in societal conventions is crucial and you're absolutely right to bring it up. I'm inclined to think society will change, if only because, over time, those kids who posted drunk photos on Facebook will become the employers.

Though it may also become a moot issue as teenagers better use the privacy settings built into social networking sites. An employer isn't likely to hack a Facebook profile when evaluating a potential employee.

Re: The Age of Abundant Communication and the Decline of Privacy

Mike W — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 19:58:37 -0000

I like your analogy of material abundance to communication abundance. I wonder, though, whether the generation living in the Internet era will come to regret and change their habits or whether societal conventions will change so that employers ignore indiscretions online.

My first post-undergrad job was writing for a newspaper, and I can still find the articles online. I wouldn&#39t link them here, though. They&#39re awful. As a consequence of experiences like that, I think, I am careful about what I post online with my name associated.

I own a vanity domain that uses my real name. I&#39ve thought about setting up a blog there. And had second thoughts. And then considered again...

Re: The Age of Abundant Communication and the Decline of Privacy

Mike W — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 17:58:37 -0000

My first post-undergrad job was writing for a newspaper, and I can still find the articles online. I wouldn't link them here, though. They're awful. As a consequence of experiences like that, I think, I am careful about what I post online with my name associated.

I own a vanity domain that uses my real name. I've thought about setting up a blog there. And had second thoughts. And then considered again...

Re: The Age of Abundant Communication and the Decline of Privacy

Mike W — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 15:58:37 -0000

I like your analogy of material abundance to communication abundance. I wonder, though, whether the generation living in the Internet era will come to regret and change their habits or whether societal conventions will change so that employers ignore indiscretions online.

My first post-undergrad job was writing for a newspaper, and I can still find the articles online. I wouldn't link them here, though. They're awful. As a consequence of experiences like that, I think, I am careful about what I post online with my name associated.

I own a vanity domain that uses my real name. I've thought about setting up a blog there. And had second thoughts. And then considered again...