From: "Sadeq Rahimi" <sadeq_rahimi-AT-hotmail.com> Subject: Re: ICQ Date: Tue, 18 Aug 1998 11:55:55 PDT >Human existence has entered a phase where life is defined by the >attempt to bypass the rigidity of the human body. How exactly is life defined in this phase? >All social constructs in the >'real' world such as love, friendship, family have reached such a >degree of artificiality (transparency or evilness, according to >Baudrillard) that we would all be better off without them. On the >Net, virtual friendship, virtual love, even virtual political >antagonism, already flourishes to such a degree that it is hard not >to be optimist (for those who have access, that is). Soren, am I right to see this as your romanticism? Had the 'real' world constructs not reached 'such a degree of artificiality', would you have stuck to the 'real thing'? Is it simply a virtual replacement for those constructs and emotions that you are looking for then? ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com
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