Date: Wed, 01 Dec 2004 09:58:49 +0100 From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?S=F8ren_Pedersen?= <soren-AT-simulation.dk> Subject: Nostalgia for the "real" I haven't really been active on this list for many years. Nevertheless, I must admit feeling a little sad reading the news about this list closing down. I hope you all - Mark, Erik, Evan, Steve, and all the names I forgot - will have a great life. Thanks for all the cool discussions we had earlier. > Subject: Spoon Collective closing its doors > > As many of you are already aware, the Spoon Collective is in the process of > "closing shop" after more than ten years of volunteer work providing mailing > lists on topics philosophical and political. > > There are lots of reasons for this, not the least of which is that doing > *any* sort of volunteer work for 10 years is going to take its toll. Work > that we originally did as a labor of love no longer has the same sorts of > savor. The work of maintaining the lists is not great, but, honestly, none > of us ever had the ambition of just "maintaining" the project. Some lists > are migrating elsewhere. Some will cease. This list is scheduled to cease > within about 10 days. It has been largely silent for a long time. > > It is possible that this threat of list-extinction will spur some more > active interest in creating some new Baudrillard forum. If there is any > collective interest, I will be happy to help current subscribers move to > some new home.
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