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Colbert on the”Danger” of the Internet

Posted on February 26, 2009 by insignificantwrangler@gmail.com

This comes from Colbert’s interview with Keen–it is presented as something of a nightmare. But I think it adequately describes a digital/rhetorical/sophistic new media environment, one in which there is not getting outside the cave. Responding to Keen’s claim that … Continue reading →

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I never thought I would say this, but…

Posted on February 26, 2009 by insignificantwrangler@gmail.com

I actually find myself agreeing with Andrew Keen. Today Keen responded to Patricia Cohen’s NYTimes article on how the pending economic crisis will affect the humanities. Keen concludes: What I do know for sure, however, is that academic humanists — … Continue reading →

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