29/11 05 Internet right here
What do we want with the internet? - why are we online?
Blogging is still only one way. Yes, you can write comments, but it does not come close to dialogue. It is my space. Internet is not about communication. We perform on the internet and express ourselves. When we write e-mails, we don't expect an answer, because an e-mail is a statement.
Sms and chatting is more like it. We were talking about the internet.
Let's face it - we publish ourselves on the internet. My interest in the internet is I, not we. So far have we come. There is a striking parallel between the development of internet and real life - or I should say Television. In the Television we see an explosion of socalled reality shows and contests where you can compete to become a star. Not because you are good at something, but because you are as bad as everybody else.
The structure of the internet has opened for this focus on everyday life as a public issue. I am not sure if the internet also is responsible for the performance of individuality, though the emphasis on everyday life bring you and me into the public agenda and interest. We are in the midst of such an identity crest every single day. It could be me - it will be you.
This is the superficial realisation of the welfare state - everyone have opportunity. We all have the right to win. It is the surface, because we all know who are the real winners, though everybody get a chance to succeed on one level. We have invented class division and exploitation inside the peculiar state of equality. We want to believe it.
Along the road we gave up on structure and decided that I am more important than we. We became personal and ordinary, but in a conceptual way - in the right way. We are competing to be slopy dressed in a fancy way. We struggle to be ordinary in a cool way. We have to be personal in a creative way.
So how far have we gone from dressing up to Sunday evening promenade?
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