Reading in a World of Images - LIVE Shorts

[MustachioEdd]

James Wood, the greatest literary critic of our time. Some interesting views in this. I'd love to see more of them on youtube.

[lll284]

discovering the good, the bad, and the truly awful. Perhaps its a good thing, trying to avoid what others didn't like. But it also persuades me to pay money to watch some horrible things too, (i.e: Spring Awakening).. Ah the irony, me posting a comment. But instead, I'll see this as an opportunity to let others question their reading this, and not watching AND listening to the great Mendelsohn and Wood.

[lll284]

For me, this is one of the most accurate & relevant arguments for my generation today. I'm one of those readers who at times craves to read in solitude but at the same time, feels an anxiety-riddled disconnect from the rest of the world. The disconnect being a construct made from this abstract thing, "world wide web". I feel guilty reading others' comments and reviews before every book I read, every movie I watch, and every restaurant I go to. Maybe it's a nyc thing but it really stops me from

[grazie55555]

They both make a good point about the role of "experts" and the problems with a medium that allows for unbridled opinion. But they miss the point entirely about "comments" on the internet...in many cases I have learnt more from comments than I have from the original piece, simply because (while you must sift through a whole lot of crap) many of the comments reference other thinkers, other viewpoints and just as importantly...LINKS to those thinkers and viewpoints.