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The New Media Invasion, an interview with John David Ebert part 1

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Uploaded by on May 10, 2011

I talk with John David Ebert about his latest book: The New Media Invasion: The Rise of Digital Technologies and the World they Unmake

John Ebert is a cultural critic, mythologist and philosopher. He has written a number of books such as Twilight of the Clockwork God, Celluloid Heroes and Mechanical Dragons, and Dead Celebrities, Living Icons.

In this interview we discuss the impact digital technology is having on modern civilization.



Check out his blog, Cinema Discourse: http://www.cinemadiscourse.com/
And Amazon for his previous work: http://www.amazon.com/John-David-Ebert/e/B001K8MS4W/ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_1?qid...

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  • Copenhagen is a city in Denmark, named after an interpretation of Quantum Mechanics.

  • really interesting topic. coming towards the end on avatars and how we live our lives separately in a sense that the character/s we project, strengthened by the approval or recognition of others, end up fighting for supremacy (competing with the real existing you as in the case of Marilyn Monroe). very nice, now on to part2 :D

  • Proclaiming that new technology is not illuminating from the greatness of the sun is his contention - and a very contentious one. He is point to a real trend that may be exposed online but it is another step to suggest it is a fundamentally bad by it's nature.

    The light coming from our screens - it's energy in reality comes from the same source that any light has ever come from. It all goes back to energy from the Big Bang.

  • I thought this discussion was interesting but also quite self-inflicting in some ways.

    Proclaiming that new technology is not illuminating from the greatness of the sun is his contention - and a very contentious one. He is point to a real trend that may be exposed online but it is another step to suggest it is a fundamentally bad by it's nature.

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