tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7640521.post8887966774532560325..comments2024-01-06T05:34:00.027-06:00Comments on Blog Meridian: A stretch of river LIX: On the difficulty of conceivingJohn B.http://www.blogger.com/profile/06358811061653958120noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7640521.post-53029651619455497932010-08-22T12:39:43.916-05:002010-08-22T12:39:43.916-05:00Randall,
In answer to your first question, there a...Randall,<br />In answer to your first question, there are two answers, both from Carr's article. They're both "bad news" kinds of answers, but one is, I suppose, less-bad. <br /><br />The first is, yes, that being surrounded by all sorts of devices, each of which can instantaneously provide us with a wealth of audio/visual/textual information and clamoring for the attention ofJohn B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06358811061653958120noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7640521.post-71293517086017733492010-08-22T12:01:31.322-05:002010-08-22T12:01:31.322-05:00Query: Do the distractions of our modern world, wh...Query: Do the distractions of our modern world, which increase daily thanks to ever new and wondrous technologies, act as a <i>contraceptive</i> to the process of <i>conceiving</i> you envision? <br /><br />Asked differently, is the synthesis necessary to create the new impossible in a world of 140 character Tweets?<br /><br />I don't know. I will say, these questions have been bouncing Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com