Friday, April 17, 2009

Twitter and Poverty

I never thought of it this way.

“Connectivity is poverty” was how a friend of mine summarized Sterling’s bold theme. Only the poor — defined broadly as those without better options — are obsessed with their connections. Anyone with a strong soul or a fat wallet turns his ringer off for good and cultivates private gardens that keep the hectic Web far away. The man of leisure, Sterling suggested, savors solitude, or intimacy with friends, presumably surrounded by books and film and paintings and wine and vinyl — original things that stay where they are and cannot be copied and corrupted and shot around the globe with a few clicks of a keyboard.


Hat tip, Robyn.

But PS - I don't buy any of this nonsense - just because I don't twitter doesn't make me rich or soulful...since I know thyself and have evidence to the contrary.

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