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Topic History of: SOMA
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JK2006 |
I usually double post if a thread may be of interest to both sets of visitors - and since my Soma thoughts have music ramifications, felt it should appear on both boards. Many readers (though fewer posters) only click onto one or the other board. |
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Blue Boy |
JK, Why do you post some comments in more than one section. I appreciatee this is your board but you should stick to the rules. You're not above the law you know, though in this cae you can change the rules if you feel we all should be able to do the same.
By posting more than once you can end up with two threads being active on the same subject at the same time.
BTW - I think the issue isn't just the instant gratification but also the quantity of information that is available. Any researcher in any era will alter the amount of time spent of each piece of data depending on the amount of time available and the amount of info that has to be read. The end result of course is the same. |
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JK2006 |
Having reread A Brave New World and been staggered by how accurate the predicted society has become since 1932, I began understanding that today's younger generation, given instant gratification by mobiles, Internet, Twitter, You Tube, video games, is now addicted to SOMA.
Nothing wrong with that, you may think; and I keep moaning at my friend Deniz (81) that he must get online because it is so useful, but there is a massive, subtle downside.
And that is lack of depth. Without the painstaking, boring effort of research (in the old days, walking to a library), we are now so immune to effort that we have lost the ability to appreciate it. And one of the side effects has been on music. Any effort to understand or enjoy or consider depth has gone and been replaced by Instant Gratification.
Tommy (21) looked at the Pieta statue by Michelangelo for two minutes, said "beautiful" and moved on.
JK at 21 stood in front of the statue of David (admittedly much bigger) for 5 hours and almost couldn't tear himself away for admiration and wonder.
So why would anyone want Rachmaninov when they can have Barbara Streisand? |
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