Neil Hopcroft

A digital misfit

Thank you to thepaintedone for pointing out this link.

After you get past the exploration of Michael Moores character deficiencies there is an interesting discussion about the capitalism and responsibility. This covers nearly everything I’ve been thinking about western society, I’m going to have to read more by (and about) Lasch.

Of course, I’m also left wondering how many of those traits I suffer, but thats just paranoia, isn’t it?


Categories: Memories.

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  1. ex_lark_asc

    I’m not 100% sure he isn’t semi-deliberately misinterpreting some stuff which is said mainly for comic effect.. it’s a ncie article though.

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    • neilh

      While I’d written Moore off as an egotistical crank ages ago (this just explains what I saw in a more educated way than I ever could), I don’t think misinterpretting his representation would do this article much good, it would leave itself open to accusations of being no better.

      Indeed, I was more worried about the application of the same theory to society as a whole, which is very much in line with some of the things I hate about (western) society. It still doesn’t propose solutions but it does make the definition of (a part of) the problem clearer, which has got to be a good thing.

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        • neilh

          Its worth reading it all, its made me start thinking about things differently, especially considering some of the people I know and how acurately it describes their mindset.

          I’m still trying to work out how I can divorce myself from the society it suggests we’ve turned into.

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          • ex_lark_asc

            Check ‘s criticism of it in my journal before you decide to go self-sufficient in the Rocky Mountains – it’s not 100% clue :)

          • neilh

            Of course its an imperfect article, but the resonance it has with some of the things I’ve been thinking is astounding (making my thinking imperfect?) – at least its a starting point for understanding this some more, I’m reading a Ken Wilber article at the moment but he’s getting a bit too selfreferential and up his own arse for my liking – and I’m only four paragraphs in, maybe it’ll get better.

          • ex_lark_asc

            I got about four *lines* into Ken Wilber before I gave up. The fact that the suthor of the original article calls him godlike is a little disconcerting given that..

          • neilh

            I’m nearly through the first page of the article now, but its not gotten better yet. I was kinda hoping thered be something insightful in there but I’ve not found it yet. I’m fairly sure that godlike would be overstating it somewhat, though I could understand why some people might like it. Or maybe I’m just not modern enough to get it.

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