I say analog is better but why? Thesis: the digital readout is without context. It is easier to read the digital...but... it only gives you what you want. A limited view. Segments of time unrelated to the continuum. Is this existentialism at it’s fullest, its best or worst? Expediency & efficiency driving the culture. What are the implications?
Would this view be popular with out REWIND? Is the fact that one can find a context a true one? Is the context internalized? Can this digital generation see the relationship that the analog clock (i e past present & future…the passing of time and the anticipation of time in the future) in their head?
BOOKS or MOVIES- Jung’s view of symbols comes into play. Now symbols or icons are a linear visual path (movies, tv, computer etc) but who controls the view? Who is the director of the story? How large is the frame?
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ReplyDeleteI love the idea of context being what sets analog apart. I had never thought of it but it makes perfect sense. On the books vs. movies debate I have voted for books my whole life but I am realizing that movies can be more communal and books more individualized. So, perhaps movies have my vote today.
ReplyDeleteThe metephor of this generation as the analog clock as is very moving...they always seem so lonely. There are no hands to direct them no other numbers to help them find order. These clocks are functional but lack the real beauty.
ReplyDeleteAnother thought is in resoponse to katies comment: movies do seem more communal today, even strangers can share a laugh at the latest movie. But was this not the case with books in the past? Perhaps they seem more communal because everyone is seeing the same story and image and in a book everyone can change the image in there head. On the other hand I do not think ones properties are more commual than the other it more depends on the way that the book or movie is related to the audiance and the amount of people who have been caught up in the experiance. Good things to think about.