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All electronically mediated subjects act in ways that are increasingly paleontological. Facebook is a system with layers of geological history. The E-mail inbox is a rapidly expanding site of excavation which one must continually query. The newness of everything buries one's ability to reach it without digging. | All electronically mediated subjects act in ways that are increasingly paleontological. Facebook is a system with layers of geological history. The E-mail inbox is a rapidly expanding site of excavation which one must continually query. The newness of everything buries one's ability to reach it without digging. | ||
| − | + | Those who interact with a number is a persistent paleontologist. Everyone is now a paleontologist, always going out to email, searching, digging up what you need. Finding what got buried before. | |
| − | + | For more, see [http://metaphortean.wordpress.com/2009/09/17/forbidden-palentology/ Forever Paleontology] | |
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| + | ===Related Reading=== | ||
| + | *[[Hyperlinked Memories]] | ||
[[Category:Book Pages]] | [[Category:Book Pages]] | ||
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Revision as of 19:50, 6 June 2011
Definition
All electronically mediated subjects act in ways that are increasingly paleontological. Facebook is a system with layers of geological history. The E-mail inbox is a rapidly expanding site of excavation which one must continually query. The newness of everything buries one's ability to reach it without digging.
Those who interact with a number is a persistent paleontologist. Everyone is now a paleontologist, always going out to email, searching, digging up what you need. Finding what got buried before.
For more, see Forever Paleontology
