Chatroulette institutionalizes the glance and click mentality.
There's a bit of hyperbolic non sequitor.
Culture has been getting faster and shallower for hundreds of years,
Voyeurism: Postulated holocene epipalaeolithic mannerism to peep-show post-modernity
and I'm not the first crusty pundit to decry the demise of thoughtful inquiry and deep experiences. The interesting question here, though, is not how fast is too fast, but what works?
No, the interesting question here is, who buys his books? Diversity is the key to economic and political evolution.
I didn't even finish his post.
Culture has been getting faster and shallower for hundreds of years
It's all that Shakespeare's fault, writing dirty stuff for the groundlings.
The rot started with Chaucer. Or perhaps Catullus.
I'm still not sure about that Aristophanes.
