Humanist Discussion Group, Vol. 14, No. 152.
Centre for Computing in the Humanities, King's College London
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Date: Mon, 07 Aug 2000 20:43:08 +0100
From: Willard McCarty <willard.mccarty@kcl.ac.uk>
Subject: "cyberspace"?
Dear colleagues,
Perhaps someone might be interested in persuading me and, I suppose, some
others that the metaphor of "cyberspace" actually contributes something to
our ability to talk about computing and its cultural consequences. In other
words, what does this term mean? What is spatial, and what good does it do
for us to speak in spatial terms about computing when the physical
disposition of computers and people is not the issue? We are already so
vexed by bafflegab and hyperinflated promotional claims that, I'd suggest,
using such words as thoughtlessly as I hear them used is no minor
annoyance. Unless I'm being insensitive to some deep stab of insight....
Many thanks.
Yours,
WM
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maui gratias agere
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