Nobel winner blames cultural decline on "blogging and blugging"

Iria · Dec 10, 2007, 08:13 PM

Source: Ars Technica
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Doris Lessing, this year's winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature, delivered her acceptance speech last week. It's a powerful plea for reading and for education and for joining in the "great tradition" of books, but Lessing wonders why poor students in southern Africa have a stronger desire for books than do the wealthy students of England. Her answer: TV and the Internet.

**Mousey** · Dec 10, 2007, 08:24 PM

I'm going to be blunt on this.. So blunt..

Stupid..
old..
FART...

The internet is a vital tool for today's society, it allows near instant access to any source of information you could possibly imagine and is constantly expanding. Also it cuts down on the pricing of printing and packaging because the information is electronic and exists digitally instead of on paper which would've been made from trees being cut down.

I really don't give a shit how qualified or intelligent she is, people that think the internet are wrong are complete fucktards...

IvanV · Dec 10, 2007, 09:27 PM

In my opinion, 99% bloggers have little to no writing skills and very little to say as well, and the corresponding percentage of blogs are of inferior quality, viewed as literature, to mediocre books. Yet people use them to satisfy their need for literature because it's easier to sit at a computer already in one's room then go to a library.

The woman never said that internet was "wrong", only that the quality of content which we mostly consume through it and TV is poor, yet the amount is so big that it saturates us and prevents us from looking for anything better. Ars Technica cites AAP and states that an average US kid watches about 4h of TV program every day - a huge amount of time. And the quality? Well, I couldn't find a decent film even at the cinemas in my city at the moment, and TV is hardly better.

Mousey, your argument that internet is more economical and "greener" than books is interesting, and I'll accept it if you tell me when did you last download and read a novel or a book of poetry, and what was it? Sincerely, I think that the speed with which you, not quite bothering to find out what exactly the woman said, called someone a stupid old fart and a complete fucktard only proves her point in this case.

Dec 10, 2007, 08:13 PM	#1
Iria DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 7,275 Rep Power: 89	Nobel winner blames cultural decline on "blogging and blugging" Source: Ars Technica _________ Doris Lessing, this year's winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature, delivered her acceptance speech last week. It's a powerful plea for reading and for education and for joining in the "great tradition" of books, but Lessing wonders why poor students in southern Africa have a stronger desire for books than do the wealthy students of England. Her answer: TV and the Internet.

Dec 10, 2007, 08:24 PM	#2
Mousey Synth's Long Lost Bro Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Web Design Hell Posts: 7,189 Rep Power: 245 System Specs	I'm going to be blunt on this.. So blunt.. Stupid.. old.. FART... The internet is a vital tool for today's society, it allows near instant access to any source of information you could possibly imagine and is constantly expanding. Also it cuts down on the pricing of printing and packaging because the information is electronic and exists digitally instead of on paper which would've been made from trees being cut down. I really don't give a shit how qualified or intelligent she is, people that think the internet are wrong are complete fucktards... __________________

Dec 10, 2007, 09:27 PM	#3
IvanV HH Assassin Guild Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 5,919 Rep Power: 336 System Specs	In my opinion, 99% bloggers have little to no writing skills and very little to say as well, and the corresponding percentage of blogs are of inferior quality, viewed as literature, to mediocre books. Yet people use them to satisfy their need for literature because it's easier to sit at a computer already in one's room then go to a library. The woman never said that internet was "wrong", only that the quality of content which we mostly consume through it and TV is poor, yet the amount is so big that it saturates us and prevents us from looking for anything better. Ars Technica cites AAP and states that an average US kid watches about 4h of TV program every day - a huge amount of time. And the quality? Well, I couldn't find a decent film even at the cinemas in my city at the moment, and TV is hardly better. Mousey, your argument that internet is more economical and "greener" than books is interesting, and I'll accept it if you tell me when did you last download and read a novel or a book of poetry, and what was it? Sincerely, I think that the speed with which you, not quite bothering to find out what exactly the woman said, called someone a stupid old fart and a complete fucktard only proves her point in this case. __________________ If anyone has Portal 2 and hasn't played the co-op and wants to do me a favour, let me know (PM me or whatever).