Posts by Sacha
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Sometimes "clarity" does not illuminate the messy beauty of the world, despite its tempting reassurance of truth.
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We don't ask it of physicists, please oh Mr Einstein could you make relativity easier to understand
Good point - and look how many decades it took for quantum experts to catch up with some of his ideas.
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I wrote that before seeing Giovanni's last post.
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I agree, Giovanni - making it too simple loses the point. But there has to be a "way in" before it can become a more broadly engaging, less elitist conversation.
It takes more work and skill to find simple words (and it is something I really want to get better at). I reckon dense academic wankery reflects lack of ability or time more than a desire to obscure or to preserve an exclusive club.
I also believe there is a place for beauty and grace in the language that explores our complex contexts. I wonder if some of what I have read sounds any more fittingly magical in French? You might know - is anyone weaving Maori or Pacific ideas, words and ways of telling stories into the evolving practise here?
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Check out Mark's pisstake link on t'other thread about "How to Handcraft an Achingly Self-Referential Virtual Commodity Fetish Object (For Fun and Profit!)".
In this easy-to-follow seven-step Instructable, you will learn how to turn a weightless virtual commodity into a lovingly handmade piece of artisanal craftwork fated to collapse into its own meta-indexical core like the semiotic black hole it is.
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What I value most from the cultural theorists I've tangled with is the understanding that culture is negotiated, and is never context-free. I just wish there were more simple ways of saying that.
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The lack of investment into harvesting and sharing treasured knowledge from experienced practitioners is not unique to news media. Sadly.
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it all comes down to time and i guess a sense of responsibility to your audience
Quite. I really do feel for journos these days having to balance community accountability, professional pride and established standards against the same pressure to deliver timely content in the face of steadily diminishing resources.
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Al, I think there's world of difference between stories about something that happened to a person or family and the spun world of politics and commerce.
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TV news turn the story into Labour looking silly (with a certain odious blogger putting in an appearance towards the end of the brief clip).
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