tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6511873417078060738.post52335860820718330..comments2023-07-29T11:21:42.125-04:00Comments on Brooklyn Book Talk: You are not a Gadget - Jaron LanierWebAppshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15408390036751112286noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6511873417078060738.post-31980815049137398062010-05-25T19:09:39.586-04:002010-05-25T19:09:39.586-04:00Concealment is not always the aim in anonymous wri...Concealment is not always the aim in anonymous writing. Great authors have used “anonymity” with a variety of motives as John Mullen notes in his book, “Anonymity: A Secret History of English Literature.” Some wanted to create “mischief” such as Swift and Scott, and some simply speculated “out loud” while fear and diffidence get the better of others. Lewis Carroll did it for privacy rather than concealment reasons while others did it out of modesty rather than treason. Modest women authors were long identified as “A Lady.” And by the way, have we finally discovered who wrote the works which go under the name of Shakespeare. ‘Mischief,' 'Modesty,' 'Women Being Men,' 'Men Being Women,' 'Danger,' ‘Confession’ 'Mockery and Devilry' -- The freedom to be anonymous makes the human drama far more interesting.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6511873417078060738.post-25543699376294501812010-05-25T19:09:39.587-04:002010-05-25T19:09:39.587-04:00The anonymity phenomena has something to do with t...The anonymity phenomena has something to do with the art with which humans can hate so cleverly without being caught….Its so universal, there must be a gene behind it. Poet Ogden Nash perhaps knew of it or maybe carried it himself. <br /><br />Love is a word<br />That is constantly heard<br />Hate is a word<br />that is not<br />Love, I am told<br />Is more precious than gold<br />Love, I have heard<br />Is hot<br />But hate is the verb<br />That to me is superb<br />And love, just a drug<br />On the mart<br />For any kiddie from school<br />Can love like a fool<br />But hating, my boy<br />Is an artAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6511873417078060738.post-50566972328188308252010-05-08T20:27:40.748-04:002010-05-08T20:27:40.748-04:00I'm willing to grant anonymity to permit hones...I'm willing to grant anonymity to permit honest discussion without fear of retaliation or punishment. I do draw the line at using the cloak of anonymity to hound someone unmercifully.Oscar W.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6511873417078060738.post-70872030953358132972010-05-07T01:12:11.565-04:002010-05-07T01:12:11.565-04:00All anonymous postings are not created equal. They...All anonymous postings are not created equal. They are as diverse as the personalities of the posters. Although some anonymous egomanics cannot see someone else getting the lime light, are dangerously unconscious of their dark side, or are simply under-developed or as dumb as a dictatorship or a democracy (aka dictatorship of the narcissists) can make them. But such a personality profile does not exhaust the infinite variety of anonymous folks. Some just want to feel secure when they express unpopular unconventional unorthodox thoughts because they might have read the history of religions and politics of our species. One has to live before one can criticize.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com