This chapter reminded me of Richard Brautigan and his ‘there is nothing worse than being alone except wishing you were’ philosophy (may be too old for any of the readers of this blog) expanding to the “Being in common has nothing to do with communion” (page 176) and Jean-Luc Nancy’s inoperative communities where we combine solitude with some vague sense of passive community.
I have trouble associating with the “shared purpose” of the entertainment only/personal expression/rebellious nature form of expression mobile clubbing concept, but the flashmob and social justice gatherings are of more interest to me, but they go significantly beyond the iPod and into other personal communication devices.
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