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| − | All electronically mediated subjects act in ways that are increasingly paleontological. Facebook is a system with layers of geological history. The E-mail inbox is a rapidly expanding site of excavation which one must continually query. The newness of everything buries one's ability to reach it without digging. | + | Persistent paleontology is a way of describing the system of All electronically mediated subjects act in ways that are increasingly paleontological. Facebook is a system with layers of geological history. The E-mail inbox is a rapidly expanding site of excavation which one must continually query. The newness of everything buries one's ability to reach it without digging. |
| − | Those who interact with a number | + | Those who interact with a number is a persistent paleontologist. Everyone is now a paleontologist, always going out to email, searching, digging up what you need. Finding what got buried before. |
For more, see [http://metaphortean.wordpress.com/2009/09/17/forbidden-palentology/ Forever Paleontology] | For more, see [http://metaphortean.wordpress.com/2009/09/17/forbidden-palentology/ Forever Paleontology] | ||
Revision as of 20:40, 26 June 2011
Definition
Persistent paleontology is a way of describing the system of All electronically mediated subjects act in ways that are increasingly paleontological. Facebook is a system with layers of geological history. The E-mail inbox is a rapidly expanding site of excavation which one must continually query. The newness of everything buries one's ability to reach it without digging.
Those who interact with a number is a persistent paleontologist. Everyone is now a paleontologist, always going out to email, searching, digging up what you need. Finding what got buried before.
For more, see Forever Paleontology
