April 19, 2006

Multitude

I often find myself overwhelmed by the sheer multitudes of people I encounter whilst scanning the internet. I particularly find flickr unnerving. How does one account for the multiplicity and plurality of bodies and moments and places? I guess this is a case of digital voyeurism gone bad (Zizek says that no real encounters can take place in cyberspace, hence the slogan that appears on my cell phone "No sex please we're digital"). After all what could be more unsettling than to think that you are leisurely peering into the intimate recesses of some stranger's existence only to find yourself confronting the meaningless facticity of your own life?

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