Week 4 - Reading 2 by Zelfde

The continuous partial everywhere

The aspatial city

The future city..... what is it?

This didn't seem to talk much about a city to me, but I suppose it is more a hypothetical city. It seemed more the apparent blocking of a virtual city, that while in reality we might be on the opposite side of the planet, but at the same time is just around the corner, out of sight. The benefit of all the tools that he is talking about is that you can keep a personal record of the things you do. You can see where you've been, what you've achieved, people you have met etc and if you don't like that then don't use the tools. I think that's a great thing.

It seems to me from this talk that he or the people he refers to in his article, don't  like the fact that you can be half a world away from someone and still communicate as easily as talking on the phone. Isn't it good to keep in contact with family and friends? Isn't it a good thing that you can communicate with some one who you really enjoy talking to but lives so far away? I think it's a great thing that you can see and talk to people over the net if you cannot in person.

If you want a right to silence then why don't you just not use social media? turn your phone and other devices off. Why would you go camping with those devices anyway? Because camping is about getting back to nature, experiencing it and enjoying it with friends. Getting back to the more basic life, with less worries and less technology.

I don't quite understand why people would wear that apparel? surely there are a million other harmful things going on to worry about? Whilst as we continue to evolve and new devices and technology are invented, everything becomes easier and this aspatial city becomes even more aspatial. But if you don't like that, there are plenty of ways to avoid it. You can still have the basic tools that don't do much. The simple phones, don't use the social media site etc...

I know that by aspatial it means that it seems like the physical space doesn't matter because there is that opportunity for interaction even though someone is that far away. Furthermore in today's society you can shop half a world away too and order anything you want from where you want with the click of a button. But at the same time, you cant experience those things really. Its just like a dream, it didn't actually happen int he physical sense.

The aspatial city isn't real interaction. To me real interaction is in person, talking to people in the flesh, shopping in a store and trying things on. But at the same time whats wrong with some virtual interaction if you cant get the real stuff? If you can't see someone in person or shop for something you want in a store.

Go aspatial on that shit and mimic it...