Re: <nettime> [ot]FW.:.the era of postmodernism ended:.:

[david turgeon <david.t@steam.ca>]

>you know, i read someone saying that with the fall of the twin towers
>which were a perfectly postmodernist piece of architecture -- reflections
>of each other without an original -- the era of postmodernism ended.
>self-reference, irony, repetition, etc., all the attributes of
>postmodernism which basically devoid creation of reality, authenticity
>will be now void as reality came down crashing a hundred stories and
>rendered things meaningful.

if that is true, & seeing how things are looking now, it seems we have 
finally found the answer as to WHAT comes after post-modernism:

** the middle ages **

coming up: a few hundred years of trusting the authority of your 
senses.  e.g. "yech, d0od, the plague REALLY hurt!!!"

~ david

#  distributed via <nettime>: no commercial use without permission
#  <nettime> is a moderated mailing list for net criticism,
#  collaborative text filtering and cultural politics of the nets
#  more info: majordomo@bbs.thing.net and "info nettime-l" in the msg body
#  archive: http://www.nettime.org contact: nettime@bbs.thing.net