Freddy and the Typewriter
June 18, 2008
A friend brought a fascinating article on the internet to my attention. You can find it here.
It's worth reading for a number of reasons, not least the image of a virtually blind Nietzsche banging away at an early typewriter and realising how the very technology he is using is changing his prose style and, one might assume, given the importance of form to his thinking, modifying his philosophy as well. And if the article speaks truth, it raises questions about how serious a medium (that's `serious' not `influential') the interent can be for anything approaching intelligent discourse.
Well, that's my self-deconstructing thought for the day.
It's worth reading for a number of reasons, not least the image of a virtually blind Nietzsche banging away at an early typewriter and realising how the very technology he is using is changing his prose style and, one might assume, given the importance of form to his thinking, modifying his philosophy as well. And if the article speaks truth, it raises questions about how serious a medium (that's `serious' not `influential') the interent can be for anything approaching intelligent discourse.
Well, that's my self-deconstructing thought for the day.
