Comments on: We Only Pay for, and Retain, Information That’s ‘Durable’

By: David Locke

David Locke — Sun, 08 Oct 2006 17:30:57 +0000

Durable publications wouldn’t mean durable meaning. Every story has a genesis. Every story has a basis in facts, but those facts are far smaller than we would care to admit. Everything else is spin. In the computer industry, we have buzzwords. They were once meaningful differentiation, now meaninglessness. When we walk down a street, we see the seams between the old and the new, but we don’t understand what we see in its full cultural meaning. When we drive down Route 66, we see the real buildings abandoned or remaining in use, but the meaning is today’s meaning. Durability remains, but meaning moves on. Why did Geoffrey Moores books on technology adoption morph into his latest book? Technology adoption was once the perview of the startup, the new economy. Now, it is the perview of the institutionalized blue chip, old money. And, startups are being choked to death by the tax code, accounting rules, and SOX. The only remaining durability is that technology still has to be adopted. What if, as a result of durable documents, we couldn’t go back and understand what was? Somehow there is no durability in durable documents.

By: Dave Pollard

Dave Pollard — Sat, 01 Oct 2005 23:35:08 +0000

Thank you all, and may you all be published, at least on coffee cups, so more of the world can read your attentive and heart-warming words. SB, you may be onto something there — what other ‘white space’ is out there unused where we might introduce more people to poetry? Imagine billboards with poems instead of ‘your ad here’ signs, the sides of buses, unsold radio and television air-time, driveways, boardroom walls… And let’s not stop at poetry, how about other forms of art — paintings up the sides of skyscrapers, sculptures in gardens on their roofs…

By: Mike

Mike — Sat, 01 Oct 2005 17:13:22 +0000

I understand the Soviets, back in the day, smuggled in a nuclear weapon to D.C., bit by bit in diplomatic pouches.Given that Israel has 200-400 nukes (which I think constitutes nuclear blackmail in itself), along with a highly regarded intelligence service, I wonder how many of these nukes have been smuggled into American cities. Perhaps this explains contemporary U.S. foreign policy.Not that (if such were the case) they intend to use them or anything, but maybe indicative of a people with a history of persecution who are determined to survive, whatever the cost.

By: lavonne

lavonne — Sat, 01 Oct 2005 04:04:42 +0000

your magazine idea is freakin’ brilliant. i hope somebody does it.

By: SB

SB — Sat, 01 Oct 2005 02:31:56 +0000

“And what does it say about our society that more people probably read poetry on the side of coffee cups than read poetry in books, anthologies and websites?”It says we should all read more poetry.& that poets should try to get published on coffee cups.Sleep well. We need you.

By: kerry

kerry — Sat, 01 Oct 2005 00:09:47 +0000

Thank you for sharing some of the energy of your week with us…its been thought provoking!With regards the movie about nuclear threat, I had always figured that the movie “Fifth Element” had covered the best response to any threat. Even though it was dramatised in a non-political way, it demonstrated the results of fighting anger with war pretty well. Love, in this movie, proved to be the greater power. *sigh* such a simple concept. So hard to apply to everything!