http://dangerouslyawesome.com/2010/01/on-the-misbegotten-relationships-of-the-web/ Alex Hillman Writes Here Mon, 06 Feb 2012 14:50:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://dangerouslyawesome.com/2010/01/on-the-misbegotten-relationships-of-the-web/comment-page-1/#comment-1409 Drew Fri, 12 Feb 2010 08:04:52 +0000 http://www.dangerouslyawesome.com/?p=1512#comment-1409 <p>All too easily, emergent forms of 'community,' social contracts (however defined), conversations, etc., are colonized by corporate instrumentalism. In our fully deregulated society and economy, what may start out as an idealistic impulse, or perhaps even a sacred space- unmediated by commercialism- can quickly become something else altogether. <br><br>The web connects us beautifully in communities across time and space, but at the same time it enables (indeed, encourages) corporate imperatives to follow us into every corner of our lives. Defining boundaries in our personal and collective lives becomes a truly important skill...Sometimes I think the only place to go truly 'off-grid' within a community is Burning Man! What about a CoCamp on the Playa?</p> All too easily, emergent forms of 'community,' social contracts (however defined), conversations, etc., are colonized by corporate instrumentalism. In our fully deregulated society and economy, what may start out as an idealistic impulse, or perhaps even a sacred space- unmediated by commercialism- can quickly become something else altogether.

The web connects us beautifully in communities across time and space, but at the same time it enables (indeed, encourages) corporate imperatives to follow us into every corner of our lives. Defining boundaries in our personal and collective lives becomes a truly important skill…Sometimes I think the only place to go truly 'off-grid' within a community is Burning Man! What about a CoCamp on the Playa?

]]> http://dangerouslyawesome.com/2010/01/on-the-misbegotten-relationships-of-the-web/comment-page-1/#comment-1444 Drew Fri, 12 Feb 2010 08:04:52 +0000 http://www.dangerouslyawesome.com/?p=1512#comment-1444 <p>All too easily, emergent forms of 'community,' social contracts (however defined), conversations, etc., are colonized by corporate instrumentalism. In our fully deregulated society and economy, what may start out as an idealistic impulse, or perhaps even a sacred space- unmediated by commercialism- can quickly become something else altogether. <br><br>The web connects us beautifully in communities across time and space, but at the same time it enables (indeed, encourages) corporate imperatives to follow us into every corner of our lives. Defining boundaries in our personal and collective lives becomes a truly important skill...Sometimes I think the only place to go truly 'off-grid' within a community is Burning Man! What about a CoCamp on the Playa?</p> All too easily, emergent forms of 'community,' social contracts (however defined), conversations, etc., are colonized by corporate instrumentalism. In our fully deregulated society and economy, what may start out as an idealistic impulse, or perhaps even a sacred space- unmediated by commercialism- can quickly become something else altogether.

The web connects us beautifully in communities across time and space, but at the same time it enables (indeed, encourages) corporate imperatives to follow us into every corner of our lives. Defining boundaries in our personal and collective lives becomes a truly important skill…Sometimes I think the only place to go truly 'off-grid' within a community is Burning Man! What about a CoCamp on the Playa?

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