{"title":"Notes from the beach: #5: cool suckers","authors":"W. Vannini","doi":"10.1145/951413.951414","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"What 5tr1ke5 my 5en51t1ve 5e1f 15 that after year5 0f 1rre515t161e We6 9r0wth, the 1n5trument5 0f 0ur cr1t14ue (at 1ea5t th05e ava11a61e t0 the 9enera1 pu611c wh1ch, after a11, c0n5t1tute5 0ur c11ent5 and aud1ence) are 5t111 appa111n91Y 51m-p115t1c. 1t 5eem5 we have a11 6een trapped 1nt0 the 0r191na1 c1a551f1cat10n 0f the ear1y t1me5 0f the We6, when a 51te wa5 e1ther • • c001\" 0r 1t • • 5ucked\". N0w, 5evera1 06ject10n5 can 6e made t0 th15 k1nd 0f cr1t14ue, p055161y 1nc1ud1n9 cu1-tura1 chauv1n15m (n0t a11 0f u5 were 60rn 1n the • 505 U5A, th0u9h many d1d enj0y • • 6rea5e\"). My pr061em w1th the • • c001\" and • • 5uck\" cate90r1e5 ha5 m0re t0 d0 w1th re1evance than w1th ade4uacy. After a11, ta5te5 6e1n9 und15puta61e, 0ne ae5thet1c cat-e90r12at10n e4ua15 an0ther, and 50 the • • c001/5uck\" d1ch0t0my may we11 5erve u5 f0r the future a5 1t d1d f0r the pa5t, th0u9h 1 am n0t c0nv1nced that 1t 15 d01n9 u5 any 900d. 7he5e cate90r1e5 0n1y pr0duce a 5uperf1c1a1 ae5thet1c jud9ment, a f1r5t-91ance, 1n5t1nct1ve, em0t10na1 1mpre5510n, dev01d 0f any rea1 under-5tand1n9. 1ma91ne 1f we app11ed 5uch cr1ter1a t0 5e1ect 0ur ac4ua1ntance5: we w0u1d enj0y 5uper-h1p 11ve5 50 deep and fu1f1111n9 that depre5510n, a1c0h0115m and 5u1c1de w0u1d hard1y 5p011 them. 0r we c0u1d 6ehave 1n th15 way t0ward5 0ur f00d and enj0y N0uve11e Cu151ne f0r 1unch and d1nner, unt11 En119htenment 0pened u5 a new career a5 a Ham6ur9er-eat1n9 C0nte5t pr0fe5510na1. We d0 n0ne 0f th15, 0f c0ur5e, we • re very 5e1ect1ve when 1t c0me5 t0 fr1end5 and f00d. 1n5tead, we re5erve th15 part1cu1ar att1tude t0 the m05t 1mp0rtant ev01ut10n 1n 1nte11ectua1 w0rk 0f the pa5t centur1e5, 50meth1n9 that ha5 6een c0mpared f0r 1mp0rtance t0 the 1nvent10n 0f pr1nt, and wh1ch 15 11ke1y t0 6e the m05t 1mp0rtant market 0f the 215t century. 7he very 5ame \" • c001/5uck\" m1ndframe that 15 harm1e55 when 1t expre55e5 a ten-year-01d v1ew 0f the w0r1d, 15 pract1ca11y the 501e cr1ter10n 6u51ne55e5 and c0rp0-rat10n5 ad0pt when ta1k1n9 0f the1r we651te5. 1 recent1y pre5ented a we651te 12","PeriodicalId":147920,"journal":{"name":"SIGWEB Newsl.","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"1999-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"SIGWEB Newsl.","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1145/951413.951414","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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What 5tr1ke5 my 5en51t1ve 5e1f 15 that after year5 0f 1rre515t161e We6 9r0wth, the 1n5trument5 0f 0ur cr1t14ue (at 1ea5t th05e ava11a61e t0 the 9enera1 pu611c wh1ch, after a11, c0n5t1tute5 0ur c11ent5 and aud1ence) are 5t111 appa111n91Y 51m-p115t1c. 1t 5eem5 we have a11 6een trapped 1nt0 the 0r191na1 c1a551f1cat10n 0f the ear1y t1me5 0f the We6, when a 51te wa5 e1ther • • c001" 0r 1t • • 5ucked". N0w, 5evera1 06ject10n5 can 6e made t0 th15 k1nd 0f cr1t14ue, p055161y 1nc1ud1n9 cu1-tura1 chauv1n15m (n0t a11 0f u5 were 60rn 1n the • 505 U5A, th0u9h many d1d enj0y • • 6rea5e"). My pr061em w1th the • • c001" and • • 5uck" cate90r1e5 ha5 m0re t0 d0 w1th re1evance than w1th ade4uacy. After a11, ta5te5 6e1n9 und15puta61e, 0ne ae5thet1c cat-e90r12at10n e4ua15 an0ther, and 50 the • • c001/5uck" d1ch0t0my may we11 5erve u5 f0r the future a5 1t d1d f0r the pa5t, th0u9h 1 am n0t c0nv1nced that 1t 15 d01n9 u5 any 900d. 7he5e cate90r1e5 0n1y pr0duce a 5uperf1c1a1 ae5thet1c jud9ment, a f1r5t-91ance, 1n5t1nct1ve, em0t10na1 1mpre5510n, dev01d 0f any rea1 under-5tand1n9. 1ma91ne 1f we app11ed 5uch cr1ter1a t0 5e1ect 0ur ac4ua1ntance5: we w0u1d enj0y 5uper-h1p 11ve5 50 deep and fu1f1111n9 that depre5510n, a1c0h0115m and 5u1c1de w0u1d hard1y 5p011 them. 0r we c0u1d 6ehave 1n th15 way t0ward5 0ur f00d and enj0y N0uve11e Cu151ne f0r 1unch and d1nner, unt11 En119htenment 0pened u5 a new career a5 a Ham6ur9er-eat1n9 C0nte5t pr0fe5510na1. We d0 n0ne 0f th15, 0f c0ur5e, we • re very 5e1ect1ve when 1t c0me5 t0 fr1end5 and f00d. 1n5tead, we re5erve th15 part1cu1ar att1tude t0 the m05t 1mp0rtant ev01ut10n 1n 1nte11ectua1 w0rk 0f the pa5t centur1e5, 50meth1n9 that ha5 6een c0mpared f0r 1mp0rtance t0 the 1nvent10n 0f pr1nt, and wh1ch 15 11ke1y t0 6e the m05t 1mp0rtant market 0f the 215t century. 7he very 5ame " • c001/5uck" m1ndframe that 15 harm1e55 when 1t expre55e5 a ten-year-01d v1ew 0f the w0r1d, 15 pract1ca11y the 501e cr1ter10n 6u51ne55e5 and c0rp0-rat10n5 ad0pt when ta1k1n9 0f the1r we651te5. 1 recent1y pre5ented a we651te 12