Why do people choose to play with ideas considered antiquated? Why
do they elect to act in non-productive ways? Perhaps the question
can be asked in reverse: What comes to mind when we think of
technology? That which is practical, efficient, invisible, fast,
optimistic, constantly updated. So how can one explain the search
for the opposite, that which is useless, inefficient, physically
present, slow, dystopian, obsolete and governed by chance? The
matter of what motivates the search for `antiquated' forms strikes
deep into the heart of value. Are people simply following trends?
Are they idiots? Are they sentimental? Are they artists? Are they
interested in kitsch? Are they uninformed? Are they poets? Other
Paradises is a collection of essays exploring imaginative responses
to science and technology, and is about people who choose to build
`other paradises', fully conscious of the alternative they offer to
the dominant paradigm of technological progress.
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