{"id":2041,"date":"2002-12-29T09:52:58","date_gmt":"2002-12-29T09:52:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bob.ryskamp.org\/brain\/?p=2041"},"modified":"2012-06-06T03:30:03","modified_gmt":"2012-06-06T03:30:03","slug":"memories","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bob.ryskamp.org\/brain\/memories\/","title":{"rendered":"Memories"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>just a quick note for now&#8211;i&#8217;ve been making the argument lately that it doesn&#8217;t matter what you KNOW; what matters is what you CAN know on command, for instance with an instantaneous connection to the internet hardwired to your brain.  but the problem with that is i&#8217;m not sure that attitude will create the kind of rich knowledge i personally want to have.  consider <a href=http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2002\/12\/29\/opinion\/29DUKE.html>this article in the ny times<\/a>, which says that the decline in oratory and poetical tradition has robbed our society of eloquence, reducing us to the &#8220;literature&#8221; of online gibberish found in blogs (like this one) and internet chat rooms.  but then we are left to speak to others in the real world, and i doubt that any computer, Turing-test-approved or not, will ever possess the creativity and intelligence to artfully weild the english language in conversation.<\/p>\n<p>interestingly, also in today&#8217;s ny times there is an article on a crusader for the <a href=http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2002\/12\/29\/weekinreview\/29SCHW.html>decapitalization of the word &#8220;internet&#8221;<\/a>.  we&#8217;ll have to be very careful to avoid the complete loss of our literary traditions.<\/p>\n<p>ok, c u l8r!  ttyl, bob.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>just a quick note for now&#8211;i&#8217;ve been making the argument lately that it doesn&#8217;t matter what you KNOW; what matters is what you CAN know on command, for instance with an instantaneous connection to the internet hardwired to your brain. but the problem with that is i&#8217;m not sure that attitude will create the kind&#8230;<a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/bob.ryskamp.org\/brain\/memories\/\">more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[389,5],"tags":[39,38,41,37,40,36,42],"class_list":["post-2041","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-memory-2","category-technology","tag-eloquence","tag-english","tag-im","tag-language","tag-literature","tag-texting","tag-ttyl"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/s9wjHJ-memories","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bob.ryskamp.org\/brain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2041","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bob.ryskamp.org\/brain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bob.ryskamp.org\/brain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bob.ryskamp.org\/brain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bob.ryskamp.org\/brain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2041"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bob.ryskamp.org\/brain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2041\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4720,"href":"https:\/\/bob.ryskamp.org\/brain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2041\/revisions\/4720"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bob.ryskamp.org\/brain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2041"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bob.ryskamp.org\/brain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2041"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bob.ryskamp.org\/brain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2041"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}