09-07-2021, 07:42 AM
Hey busker-
Thanks for your comments:
I have done away with the last line/edit as it wasn't necessary.
The cathode ray tube (CRT vacuum tube) has definitely given way to the social media "echo chambers" that are now ubiquitous, and we can now carry around that idiot box everywhere.
I was hoping that someone would notice that 2nd layer (vacuum vs echo chamber), as there is no sound in a vacuum (thus no echo). It's debateable whether "the olden days" were actually quieter days, but I find that the multiple forms of media noise that now assault our senses are much harder to escape from.
"Critical race theory" just happened to offer up "CRT" as a convenient way to contrast/compare the past with the present, and to convey that while technology may change quickly, human nature evolves much slower. Flash point controversies now innundate us, and everybody seems to need to weigh in: I'm sure that tomorrow will bring another phrase for folks to fight over.
And Tim: I found your buddy's comments quite amusing.
Thanks for your comments:
Quote:I didn't know that CRT meant anything other than Cathode Ray Tube, in fact...and then I checked wikipedia and came across Critical Race Theory
There's a delightful, second layer of physics irony in a vacuum being repackaged as an echo chamber.
I have done away with the last line/edit as it wasn't necessary.
The cathode ray tube (CRT vacuum tube) has definitely given way to the social media "echo chambers" that are now ubiquitous, and we can now carry around that idiot box everywhere.
I was hoping that someone would notice that 2nd layer (vacuum vs echo chamber), as there is no sound in a vacuum (thus no echo). It's debateable whether "the olden days" were actually quieter days, but I find that the multiple forms of media noise that now assault our senses are much harder to escape from.
"Critical race theory" just happened to offer up "CRT" as a convenient way to contrast/compare the past with the present, and to convey that while technology may change quickly, human nature evolves much slower. Flash point controversies now innundate us, and everybody seems to need to weigh in: I'm sure that tomorrow will bring another phrase for folks to fight over.
And Tim: I found your buddy's comments quite amusing.