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Blogging as an activity

August 5, 2009 By Jonathan Zasloff

Mike O’Hare’s post on activity v. passivity is worth pondering. One important social variable is the relative prestige value of, e.g., being able to cook a decent meal v. being able to afford a meal at a fancy restaurant, or being able to play the bano v. having a really cool home-entertainment system. Renaissance courtiers had access to excellent professionally-performed music. But one who couldn’t sing or dance would have been looked down on as lacking an accomplishment appropriate to a gentleman. To change the active/passive mix might require, and also forward, changing the relative prestige values.

In this connection, blogging itself provides a curious example, with one huge difference; on many topics, the best blogger actually provides better analysis than the usual professional journalist is allowed to provide.

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