After watching the, “Did You Know” video and reading part of the article by Dr. Alan Kirby, I think we may indeed be reaching an era of “post postmodernism”. In the article, Kirby calls this idea, “pseudo-modernism.” “Pseudo-modernism includes all television or radio programmes or parts of programmes, all ‘texts’, whose content and dynamics are invented or directed by the participating viewer or listener.” We talked about this same idea in class when we talked about how anyone can post something on the internet. We invent the text, we create new ideas, and as the video shared, “we’re preparing students for jobs that don’t even exist yet.”
Also in this article, Kirby relates this “pseudo-modernism” concept to the show, Big Brother, by saying that without the voters, the audience, the show could not exits. We create the results. “By definition, pseudo-modern cultural products cannot and do not exist unless the individual intervenes physically in them.” Simply take the internet for example, it cannot exist without the information that we put on it. With this information growing exponentially as shown by the video, we stray form the main ideas of post modernism and into those of pseudo-modernism.
“Postmodern philosophy emphasizes the elusiveness of meaning and knowledge.” Pseudo-modernism however doesn’t care how hard it is to define meaning or knowledge. Knowledge is out there, and how or where we get it from isn’t the point. Science for science does not apply, the concept is now science for progression. Knowledge is climbing so fast, we can hardly keep up with it. Okay well this might not make any sense, but oh well.
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