The Distracted World – Being and not being in a mediated world

The Distracted World
Being and not being in a mediated world

It was eight in the evening on the eve of Easter. In a railway station bustling with impatient holidaymakers, a man on a bench was huddled over a newspaper reading. Oblivious to the world around him, he bored his little finger into his nose, extracted what he could and sucked the result.…

How are technologies reshaping society, in particular, the way we learn and communicate but also work, do business, conduct politics and, more generally, live? Such were the questions Connected Magazine raised. With over 240 articles and interviews, most written or carried out by Alan McCluskey, the original Connected Magazine (see archive) was published in simple html format. It was begun on January 15th, 1996 and spanned sixteen years, finally updated last on April 23rd, 2012. To make the material more accessible - much of which remains relevant today - Secret Paths is revising and republishing a large selection. The photos, taken by Alan McCluskey, are more recent. For information about Alan McCluskey's novels, click here.

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The Distracted WorldBeing and not being in a mediated world

The Distracted World
Being and not being in a mediated world