Re: <nettime> silence on the lam(bs)

[David Garcia via nettime-l <nettime-l@lists.nettime.org>]

Brilliant Ted and necessary - Silence does not always =....


> "Lurking" isn't a bad thing, in fact it's often a *good* thing: 
> listening more than speaking, attending more than "performing," 
> considering rather than deciding, deferring rather than asserting. I 
> think it's high time the left recognized that traditional notions of 
> "solidarity" aren't always and only an unalloyed good.
>
> I suppose I need to add: I'm not saying people shouldn't talk, debate, 
> whatever. I *am* saying that, when they don't, it can mean many things 
> — and learning to listen for those subtleties and ambiguities can 
> itself be a positive contribution — if not for now then maybe for the 
> day after.
>
> Ted
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