Decay of communication

"Jeudy's criticism of communication is valuable, but he overestimates the orderliness and efficiency of the electronic network. The ones and zeroes, the protocols and codes; what are they but maps of the sewer system, the pre-fabricated bricks in public buildings? As the volume of electronic communication increases, so do static, mysteries, crime and the impossibility of control. It will become more and more like a city, with all of a city's charms, mysteries and dangers.

The idea of communication culminating in perfection and emptiness is also a fallacy and is self-destructing. Injustice, stupidity and chaos will always be unleashed and battled over in the Net. The quicker, the better. There are no times of stagnation and decay. Stagnation and decay is of all times and may even determine the quality of existence. That communication is decaying as it acquires power: this is perhaps our fondest hope."

translation: jim boekbinder

http://www.mediamatic.net/page/8389/en

Literature: Henri-Pierre Jeudi Les Ruses de la Communication Plon, Paris 1989, ISBN 2-259-02146-8

This quote looks at how the accumulation of communication and the way in which this is handled can cause detrimental outcomes.... I like the way that the memory is never 'stagnant' and is always growing. It reiterates the idea that the memory is layered and perhaps how we order these and control them makes it possible to function.