Helle von Bargen
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The Tantalus Effect.
A fascinating post, thank you. It reminds me of the Danish media scholar, Mads Julius Elf's theory about "the Tantalus effect". (The book, "Tantaluskvaler" is as far as I know only in Danish). Elf argues that the Greek myth of Tan ... -
The drawing of the line
Thank you for such an inspiring post. I completely agree with you and the commentors above. The image is also a reminder of the weirdly fine line between the beauty and disgust of the science fictiony artificiality that you mention. The thought of having ...