https://blog.p2pfoundation.net/the-egalitarian-practices-of-immediate-return-societies/2011/09/18 Researching, documenting and promoting peer to peer practices Mon, 19 Sep 2011 01:35:56 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.5.15 https://blog.p2pfoundation.net/the-egalitarian-practices-of-immediate-return-societies/2011/09/18/comment-page-1#comment-486197 Mon, 19 Sep 2011 01:35:56 +0000 http://blog.p2pfoundation.net/?p=19364#comment-486197 Michel this is the very subject of my recently completed book You Are Your Media, which I finally have in my hands and am putting in the mail to you tomorrow. There is very much a connection, as this essay shows. What this essay doesn’t do is explain the nature of that connection. The connection proposed here is tied by the author to a temporal psychology, i.e. delayed-gratification vs. immediate satisfaction. This is very similar to the distinction drawn by Phillip Zimbrano in his widely-viewed Ted talk, between future-oriented and present-oriented societies. But in both cases I would argue these are mere symptoms not causes. But certainly this essay gives a sample of some of the many connections between oral and digital cultures. You’ll hear my take soon…

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