Chapter 2 Blog

It is interesting when Goldsmith compares our day and age to a zombie-like apocalyptic wasteland. Mainly due to the fact that we are in somewhat of a wasteland already whenever we graze upon the topic of technology and how without it, we suffer a great deal without it occupying our time. In other words, technology might be the reason why we crave looking at our devices and is the best comparison when describing what we are as a society today. Brainless zombies, wanting nothing but to starve for one thing and one thing only. Goldsmith clarifies that embracing something disjunctive is far more powerful than taking something to face, or just attempting to construct something of value through picking up only the smaller pieces and pointing them towards something larger. Conveying Goldsmith’s views and the way he perceives the prevalence of cultural artifacts gives me the idea that we should treat old pieces as more of a disjunction and treat it as more of an organic way of framing the medium.