I don't see it so much as an "indoor bias" but a wholesale preference for WORDS. Culture has been reduced to words, and your article reminds us that there's more to it - door handles, park benches and other "stuff". Benjamin got this too. He was "interpreting" mainly the stuff around us instead of the words whith which we all too often deceive each other.
Thanks a lot for this stimulating comment. I would rather speak of signs instead of words because images, for example, also push themselves in front of the robust reality of things.
Very true. Yet the "indoor bias" is not limited to digital writing. It is zeitgeist. I have been a keen and avid runner for decades. In the past, parks around the world were full of runners. And very few people went to fitness studios or gyms. Today, I face the exact opposite. I hardly meet other runners outside, but come across crowded gyms around the world. Nothing beats the outdoors. The wind, the sound of birds, the four seasons are invaluable for me. Clearly, I am a dying species.
Thank you very much, Uwe, for sharing this observation. I agree, but I really hope that the joy of being outdoors doesn't disappear with your generation.
I don't see it so much as an "indoor bias" but a wholesale preference for WORDS. Culture has been reduced to words, and your article reminds us that there's more to it - door handles, park benches and other "stuff". Benjamin got this too. He was "interpreting" mainly the stuff around us instead of the words whith which we all too often deceive each other.
Thanks a lot for this stimulating comment. I would rather speak of signs instead of words because images, for example, also push themselves in front of the robust reality of things.
Very true. Yet the "indoor bias" is not limited to digital writing. It is zeitgeist. I have been a keen and avid runner for decades. In the past, parks around the world were full of runners. And very few people went to fitness studios or gyms. Today, I face the exact opposite. I hardly meet other runners outside, but come across crowded gyms around the world. Nothing beats the outdoors. The wind, the sound of birds, the four seasons are invaluable for me. Clearly, I am a dying species.
Thank you very much, Uwe, for sharing this observation. I agree, but I really hope that the joy of being outdoors doesn't disappear with your generation.