http://www.bloggernews.net/114512 High-quality English language analysis and editorial writing on the news. Thu, 28 Aug 2008 20:05:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 http://www.bloggernews.net/114512#comment-303215 pshea99 Tue, 22 Apr 2008 15:14:30 +0000 http://www.bloggernews.net/114512#comment-303215 I thought the story was not quite as unsettling as "good fiction" can be. On the other hand, I think the piece has some interesting undertones that make it a modern-day "invasion of the body snatchers" only without the happy ending. In the end the protagonist is reabsorbed into the collective - his momentary awakening and transcendence above the world of referal networking businesses(a "real world" trend that threatens to extinguish what is left of the non-commercialized person)is tragically, ineluctably defeated. The common implications about consumerism are there, but I was reminded of this story last night when a woman I met at a dinner party suddenly began talking the automaton talk of a network referral sales person. It was chilling. I thought the story was not quite as unsettling as “good fiction” can be. On the other hand, I think the piece has some interesting undertones that make it a modern-day “invasion of the body snatchers” only without the happy ending. In the end the protagonist is reabsorbed into the collective - his momentary awakening and transcendence above the world of referal networking businesses(a “real world” trend that threatens to extinguish what is left of the non-commercialized person)is tragically, ineluctably defeated. The common implications about consumerism are there, but I was reminded of this story last night when a woman I met at a dinner party suddenly began talking the automaton talk of a network referral sales person. It was chilling.

]]> http://www.bloggernews.net/114512#comment-287053 jiomi Thu, 10 Apr 2008 00:34:59 +0000 http://www.bloggernews.net/114512#comment-287053 you don't get the story at all. you don’t get the story at all.

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