On the Internet and the perfect dinner party...

[nice_on_ice]

I'm becoming increasingly convinced that entries like the following are what Fridays in Milledgeville are for

Comments

[betterthan_u]

I'll agree that television may be a "vast wasteland," but I wouldn't go so far as to lump the Internet into the same category. True, the amount of junk on the web is nauseating, but pretty much anything you'd like to know is at your fingertips.

[nice_on_ice]

But the notion that we have a world's worth of information "at our fingertips" basically nullifies the need to study and, more importantly, learn even the most basic concepts. Why commit to memory any knowledge when every question can be answered by a Google or Wikipedia search that takes a fraction of a second? Sure, you'll forget the info in a matter of hours, but it'll always be right there waiting for you on the Internet.

I'll admit that the Internet should be used as a supplement to education, but I worry that our already-lazy generation, not to mention the ones to come, are being and will continue to be adversely affected by all of these so-called conveniences.

I am lazy as shit and I blame the internet.

[dustedoldman]

I will consider who I would invite to dinner and perhaps post my guest list for you later.

Re: I am lazy as shit and I blame the internet.

[leopardandlamb]

yeah, same here.

[leopardandlamb]

okay, here's my invite list:

1. leonard cohen
2. betty moss
3. chan marshall
4. tom waits
5. joyce carol oates
6. christian bale
7. douglas coupland
8. joan didion
9. george w. bush
10. my father

[nice_on_ice]

Interesting. Leonard Cohen, Dr. Moss and Joyce Carol Oates were all under serious consideration for my guest list.

Also, I would've bet the farm on you choosing Chan Marshall.

[leopardandlamb]

come back to texas and we can be our own dinner guests.

[nice_on_ice]

That would be lovely.

[dustedoldman]

1. Stephen Colbert
2. Richard Dawkins
3. Tom Stoppard
4. Bob Odenkirk
5. Charles Barkley
6. Bret Easton Ellis
7. Cornel West
8. David Cronenberg
9. Method Man
10. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (no preconditions)

If I did this again tomorrow I'm sure it would be completely different.

[nice_on_ice]

Excellent, Fo-Lilly. I'm particularly a fan of numbers three through five.

in no particular order

[o_heraclitus]

1. Alexander Solzehnitsyn
2. George W. Bush
3. David Brooks
4. Lee Kuan Yew
5. Bob Dylan
6. Simon Rattle
7. Robin Williams
8. Nicholas Sarkozy
9. P. Adams Sitney
10. Clint Eastwood

Re: in no particular order

[dustedoldman]

I was really considering G-Dub and David Brooks.

[sweetslim]

1. Tim Duncan
2. Stephen Malkmus
3. Mary Ellen Mark
4. Jon Stewart
5. Mel Brooks
6. James Nachtwey
7. Steve Jobs
8. Dave Chappelle
9. Ethan Coen
10. Alex Trebek

[thoughtsonitall]

I thought I might post a list as well, but it would just be a combination your your list and Will's. Gross. But! Including Edward Norton and Zadie Smith.