The Postman Keeps Ringing: Reconsidering the Problem of Information and Action in the Online Age

The Postman Keeps Ringing:Reconsidering the Problem of Information and Action in the

Online Age

Timothy RecuberPrinceton University

@timr100

“The Postman Keeps Ringing” @timr100


“Sense-ratio” “Information-action ratio”









Infoguilt

• the negative conception of self that comes from not responding to the moral or emotional demands of bad news


Infoguilt

• the negative conception of self that comes from not responding to the moral or emotional demands of bad news• a moral/ normative/ cultural

problem, not technological!



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The Postman Keeps Ringing: Reconsidering the Problem of Information and Action in the Online Age