The medium was the message today as our time was spent analysing the historical progression in audio’s capture and dissemination.
Thanks to Gulielmo Marconi’s inadvertent intertextual homage to Benjamin Franklin’s maniacal yet world changing “old fart flying kite in the fields by himself” episode, long distance radio transmission was assumed to be possible.
Hurrah!
Hypothetically speaking, say, these two gentlemen, trans time and space, had a conversation about their life’s work, would the topic of discourse reveal dense scientific theorem, or, would it be more of a chest-beating psych-out stare-down season to determine who will win in the next kite derby battle? Or, do you think that both men would be more interested in sharing advice about how to sustain a healthy relationship with their significant others considering their ‘don’t stop me, why the party’s just begun’ pastimes of flying kites? [Insert wind and cricket noises].
Our group brainstorm was ‘electric’ though we were on the wrong train.