Penelope
Green in today's New York Times: "It’s
hard not to see the product of so much effort as anything but a sincere
gesture, perhaps the last sincere form of expression we have. But there are
those for whom social papers are simply an expression of economic muscle, or a
poignant example of social anxiety." --
"The Lettered Set,"
an article about elites shunning email in favor of high-quality
stationery. András
Szántó, twelve years ago, in the book Data Smog: "In
the future, elites are more likely to express their tastes through purging the
data around them. To be involved in a data purge culture will be to show that
you are a sophisticated user of data, that you know where it comes from, you
know how to pick up on the little info that matters and to how to get rid of
the rest. [Meanwhile] the have-nots are going to end up with the data
dumped on them."
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