On Feb 1, 2012, at 8:44 AM, Julio Huato wrote:
> Doug wrote:
>
>> Because it's endless and never satisfying. You update, link,
>> and it's as if it never happened, because you have to update
>> and link again. It's a romance with the void.
>
> That's a good description of life as we know it.
Not exactly, at least the writing part of it. You write a book, it's finished. It goes out in the world and people react. It has some staying power (which is why the CIA used to subsidize the things). A blog post lasts 5 minutes.
Doug