Google Street View: a shocking sighting
When Google Maps first announced their new Street View function, I couldn’t help wondering whether this was another sign of our spiritual bankruptcy; whether the conversion of entire cities into material for voyeurism was indicative of our fundamental cynicism about human society; whether our craving for more comprehensive techniques of surveillance arises from a deep secret belief that we really don’t exist; whether, at the core of all this voyeurism, is a gaping void.
Well, my worst fears were confirmed when I saw this image: the void itself has been sighted on a busy San Francisco street….
3 Comments:
Well spoken indeed...
M
http://streetviewgallery.corank.com
Obviously a subtle reference to Howards End.
IT'S THE SMUG.
RUN FOR YOUR LIFES.
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