Re: review: Geert Lovink

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Being a fan of nettime and Geert Lovink's other work (with my limited exposure to it), i really appreciate McKenzie Wark's review of Dark Fiber. there certainly needs to be some kind of sustained attention on the critical work that's being done (tactical media), for the purposes of both current development and archive. however, i am always troubled somewhat by the direction of so much of the discourse - discussing the internal logic of the technology and it's implications for action. i know that the technology effects the forms of action available, but it seems too easy to naturalize the process and neglect other practices that may be less "sophisticated" in terms of technics - i.e. less important in the "progress" of media technologies. at least i know i do this.
anyway, i got alot from the review, thanks.
best,
ryan