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not es , people ‘quickly come t o see new t echnologies , such as elect r ic l ights , space shuttles, comput er s, or sat ellit es, as “nat ural”. At t he same time, t he lifeworlds const ruct ed wit h older objects … begin t o slide t oward incomprehensibility, as t hose who creat ed t hat landscape pass away’ (1996: 180). T he mediation of t echnological communication render s grat uit ous t he obligations and mut ual respect of people as a feeling rat her t h an as a pragm at ic necessit y . O ne does no t ‘f l ame’ o t her s wit h e-m ai l , no t because one feels a sense of respect for ot her s but because t o do so would demonst rat e p o o r ‘ n e t iq u e tt e’ a n d s o m a r k o n e a s a ‘ n e w bi e’, a d i l e tt a n t e, a n d a n o n - e x p e r t . Member ship in t he t echnological social is pr edicat ed on t echnical per for mance, and vir t ue is evaluat ed in r elat ed t er ms. >>> A me a ni ng ful s o ci al a nd p ol it ical w o rl d would r e qui r e t h at each per s on was i nvolved i n s ome way wit h t he t o t al it y o f t h at world . P ol it ics l i mit ed t o a mi nor cor ner o f t he world is by de f i nit ion par ochi al and n ar r ow, as it was when Mi l l wr o t e, ‘ t he world , t o each i ndividu al , means t he par t o f it wit h which he co mes i nt o co nt act : his sect , his chur ch , his cl ass o f s ociet y’ (19 8 7 [1 8 59] : 7 7) . Individu al people canno t be concer ned wit h t he common go od bu t only wit h t hei r self-i nt er ests , or at best wit h t he i mmedi at ely local . S uch local ism o f t hought and values is differ ent fr om t he is ol at ion o f t he pr ei ndust r i al h amlet or vi l l age, for i n such sett i ngs t her e is o f t en a necessit y for commun al pol it ics . W e, however, canno t P46
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