Comments on: Six Degrees of Robert Langdon

By: picada de morcego

picada de morcego — Fri, 07 May 2010 12:41:06 +0000

thank you, Andrew
“Everywhere I turn, I see interconnection. So why do I still feel so disconnected?” ::: interesting comment

well, it’s easy to feel interconnected through symbols, they exist in our individual minds, we impart any meaning we want onto them … it’s more difficult to actually connect with other humans

By: Jessie Carty

Jessie Carty — Sat, 17 Apr 2010 14:58:47 +0000

I read both Angels & Demons and The Da Vinci Code. I have to admit you get sucked in by the desire to find out what is going to happen. I actually think Angels & Demons is a better book than The Da Vinci Code but that may be because I already knew all the “legends” that Dan Brown writes about in the Code.

That being said, I only read them to see what the big deal was (like when I suffered through the first Twilight book and then just read plot synopsi for the rest of the books on wikipedia to avoid further pain) and I think people just like the adventure. Think of the Blair Witch Project. There were people out there who wanted to believe so badly in something so strange being real. So many people still crave magic and maybe that does say something about the loss of true communities.

You’v egot em thinking

By: Andrew

Andrew — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 00:04:28 +0000

It’s scary to think that I might share a belief with Dan Brown. I think it’s far more likely, however, that we’re inventing all of this and attributing it to him. I’d prefer to think of him as stumbling over a resonant point, rather than actually developing it. That way I can still be justified when I snark at him.

And now: Imagine Tom Hanks. Topless. Eating a Big’n'Tasty. On a trampoline.

You’re welcome.

By: Xochitl-Julisa

Xochitl-Julisa — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 23:44:22 +0000

Maybe Dan Brown is so popular because of the loss of the tangible: relics, paintings, artifacts. With everything becoming digital, the “paper trail” has become obsolete, so we are fascinated by it, and even exagerating its possibility because it no longer exists. And perhaps the same is true with interconnection.

BTW please don’t ask me to “strap on” any part of Tom Hanks’ anatomy. Thank you.

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We’re Blogging, And On The Radio! | Splinter Generation — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 18:58:51 +0000

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