tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8692381608294018617.post6822005367419169514..comments2023-11-05T07:27:43.837-05:00Comments on Narrative and Technology: Blog #4, Question 2: Hank, the Man of No SentimentAdamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16302919444091859459noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8692381608294018617.post-39124113124837011282007-09-21T08:31:00.000-04:002007-09-21T08:31:00.000-04:00Fascinating discussion, especially when you articu...Fascinating discussion, especially when you articulate the ways in which Hank's passion is manifest in his style. One question you're getting at I'll rephrase as this: "Who is the real Hank? The impassioned revolutionary? The money-grubbing manipulator? Or can we somehow reconcile the two?"<BR/><BR/>The Hank who wants to rebel against conscience wants man to be, essentially, a human (capitalist?) machine, authentically efficient. The Hank who wants to free the freemen wants people to be <I>citizens</I> in charge of their own destiny.<BR/><BR/>I could go on and on about this topic - one thing I'll note is that this disjunction between machine and citizen as an ideal could be used to analyze both the U.S. and the Soviet Union (which had many, many engineers in political leadership)...Adam Johnshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11588769281227456640noreply@blogger.com