Re: [microsound] cell phone noise

[Joshua Maremont <thermal@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> i'm replying after a lag, someone else may have
> pointed out the adalaide hospital research, which
> implied that 18 months of 1 hr. use each day (on a
> cell phone) leaves one with an eightfold risk for
> tumor. emfs, the most insidious noise. kj

Well if I understand correctly (being a non-doctor) a tumor is the result 
of a glitch in genetic replication or immunological response, so it fits 
well within the Post-Digital Aesthetic, no?  Is not the glitch as now 
fetishized simply the once undesirable artifact of technological activity 
rendered aesthetically relevant - the accident distilled as 
substance?  Maybe big lumps on each side of the head from overzealous 
cellphone chatter will be included within that Aesthetic as well, and 
perhaps cellphones will soon be designed in such a way as to more 
pleasingly mold the shapes of these lumps.  Then again, there ARE headsets, 
for those who prefer the Borg look...

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