Re: [microsound] early cd skipping

[John Hopkins <jhopkins@xxxxxxx>]

> but I think that "history" nowadays is defined by the economically
> prevallent english speaking countries, which is not to say that lots of
> things are not happening in other parts and go largely unreported. So I

is it such that if something is un-reported, then is it 'still' 
history, or is history related to the reporting of an event? 
'unreported histories' seems to be an oxymoron, though it's an 
intriguing concept.   IMHO, it would seem that history is a 
collective manifestation which drifts on the sea of social being. 
while there are microscopic currents everywhere, the sea is created 
by the continual micro and macro  human relating of events -- sharing 
of experience.  the macro structure is made up of the accumulation of 
these micro events in the same way a social 'superorganism' (in 
Howard Bloom's terminology) comes to be from the constituent 
individuals.  This explains the changeability of history over time, 
and from different social vantage points (different macro and micro 
ppoints-of-view), as well as the mechanism that says when there is a 
certain dominant social meme (anglo-centric in this case), then 
history is more often viewed from that meme's point...

that's why mailing lists, non-touristic travel, and any other 
possible cross-meme communication situations give rise to rich 
stories and the possibilities of seeing the world in a different 
Light...

cheers
jh

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