Thursday, 1 March 2012

Elegant Unconventionality in Digital Relationships

I received a beautifully handwritten letter this morning, inviting me to deliver the keynote address at one of the most important and prestigious...

...international conventions.  The subject of the convention will be Creating World Peace through Social Networking Services.

Although I am familiar with keys and notes through my campaigning activities on behalf of the Mozarty Party, I do not consider myself to be at all conventional in the 21st century.  Conventionality is usually rather unenlightened and can even be oppressive.

Unconventionality can be sensible or it can be silly, and I always follow the sensible course, of course, unless I happen to be listening to light music in the presence of a palm court orchestra or spa orchestra.







There are two very important German words to learn with regards to any sorts of social activity, namely Gemeinschaft (community) and Gesellschaft (society).  What are your views about these terms?  If you would rather discuss the music of Mr Rossini, perhaps you would like to refer to my blog-pamphlet posting of yesterday.

Perhaps you believe, as I do, that conventional activities have never created world peace, even for a few moments, although some international conventions aim to do so.  There may be some peace here and there, and dotted all over the world from time to time, but then an insensitive personage is likely to start up a lawnmower or a war at an inconvenient moment, just when one wishes to sit quietly for a few moments with a cup of tea.

I much prefer peace and quiet, a tea cup ballet, a few moments of salon music, or even a tea dance, rather than an unpleasant bombardment, whether of the military or marketing varieties.  What are your own teatime and social networking preferences, dear reader?  Do you consider yourself to be part of an online community?  Are you a blog-pamphleteer yourself?









World peace requires unconventional elegance, as my own highly regarded online conversational salon may indicate.  Through my own extensive, engaged and empirical global experiences, I have come to the conclusion that social networking services can be both beasts and blessings.  Many persons are unable to tell the difference between such things, hence my frequently sought services regarding infusions and confusions.

The digital and ethereal relationships we experience online should always be treated as part of a society, even if not a civil and civilised society, rather than as a community.  The only exceptions are when we also have a material relationship with each of the persons concerned, or the digital community of which we are a part is exceedingly and deliberately exclusive.

My own social circles are frequently distinguished by persons who are able to tell the difference between afternoon tea and high tea.  I usually avoid those who prefer the latter, especially when they prefer post-1950 Mantovani to Mozart.  They may even, horror of horrors, prefer something often referred to as adult contemporary music.

How exclusive are your own relationships in digital culture?  Do you consider yourself to be digitally indigenous in your online social networks?  Is your own social network merely an apparitional culture?

Is your social network mainly useful to shameless advertisers rather than pleasantly friendly innovators?  Do you prefer to enjoy Sunday in the park with a few real friends rather than interact with strangers in a screen stream?


Here are some of my previous thoughts regarding an elegantly unconventional international and local civil society, online and in life.  You may wish to examine these ideas in relation to enlightened pleasantness and inspiring creativity in digital and global culture:


Sunburn in a mucky country

The equality endowment

A homemade peace

Enlightened policies


Should you wish to know more about my elegant unconventionality in digital relationships when creating world peace through social networking services, perhaps you would like to invite me to give the keynote address at your next convention, conference, congress or tea dance.  Alternatively, you may like to join a few of the social networks I have initiated.  See below for details.

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