Obsolete technologies and middle verbs

A pair of Zits strips, from yesterday and today: (#1) (#2) The theme is the looming obsolescence of technologies and their supporting infrastructures and social practices, in this case the system of mail delivery (cue Thomas Pynchon’s novella The Crying of Lot 49), with all its parts and accompaniments: postage stamps, envelopes and postcards, mail … Continue reading Obsolete technologies and middle verbs