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The speech is interesting, but requires a lot of attention to follow due to the strange cadence and intonation - it sounds like she's reading a poem, sometimes
by vosper 14y ago
The speech is interesting, but requires a lot of attention to follow due to the strange cadence and intonation - it sounds like she's reading a poem, sometimes - and the excessive verbiage; there are a LOT of sentences like this:
"... no reasonable expectation of privacy exists in spaces where bodies politic assemble to perform transparent choreographies of public democracy".
Listening to it reminded me of reading Umberto Eco.
- Mizza 14y agoIt's true. Cryptome tends to do this and I'm not sure why, I don't think it serves their cause to make their research and analysis inaccessible.
- lobotryas 14y agoI imagine they fancy themselves a cross between an elder statesman and V. Between the presenter's poor reading and the overly verbose prose I tuned out after a few minutes. Bit of a shame since this is an interesting subject.
- balsam 14y agoSeems like ArchitectSpeak. I used to hang out with architecture students, they are indoctrinated to write and talk like this. And thus they can't help but sound like literary critics who give talks by reading their own papers. Contrast this with scientists who try to make their talks sound as informal as possible.