The Healing Power of Randomness

The Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind is an ambivalent narrative.  The patterns of minds are mapped, but they are ultimately disrupted by an intentional randomness.  In fact, randomness is the method the characters use to "confuse" the computer as it erases their memories.   It is through the awareness of how patterns function and the creation of alternative non-narratives that technologies are altered. 

About egordon

This blog documents my research on the growing importance of location, place and space in networked social media. I'm an assistant professor of new media at Emerson College in Boston. Colin Rhinesmith, a graduate student at Emerson, is a major contributor to this blog.
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