Should We Look on New Technologies with Awe and Dread?

> One of the most famous cuts in cinema history, from “2001: A Space Odyssey,” perfectly captures a concept known as the technological sublime.

There's something about this idea of experiencing art as a sommelier for human feelings that disturbs me.

This has happened many times with me. Person recommends a movie, describes a scene and how that scene makes him feel and that's why the movie is great. I watch it, and what I feel has nothing to do with what I heard from that person.

There's a joke in the metal community. It goes like this:

"I never respected Dragonforce. Then I heard the Metallica guys saying how they were impressed by the new Dragonforce song. Now I don't respect Metallica."

I think it conveys well how sometimes we can't project our experiences into other's perspectives. Maybe I don't feel the sublime, and I never will, and I'll never understand this article (although I'm sure lots of people will relate to it).