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The Mysterious Disappearance Of Phil Agre
roundbracketcs says,
He has been missing a year and no one's bothered to report it until now? I suppose it's possible if the man wasn't in actual physical contact with ppl, but how do you pull that off when you have a job? At first I thought this is a prank in the spirit of Obedience by Will Lavender, but now it just seems like it's a case of ppl giving a fuck only when other ppl start giving a fuck.
Article excerpt from npr.org —
"Several weeks ago, the family of information studies Professor Phil Agre reported him missing, saying that they had not heard from him in over a year. At first glance, it may seem like a fairly typical missing persons case - families lose touch with relatives and begin to worry about their safety. For Agre, though, the situation is somewhat...
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Posted 8 months ago
You know...even after reading the first two paragraphs, I have no idea who he is.
Posted 8 months ago
does that matter?
Posted 8 months ago
i have for years, since i was a young man, thought, and torn myself apart over, if i don't remember someone i knew, but haven't been reminded of, in years, isn't with us anymore, how would i know?
now that i am online, i'm like, if someone doesn't exist anymore, how would i know? who's gonna tell me, if they can't?
it's pretty heady stuff, in an age of the internet drawin' us closer together, don't you think?
now that i am online, i'm like, if someone doesn't exist anymore, how would i know? who's gonna tell me, if they can't?
it's pretty heady stuff, in an age of the internet drawin' us closer together, don't you think?
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