Digital Rubbish: A Natural History of Electronics by Gabrys Jennifer

Author:Gabrys, Jennifer
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: The University of Michigan Press
Published: 2018-05-15T00:00:00+00:00

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FIVE

Media in the Dump

SALVAGE STORIES AND SPACES OF REMAINDER

He could tell at a glance that these ancient machines took up most of the storage space; they lined two entire walls, from ceiling to floor. Most of them had a layer of dust on them. The window space, too, was filled up by machines for sale, all second-hand, nothing new. Like a junk store, he thought morbidly. His experience went entirely against used merchandise; it made him feel queasy even to touch dusty, dirty-looking objects in second-hand shops. He liked things new, in sanitary cellophane packages. Imagine buying a used toothbrush, he thought to himself. Christ.

—PHILIP K. DICK, In Milton Lumky Territory

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