He suggests that the sublime, which used to be nature at its most awe-inspiring, might now be found in the overwhelming idea of cyberspace.
I first saw it as a young boy growing up in South Dakota, approximately 40 years ago, and brought my kids from the East Coast to see it a few years ago so that they could appreciate the power of an overwhelming idea.
Kaufmann argues that in the new world of speed dating, online dating and social networking, the overwhelming idea is to have short, sharp engagements that involve minimal commitment and maximal pleasure.
In case you can't recall what motivated Ishmael to hop on a ship with a madman, in "Moby-Dick," let us remind you: Chief among these motives was the overwhelming idea of the great whale himself.
Yet its overwhelming focus on ideas represented the continuation of a German tradition of seeing intellectual developments as the dominant force in history and went against the trend of the 70s and 80s to prioritise the importance of social and economic forces.
Funding difficulties were overwhelming and the idea was shelved.
But residents have told me the day-to-day struggle of life is so overwhelming, that the idea of starting a high-growth company is tantamount to colonizing the moon.
But the Greek population overwhelming rejected the idea of accepting the austerity measures demanded by the creditors in a referendum on July 5. Related: Financial Chaos Looms After Greeks Reject Bailout With Resounding 'Oxi' Vote.
The loss of this balance through frontal-lobe damage can "release" impulsive behaviors, obsessive ideas, and overwhelming feelings and compulsions.
But where Monk's style was pared down to stark notes, detached chords, and shard-like or ditty-like phrases, Taylor — a conservatory-trained virtuoso — turned each of his ten fingers into separate percussion instruments, not paring down his themes but analyzing and multiplying them into an overwhelming barrage of expanded ideas.
Many flaws in the design and interpretation of new experiments can be traced to older experiments which came to be accepted, not because the evidence was overwhelming, but because the ideas were appealing.
