Digital sublime
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The digital sublime is the mythologization of the impact of computers and cyberspace on human experiences of time, space and power. It is also known as cyber sublime or algorithmic sublime. It is a ph
Artistic depiction of computer virus
Immanuel Kant
Example of Sublime Art - Steam Boat off a Harbour's Mouth by J. M. W. Turner
Example of composite photograph
Awe
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Awe is an emotion comparable to wonder but less joyous. On Robert Plutchik's wheel of emotions awe is modeled as a combination of surprise and fear. Keltner and Haidt, in a highly-cited paper, describ
Digital sublime
…the collective conscience with the emergence of these new technologies and the promises and predictions that emerge from them. These emotions are the awe, the astonishment, the rationality-subsuming glory, and the generally intense spiritual experience. This feeling is essentially provoked by intentionally…
Destruction of Tyre by John Martin (1840)
Wanderer above the Sea of Fog (1818) by German Romantic landscape painter Caspar David Friedrich
The Great Day of His Wrath by John Martin
This Atlanta lightning strike may have inspired awe.