Chapter 6 The Agency of the Image (Upsilon Alarm)

"We are desperate," declared by Ulmer (160).

However, he did not believe that conventional consultants could really plan and calculate solutions even though more power has been given.Instead, he showed special preference to uprising the spirit of the America and placed his hope on the ability of public policy to respond to the disaster.

In this chapter, Ulmer seemed to focus more on a practical way to build the Electracy. He believed that the Intternet is a living momument and the EmerAgency offers a practice for a virtual civic sphere that does for the imagination what statistics does for the intellect (176).

In page 173, Ulmer gave the detailed illustration for the MEmorializing process: "accept an event - any event that I recognize... ...Is this the spirit of America?" He also stressed that the EmerAgency sponsors the creation of MEmorials with the affiliated perioherals and Web site testimonials.

He believed that a MEmorial is not a "text" but a "felt", therefore, "the disaster is written not by weaving but by fulling (hairs or threads treated so they will mat into a fabric), filling the gas between deaths (composing a felt)by finding the hooks and eyes to form (digital) links"(168).

The insert of the "Y" actually helps a lot in presenting clearer his thoughts. Whether it is a solution or an impasse is the real alarm.