From Kentaro Toyama's article in the Boston Review: Technology—no matter how well designed—is only a magnifier of human intent and capacity. It is not a substitute. [via Morgan
I've been interested in the use of the term "addiction" in technology and social media-- when the high-tech industry started talking about technology being addictive (or put more
I disagree with some elements of this interview, but this line of David Weinberger's makes a good point: In the sciences and humanities, it’s hard to find somebody
From Helen Nearing's quietly amazing essay on Scott Nearing's decision to die (at 99): Work helps prevent one from getting old. My work is my life. I cannot
The scholar in me finds this article title hilarious, in a good way-- Can You Dig It? Some Reflections on the Sociological Problems Associated with Being Uncool --I
After reading the Neil Gabler piece, this line of George Eliot (caught by the excellent Ta-Nehisi Coates) grabbed me: I at least have so much to do in
Trying to get my thousand words for the day before Thanksgiving. via flickr The quote is from William Shakespeare, Troilus and Cressida, I think.
Via Tammy Strobel's always delightful Rowdy Kittens: If there is no stillness, there is no silence.If there is no silence, there is no insight.If there is no insight,
"Writer, editor, and Web professional" (who isn't a Web professional these days?) Larry Carlat has a New York Times Magazine piece about how Twitter destroyed his life: It
In contemplation, the "doors of perception" are opened [and] all life takes on a completely new meaning: the real sense of our own existence, which is normally veiled