Death and Dying, Life and Living

I have no clue how typical my Twitter feed is.…

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Because We Can

If you think of technology as the materialized knowhow of…

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Last Second Shot

If you’re lucky enough to get out for a snorkel…

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Waiting for Go D’oh (to Return)

From our present perch a survey of the past might…

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Anyone Tired of This Yet?

Massacres in the U.S. are like the Bill Murray movie Groundhog…

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Unity or Conformity?

A snippet from Hans Eijkelboom’s book People of the Twenty-First Century gives…

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Did We Stop Dreaming Big in the 1970s?

An audiophile and a cinephile could surely make the case…

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A Wonderful Reminder from Fugazi

It doesn’t come close to being there. But it comes…

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You Elected Him, and Now You’re Surprised?

Only if you’ve never seen his highlight reel.. Here’s how…

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Repurposing Teachers

The idea that technology = progress continues to catch hold.…

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Google Teaches AI to Edit Images for Other AI to Enjoy

Another AI breakthrough from Google. According to The Next Web,…

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A Case of Mistaken Identity

There’s lots to be said about evolution, faith, and technology. This…

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Eyes, Not Webs, Connect Us

There are about 18 billion of them on Earth. Eyes,…

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Lost Art of the Music Video

Not sure if MTV or MuchMusic shows music videos anymore,…

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Happy Birthday Mr. Beckett

Were he still alive, Samuel Beckett would be 111 today.…

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Fan in Praise of Music

Most of the time it’s best to just let the music…

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The Climate Engineering Wimp Out

There must be a term for it, for accepting a…

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To Generate Change, You Need to Create Empathy

Want to know why some Trump voters still support him,…

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The Irony Is Killing Us

Havoc has a name — and a fixed-move-out-date-residence at 1600…

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Fake Is about to Get a Whole New Meaning

Fake news, so much in the news, is a matter…

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Poetry and Painting in the Age of Google

Google Arts and Culture, the site and the app, is…

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The State / Fate of Humanity – March 2017

Here is your present + future:   Verdict:

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The Magical Need of the Artist

It was scribbled in these parts years ago that “it shall…

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Why So Ready to Forsake?

Our planet is so verdant with life we’re still ages…

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Pretty But… Deadly?

We’re nearly at the 17th anniversary of Bill Joy’s warning…

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This Isn’t How Social Media Was Supposed to Be

According to Bloomberg, Social Media Are Driving Americans Insane.  Before we…

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Taking the Bible Thumpers Down a Notch

It’s pretty clear that from right around day one, the…

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Now Arriving: the Future (with Guests)

The real world and the worst of our dystopian nightmares have…

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This Is Happening

The message from scientists studying the effects of climate change:…

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Tech Rules Us – Will It Ruin Us?

We love our gadgets, apps, and Internet. We use them,…

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Ang Lee Pokes at Our Complicity

Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk is an important story of…

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Humans and Tech in Harmony

It’s a tech story and it’s a people story. Not…

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Time to Fight the Hard Fight

Things are looking down. Just take a gander at how our…

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Sweetness!

Sublime creative forces are alive and well, and giving us…

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Comedian in Chief

Donald Trump’s tweets, disturbing on many levels, are a real…

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