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Category Archives: Technology
The Arc of Automation
In China, a brave new factory eliminates the vast majority of its workers, and productivity is up! One of China’s first unmanned factories in the city of Dongguan recently replaced 590 of its workers with robots and the results were … Continue reading
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On eReading
Many years back, when the Amazon Kindle first came out, I bought one but quickly returned it. The screen flickered too much, and the lack of touchscreen navigation made it cumbersome to navigate. Then I went on a mini-Luddite trek, … Continue reading
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CNN Special on Social Media & Teens
From the CNN special that just aired on (evil) social media’s impact on teens, I had these thematic takeaways: Social media = a barometer of popularity for teens Social media = the 50+ year old sociological concept of the ‘imaginary … Continue reading
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Turkle: Put the Phone Down; Let’s Talk
MIT professor Sherry Turkle, who had a prescient 2011 book titled Alone Together: Why We Expect More from Technology and Less from Each Other, has a very good, new op-ed titled “Stop Googling. Let’s Talk.” Studies of conversation both in the … Continue reading
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Fifty Ways to Leave Leviathan
In the current issue of The Freeman is “Fifty Ways to Leave Leviathan“, where Max Borders & Jeffrey Tucker discuss some of the bottom-up, libertarian-oriented dynamics rapidly changing society, and with the potential to bypass the State. There’s a brief … Continue reading
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Social Media: Effects on Socialization
I’m not a big fan of FB/Twitter (I engage in it reluctantly), primarily because of its destructive effects on socialization, especially amongst adolescents. It’s hard enough being a teenager, but the stressors associated with social media are exponentially larger than … Continue reading
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David Carr on the Future of TV
After recently getting a Roku, outfitted with the Plex app (and all it can do), the day when the antiquated ‘cable TV package’ business model finally dies can’t come soon enough for me. Despite the obvious difficulty Charlie Rose has … Continue reading
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