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Signs of the Times: Could The Human-Industrial “Singularity” Be Near?
Some weeks ago we were dealing with “faith and science” in my class. For a few days I was carrying around a copy of a big, fat book by inventor and futurist Ray Kurzweil: The Singularity Is Near. “The...
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Wendell Berry, American Hero – NYTimes.com
As a kid I was obsessed with the fantasy of superheroes. Here’s a testimony to what real, ordinary super-heroism looks like. Wendell Berry, American Hero – NYTimes.com. Filed under: Food/Agriculture,...
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Are We Living in Sensory Overload or Sensory Poverty? – NYTimes.com
Are We Living in Sensory Overload or Sensory Poverty? – NYTimes.com. Here’s a piece that speaks to an issue I think about every day. I find my high school students very receptive to Ackerman’s...
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Truth-Bearing Riffs in Keith Haring Glyphs
Once a year in the “Postmodernity” unit of my Humanities course, I give my students a passing glimpse of the art of Keith Haring. He gets under their skin. They’re curious, engaged, unsettled. They...
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Double Turns the iPad Into a Telepresence Robot – NYTimes.com
Double Turns the iPad Into a Telepresence Robot – NYTimes.com. When I see an innovative form of technology for the first time, I’m usually thinking: “Very clever, but I was expecting that.” Then I...
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Twitter Offers a Glimpse of the ‘Noosphere’
Image at nytimes.com I was really struck by this image on the NYT page tonight. It ran in an article about three Twitter posts by Yoko Ono on the occasion of the 44th anniversary of her marriage to...
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“Age of Denial” Also a Crisis of Faith
“My professors’ generation could respond to silliness like creationism with head-scratching bemusement. My students cannot afford that luxury. Instead they must become fierce champions of science in...
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Protecting True Play In a Gaming Culture
Have you noticed you don’t play as much as you used to? I mean in your adult life, of course, not compared to when you were a kid. But childhood is the best place to start a reflection about play, so...
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Bert’s Marketplace in Detroit Offers Pilgrim Jazz Salvation
I came to Detroit for the first time on a Tuesday a few weeks ago, a sick man from St. Louis staying in a hotel in Greek Town across the street from a gambling casino open 24-7. My physical troubles I...
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A Glimpse of “4th Culture” Wisdom?
From the wearable internet to big data dating, new tech tools are, at a breath-taking rate, changing the texture of human experience–what it feels like to walk around in a human skin. Image at...
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