Linky Friday #147: New Year Edition
This Week! Britain, Gender, Society, Technology, Politics, and Religion!
Tagged: technology
Why I think Online Education is the Future
What is the future of higher education? Face to Face? Online? One veteran practitioner’s opinion informed by experience.
We’ll Always Have Apple
Ethan Gach pokes fun at our seemingly bizarre devotion to Apple on the eve of its new product reveal.
Science and Technology in the News
Or, Mad Rocket Scientist reads the newspaper… and some magazines… and the Internet…
A Steam Machine in Every Home
Last year around this time I would have given anything to get my hands on a Steam Machine, but now that it’s becoming a reality, I’m struggling to remember why I was ever excited about it.
Impotence in the Age of Distraction
Franzen argues that modernity has left Americans mired in distraction, and critics help prove his point.
Antigenicity
Jason asks: “What are your predictions?” In the spirit of the early League, I’ll frame mine in terms of his: “All or nearly all cars will be driverless. As a result, transit will be...
Reading in the Digital Age
At the end of every term for at least the last half-dozen years, I’ve had to take a week (or two—the task probably isn’t done by the end of a single week) and re-teach...
Something’s Rotten in the State of Our Union
Many have debated the President’s remarks from last Tuesday night’s State of the Union speech. E.D. Kain thought it was very successful, providing the American audience with a “rousing speech about the American dream,...
Google+ is better for the web than Facebook
I’ve always been a bit of a outsider. I’m partially naturally inclined that way and partially fond of being interested in things that a minority is, which is why I’ve been questioning whether I...
Quote for the day
“The operation of a peer-matching network would be simple. The user would identify himself by name and address and describe the activity for which he sought a peer. A computer would send him back...
On Consumerism, Living the Dream, and Hope
Bob Wise is a sailor, boat-builder, and filmmaker. He’s also my friend and where film and sailing are concerned, my mentor.
The Future of Screen Technology
This is neat, but I’m so paranoid that I immediately started thinking about all the privacy implications, which sort of colors my viewing in an unfortunate way. There’s a lot of very graceful and...
Little Brother is watching
Scott posted this extraordinary video of a Seattle police officer punching a seventeen year old girl in the face and it really is quite shocking to see. What struck me about the incident, though,...
The Innovation Boom
Given the recent discussions about social dynamism and technological innovation around these parts, you may be interested in Scott Sumner’s take on the 20th century’s innovation boom. The scope of technological change at mid-century...
Community, technology, & work
I think this Amanda Marcotte piece is pretty interesting. She touches on the idea of work and community and how the modern workplace has, until very recently, served to cut us off entirely from...
Arsenal of Authoritarianism
The top 10 technologies for tyranny. I’m vaguely mortified that my favorite childhood game – Civilization II – makes a cameo appearance.
Against Techno-Utopianism
A necessary dose of reality from Evgeny Morozov on Twitter, technology, and authoritarianism.
How robots replaced amateur artists.
James Matthew Wilson, an editor at Front Porch Republic, has posted the first four sections of an essay called “Art and Beauty against the Politicized Aesthetic,” and the fifth and final section is on...
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