The self is an illusion, and sometimes a very pernicious one. What if technology could help break down the wall between us and “the other”?
The self is an illusion, and sometimes a very pernicious one. What if technology could help break down the wall between us and “the other”?
“Light blinds you; there’s a lot you miss by gathering at the fireside.”
“Tomorrow’s illiterate will not be the man who can’t read; he will be the man who has not learned how to learn.”
Cathedral thinking is an important idea and a worthy aspiration…but is it even possible in the 21st century?
Fear, anger, mistrust—why are these emotions so hard to conquer even after a few thousand years of civilization?
What does it mean to say that “pity maintains the power structure”?
Why do we go to school? Does it really educate us in a useful way? What might a better model look like?
Why am I distancing myself from the usual social media and instead starting this silly blog?