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Furry Little Distractions
My friend Don McLaughlin tells a story about his family’s visit to the Grand Canyon. They were all standing at the rim, mouths agape at the sheer size and spectacular beauty…
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Liking Ourselves to Death
The past two days we’ve been looking at the power of the Internet and social media to ensnare our brains and polarize us against one another. Truth be told, this is all coming from…
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Confirming Our Bias
Yesterday I ranted a bit about the Internet and its effects on us all. Turns out I’m not the only one. There are a number of Silicon Valley pioneers regretting…
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YouTube and you
At the risk of sounding like an anti-tech curmudgeon, I am growing more and more concerned about the www (Wild, Wild, West) of the Internet. Facebook is putting out TV commercials to…
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Judge Not
In a world where we can swipe through friends’ messages with less effort than erasing a whiteboard, taking the time to carefully consider our…
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Your Most Prized Possession in the 21st Century
In a recent article, former Facebook President Sean Parker shockingly…
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Get Your News Fast
The quote above is over 2000 years old, long before the human mind could possibly imagine our world of constant, streaming images and messages. This makes…
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Does Facebook make you feel better, or worse?
I used to refer to Facebook and other social media as “Timesuck,” for obvious reasons. But I have to confess that lately…
