To refresh your memory, here’s my “sum the sum” from part 9 of my summary of Hamlet’s Blackberry: Squeeze-and-pop patterns are about how when the body is traumatized, a desire to escape into the dissociative worlds that open as a result of that trauma, is created. Squeeze-and-pop patterns have been around since the beginning of recorded […]
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December 11, 2012
Summarizing “Hamlet’s BlackBerry: Building a Good Life in the Digital Age” (part 10)
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November 29, 2012
COMMENT: South Korea’s Digital Addiction—Is the US Next?
As many of you know, I’m in the middle of a multi-part summary of William Powers’ book Hamlet’s BlackBerry. My summary of Hamlet’s BlackBerry is designed to highlight the analog–digital divide. I thought I would slide this post in here because I think it speaks to the topic of the analog–digital divide. In this post […]
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November 28, 2012
Summarizing “Hamlet’s BlackBerry: Building a Good Life in the Digital Age” (part 9)
I hope everyone had a safe and enjoyable Thanksgiving holiday. To refresh your memory, here’s my “sum the sum” from part 8 of my summary of Hamlet’s Blackberry: Here are four reasons to turn off the TV: heart issues, eating issues, learning issues, and fun issues. One of the first communications technologies centered on the oral […]
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November 15, 2012
Summarizing “Hamlet’s BlackBerry: Building a Good Life in the Digital Age” (part 8A)
I ended part 8 by asking three questions: What’s the problem that digital technologies attempt to solve? What’s the “distance” aspect of this problem? Are solutions being brought about through greater levels of abstraction? In this part, which I am calling “8A”, I’d like to take a first pass at answering these questions before continuing […]
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COMMENT: Technical Versus Adaptive Solutions In The News
By now we have probably seen the picture and heard the story: New York City police officer buys homeless man a pair of boots. It’s a heartwarming image and story. But last night our local (Albuquerque) news reported that the story continues in interesting ways. Apparently the homeless man is again walking around the city […]
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