Happy New Year everyone! To refresh your memory (after our Holiday break), here’s my “sum the sum” from part 12 of my summary of Hamlet’s Blackberry: Ben Franklin realized he suffered from what we would call today ADHD (attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder). Franklin used rituals centered on acquiring certain virtues to improve his Executive Function […]
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January 8, 2013
Summarizing “Hamlet’s BlackBerry: Building a Good Life in the Digital Age” (part 13)
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December 19, 2012
Summarizing “Hamlet’s BlackBerry: Building a Good Life in the Digital Age” (part 12)
To refresh your memory, here’s my “sum the sum” from part 11 of my summary of Hamlet’s Blackberry: Central question: are humans speciating into “naties”—people who have grown up mostly in natural environments—and “virties”—people who have grown up mostly in virtual, screen-delivered environments? Central question: are digital natives (people who are thirty or younger) essentially forming […]
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December 13, 2012
Summarizing “Hamlet’s BlackBerry: Building a Good Life in the Digital Age” (part 11)
To refresh your memory, here’s my “sum the sum” from part 10 of my summary of Hamlet’s Blackberry: Older technologies often survive the introduction of newer ones. Parents still read to their children, preserving the oral tradition. Therapists and trial lawyers engage in reflective question and answer sessions, preserving the Socratic tradition. Adults and children still […]
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December 11, 2012
Summarizing “Hamlet’s BlackBerry: Building a Good Life in the Digital Age” (part 10)
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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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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