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Archive for care crisis

Quick Look: Secure Attachment Continues to Fall … For Some But Not All

I recently finished reading Robert Putnam’s new book entitled Our Kids: The American Dream in Crisis. Back in 2000, Putnam released his now classic book entitled Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community. In many ways, Our Kids updates us on what has happened in the fifteen years since the release of Bowling […]

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COMMENT: Being “Forced to Care” About Social Constructivism

In my blog post early this month entitled Is “Machine” the New White? I mentioned a 2010 book by Evelyn Nakano Glenn entitled Forced to Care: Coercion and Caregiving in America. I also mentioned that I would probably have more to say about Forced to Care in a later blog post. Well, that time is […]

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Quick Look: Emotional attachment to robots could affect outcome on battlefield | UW Today

Emotional attachment to robots could affect outcome on battlefield | UW Today. by Doree Armstrong An interesting twist on Human – Machine attachments from the military arena. Here’s a quote from the article: It’s becoming more common to have robots sub in for humans to do dirty or sometimes dangerous work. But researchers are finding […]

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