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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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Summarizing “Hamlet’s BlackBerry: Building a Good Life in the Digital Age” (part 6)

To refresh your memory, here’s my “sum the sum” from part 5 of my summary of Hamlet’s Blackberry: Powers states: When a crowd adopts a point of view en masse, all critical thinking effectively stops. In the not-too-distant future, mid brain naturally bridged to upper brain will be a footnote within the story of human development. […]

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