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Archive for postmodernism – Page 6

Truer Words—Not Saving But Selling Face

In an earlier post, I suggested that there is much data to be found on the Internet, but not much wisdom. I still feel this to be true. But, occasionally, you can find pearls of wisdom on the Internet. Ergo, I have decided to create a new blog post category entitled Truer Words as in […]

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Repent for the Cosmic Castration Is Upon Us (part II)

The other morning I was enjoying a hot shower. I had my Waterpik shower head on pulsate. I was daydreaming about possible plans for my retirement (roam the countryside in an RV perhaps), which may never materialize given current economic conditions. All was well until I jumped back in response to the water going momentarily cold […]

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Notes on Nicholas Carr’s book “The Shallows”

As I read through Nicholas Carr’s book The Shallows—What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains, I took a few notes centered on where the information Carr presents dovetails with the information John Bowlby presents in his trilogy on attachment theory. Here are my notes. The page numbers refer to pages in The Shallows.

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Comment: The Grand Narrative of No Grand Narrative

Comment on: What does President Obama really believe? – Yahoo! News. by Jacob Bronsther – Fri Jan 21, 2011 This morning (as per my habit), I was scanning the headlines over at YahooNews. The article What does President Obama really believe? by Jacob Bronsther caught my eye. Bronsther makes the same grumbling that I have made […]

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Comment: What Happens When We Lose Our Conceptual Rudder

Comment on the following article: Why We Should Take Jared Loughner’s Politics Seriously. — by Steve Striffler As many of you know, I like to read the articles over at Truthout.org. When I see an article that catches my attention, I like to use the WordPress (the blogging software being used here) feature known as […]

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