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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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October 30, 2012

Summarizing “Hamlet’s BlackBerry: Building a Good Life in the Digital Age” (part 4)

To refresh your memory, here’s my “sum the sum” from part 3 of my summary of Hamlet’s Blackberry: In general, society is not engaging in a debate concerning the ethics and philosophy surrounding the digital world. We tend to embrace technology before considering the ramifications of doing so. Being hyperconnected tends to create a state […]

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October 23, 2012

Summarizing “Hamlet’s BlackBerry: Building a Good Life in the Digital Age” (part 2)

To refresh your memory, here’s my “sum the sum” from part 1 of my summary of Hamlet’s Blackberry: The analog–digital divide may well be the most pressing issue facing philanthropists and service providers today. Hamlet’s Blackberry is a book that may allow us to explore, understand, and bridge the analog–digital divide. The analog–digital divide brings […]

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October 18, 2012

Summarizing “Hamlet’s BlackBerry: Building a Good Life in the Digital Age” (part 1)

At the end of my October 9th, 2012, post on the growing trend of “going it alone,” I mentioned William Powers’ 2010 book Hamlet’s BlackBerry: Building a Good Life in the Digital Age, and suggested that Powers’ book contained good information on how to appropriately approach the growing analog–digital divide. Simply, face-to-face relationships would be on […]

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June 26, 2012

Are You Suffering From the Heartbreak of FOMO (Fear of Missing Out)?

Systems thinkers are trained to look and assess for such things as unintended consequences, side effects, and even “blowback.” I consider myself to be a systems thinker, and I consider our Foundation to be a systems focused foundation. In my first career I was a structural geologist. Geology, along with its close association to evolution […]

Archive for William Powers – Page 2

Summarizing “Hamlet’s BlackBerry: Building a Good Life in the Digital Age” (part 8A)

Summarizing “Hamlet’s BlackBerry: Building a Good Life in the Digital Age” (part 4)

Summarizing “Hamlet’s BlackBerry: Building a Good Life in the Digital Age” (part 2)

Summarizing “Hamlet’s BlackBerry: Building a Good Life in the Digital Age” (part 1)

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