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With questions looming about our post-modern malaise despite increased connectivity, the hyped hive mind, ever greater access to resources online, we still often find ourselves paralyzed agents in the undertow of information. With such realizations at times like these I try to take refuge in the little battles that are [...]
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One of the greatest plagues of the educational blogosphere is the whole idea of labeling generations of learners in these pre-fabricated categories of millennials, digital natives, immigrants, NetGens, or what have you. Now I have no more evidence that these terms are harmful, as the innumerable people who insist on using them have that [...]
2008 is going to be the end of an even greater error!
The Painful Politics of YouTube
Published by November 26th, 2007 in YouTube, gun control and politics. 3 CommentsNow, I understand Mike Huckabee is a conservative nut case and may possibly be the worst Republican candidate of an extremely bad pool. Nonetheless, his campaign strategy for YouTube show an unbelievable amount of pop culture savvy by playing on the general fascination with all things Chuck Norris (see the Chuck Norris Facts article [...]
Nationwide Campus Protests for Guns not Butter
Published by October 12th, 2007 in campus and gun control. 7 CommentsImage courtesy of ratterrell
Looks like there will be some campus protests throughout the US from October 22-27. And it’s about time for students to stand up against the health care crisis, rampant political corruption, the Iraq war, and our disappearing civil rights…
But wait, these protests are of a different order. Looks like this [...]
Wal-Mart, Iraq, and an Inexcusable Silence
Published by October 10th, 2007 in art, museums and politics. 0 CommentsLee Rosenbaum’s article in today’s Wall Street Journal adds another layer to the post I wrote about Randolph College selling off its art collection (inspired by Rosenbaum’s original post here). According to the article, one of the major forces behind struggling institutions auctioning off prized artwork could have something to do with the current market [...]
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