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Musings on Technopoly
I am constantly amazed at how obediently people accept explanations that begin with the words “The computer shows…” or “The computer has determined…” It is Technopoly’s equivalent of the sentence “It is God’s…
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Encyclopedia of Outdated Information
…up until the last generation it was possible to be born, grow up, and spend a life in the United States without moving more than 50 miles from home, without ever confronting serious…
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Compassion for Strangers
The death of Rick Warren’s son by suicide is sad enough. But reading the news stories, we see a secondary tragedy — the vicious discussions that are generated in virtually every comment thread…
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Amusing Ourselves to Death
In the eighties, a movie came out called The Gods Must Be Crazy. A pilot flying over the Kalahari desert in South Africa tosses his empty Coke bottle out the window, and it…
