information age

A PERSONAL STATEMENT: THE ONLY CANONICAL VERSION OF MY BOOKS ARE THE ...

4.93/5 (27) For several months, I've been intending to make this statement, and now I have more reason to do so, with the following article which was shared by Mr. V.T.  It's one of those articles…
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The Snowden Effect: From Governmentalized to Privatized & Commoditized

How Safe is Our Information with Billionaire Corporatists & Dollar-Hungry Opportunist Individuals?
Please raise your hand if you are one of many concerned citizens when it comes to our government collecting and keeping your data without a warrant or any justification. Do you see my hand? I know I am a shorty, but it is up there; my hand. I assure you. In fact it has been there for a long time.

Avoiding Philosophical Technobabble in Cultural Analysis

Recently I have rediscovered the Stone page of the New York Times editorial section where guests philosophers are invited to write on important issues of our time. That a philosopher’s opinion today would actually have importance for the public at large is somewhat of a mystery, largely because the role of the philosopher as cultural critic or “public intellectual” has largely been usurped by the technological class: individuals whose inventions have largely transformed the way in which we interact as social beings.