Entries Categorized as 'Society'

Use The Internet to Better Understand the World

Date June 7, 2007

I’ve heard it said that humans aren’t capable of visualizing “infinity”.  Take the universe, for example.  Sure… we know what that is… that it’s infinite.  We even know what infinite means.  But can you really picture what that looks like?
The Internet is another of those unimaginable “things”.  We all know what it is.  But what does it “look” like?  [...]

I’m Killing Myself by Being a Consumer

Date May 27, 2007

That’s it. I’m going into hiding. It is no longer safe for me in this society of manufactured, artificial, technological wonders! I’m heading to the hills or the caves or the clouds or something.
Ok… maybe I’m over-reacting. But this morning I’ve run across two - yes two - instances of my [...]

Why Don’t Boys Cry?

Date May 25, 2007

As I’ve pointed out on numerous occasions as of late, I’ve been on a book-reading kick lately. In the past two weeks I’ve plowed through three of them. They were all different. Each one had a unique story line, unique characters, and unique authors. But they also shared one thing in [...]