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Imma Throw the Book at You

I love this contraction! Book people prolly aren’t familiar with many of the popular time-saving contractions in use online, and this one is really oustanding. It’s actually a sort of double-(or triple?)-contraction: both “I’m” and “gonna” are contractions, and then the “-m-” is also a contraction of a bunch of apparently superfluous sounds and the… Continue reading Imma Throw the Book at You

Is Fake News a Dilemma (or maybe an Industry)?

I’m a little late with this week’s post — but I do have an excuse! 😀 I had to prepare some other texts, which I will refer to below. The question in the title is inspired by recent remarks made by Silke Müller — see “Technology + Culture + Ethics + Education in Deutschland (Interview… Continue reading Is Fake News a Dilemma (or maybe an Industry)?

A Quick Note About Lifestyles

I was at an all-day event this past Saturday, it was mainly about health issues. I have two quick key takeaways. First: Health and medicine are (of course) big business. Second: The keynote speaker argued vehemently how the healthcare (and pharmaceutical) industries revolve around keeping sick people alive, rather than improving the quality of life… Continue reading A Quick Note About Lifestyles

Order + Dis-Order

My thinking about the complexity of the world was significantly influenced by a book recommendation I followed up on about a decade ago. It was summer, so one of my friends asked about influential books … and a friend of hers mentioned “The Social Construction of Reality” (by Berger & Luckmann). I decided to read… Continue reading Order + Dis-Order