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Welcome to the Cultural Singularity

28. August 2012

I love to read about technology stuff, being the nerdy/inquisitive person that I am. One of the ideas that has been occupying my thoughts recently has been the concept of the Technological Singularity, as described by titan of the computing world Bill Joy. The idea, simply put, is that technological progress will exponentially increase once […]

How Twitter Made Me Start Writing Letters Again

19. May 2012

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How Twitter made me start writing letters again.

Recently, I’ve been thinking a lot about how people communicate. Since human relationships form the cornerstone of civilization, and human relationships are created and maintained by communication, it’s a pretty mind blowing topic to ponder. More specifically, what’s been interesting me recently has been how each type of communication fits a type of expression. Being a […]

The Power of Asynchronous Communication

29. April 2012

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I read a very interesting interview with Elon Musk the other day. Although the article was mainly focused on how he maintains peak efficiency with his busy personal schedule, it was an offhand comment stood out to me: “Wherever possible I try to communicate asynchronously. I’m really good at email.” It’s a very strange pair of sentences, […]

Don’t Tag Me, Bro

7. April 2012

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I do my best to be positive in all my online interactions, but I have make an exception to my general online joviality to address a very obnoxious trend. It happens to me far too often for comfort, so I’ve decided to take a stand against this insidious practice. If we can defeat this evil, […]

Online Inequality: The Widening Content Gap

27. March 2012

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Normally, I love the brutal honesty and sheer madness of the internet, but there is one thing I’ve noticed that bothers me. There is an increasing disconnect between the people who create and disseminate content, and those who passively consume it. In many ways, the internet functions like a global economy. The only difference is that economies […]