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Why I Wish I Didn’t Have a Smartphone and Computer (But Probably Won’t Give Them Up)

We can agree that many technological “advances” have objectively done more harm than good, in terms of the human condition as well as the Earth, and that we face a…
December 12, 2022

Online Learning Isn’t All It’s Cracked Up to Be

There is certainly a place for online learning in undergraduate education, but we should not undercut traditional higher education for the sake of innovation or profit margin.

Nonsense on Stilts? Dandyism? Okay.

If I were God, I’d keep other company.
Jason Peters
March 15, 2017

Your Computer (and everything connected to it) is Broken

Read this just before your shut your computer down for good. Here's a taste: Once upon a time, a friend of mine accidentally took over thousands of computers. He had…
Mark T. Mitchell
June 12, 2014

The Computer Made Me Do It

The habit of questioning, of civil debate, of negotiating, and compromise are the habits necessary for a thriving democracy.
Mark T. Mitchell
July 11, 2011

The Latest and Greatest: Just Another Brick in the Wall

Computers are not The Answer to creating better students.

The New “Freedom”

Claremont, CA.   Becka flew into my office, so excited that she was out of breath. "Professor," she asked, "have you heard about freedom?" I couldn't help laughing. "Why yes, Becka,"…