Tag: technology
You Have Thought Up the Wrong World
In the spring of 1994 my grandmother chose to go off dialysis. Four days later, she was dead. I still remember my parents waking...
New ANAMNESIS Symposium: “Views on Hawthorne, Simms, History, and Progress.”
Many FPR readers will enjoy the new symposium, "Views on Hawthorne, Simms, History, and Progress," in ANAMNESIS, A Journal for the Study of Tradition,...
Dear Friends . . . or Maybe Not!
Several times lately I’ve opened my email and found notices about people who want to friend me, but I don’t think that means they...
Magpie Education for Small-Mouth Bass
We’re like small-mouth bass, and we’ve swallowed the technological treble hook.
The Family Frog Kisses a Toad
Fortunately America still gives birth to her Framers and they come with every generation.
It’s a Boy! It’s a Girl! It’s a Technology-Enabled “Sex Party”!
How do we explain a culture that tells children that sex doesn’t matter much, that “girls can do anything boys can do,” and at the same moment is treating the sex of infants in the womb as a critical, determining fact?
The Latest and Greatest: Just Another Brick in the Wall
Computers are not The Answer to creating better students.
How I Ended my 6-Year Relationship with my Blackberry
Going to the gym? Call a friend. Running an errand? Send a text. Eating something interesting? Take a picture and show the world on Facebook.