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Unconnected in a World of Digital Connections – Part 2: We made Twitter, but it also makes us…

Lee Marcum | 4 min read

The average American spends unprecedented amounts of time in front of digital screens each day. The Guardian recently reported that in 2014 one trillion photos were taken across the globe, including an estimated 30 billion selfies. Over the last century, we have developed a comprehension, comfort, and familiarity with the use of technology in everyday...

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Unconnected in a World of Digital Connections – Part I

Lee Marcum | 4 min read

Can you imagine a world in which the only means of communication were verbal speech and non-verbal gestures—a world in which there were no alphabetic letters, reading/writing, digital media, or other electronic means of sending messages to people? What effects on one’s communication and everyday life would result from not having such modern communication tools...

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Technology in Pursuit of the Truth: An Interview with Andrew Fennig

Adam Joyce | 7 min read

Andrew Fennig started in the public sector working to solve problems with good policy and is now in the private sector trying to do the same with good technology. He is currently launching Conferam, a discussion platform designed exclusively for disagreement. When all sides of a controversy can address each other’s concerns on the same...

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