Culture • Popular Culture The Tech-Wise Option Drew Masterson | 4 min read Two of the most talked about books of 2017, though going about it in very different ways, are both asking the same question: How do we experience Life-to-the-Full? Continue Reading
Vocation • On Daily Work The Ethics of Buying Squash Katelyn Kuck | 4 min read We are privileged in terms of being fed – as Americans, we spend a smaller percentage of our incomes on food than citizens of any other developed country. We are blessed with a government that funds research into improving food production and better understanding nutrition and health. We are blessed with a more stable food... Continue Reading
Culture • Current Conversations Unconnected in a World of Digital Connections – Part 3: Trinity, Idolatry, Twitter, and Facebook Lee Marcum | 4 min read In the current blog series on communication technologies, we have sought to bring attention to the way in which the specific form of communication influences both the content and user. This is to say that when technology is used as a medium of communication, it exhibits biases that have consequences for the nature of communication.... Continue Reading
Culture • Current Conversations 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... Continue Reading
Culture • Current Conversations 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... Continue Reading
Culture • Current Conversations 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... Continue Reading
