May 2009
7 posts
18 Challenges in Contemporary Literature
Bruce Sterling’s list of industry challenges reads like a summary of the blogosphere’s most tiresome commentary over the last two years. Except for this point:
Unstable computer and cellphone interfaces becoming world’s primary means of cultural access. Compositor systems remake media in their own hybrid creole image.
This is the most interesting, and lethal, threat to the...
The kids are okay
Clay Shirky has a funny name. Because of that, some people find it hard to take him seriously. That’s a damn shame, because everyone really needs to listen to stuff like this:
People my age tut-tut at kids, telling them that we wouldn’t have put those photos up [on Facebook] when we were young, but we’re lying. We’d have done it in a heartbeat, but no one ever offered us the chance. Now...
There are at least two great things about working at the State Library. First, I get to look at old maps all day. Second, is that right next to my office is a steady rotation of incredible galleries, such as the World Press Photo 09 exhibition:
This annual exhibition features the award-winning photographs from the prestigious World Press Photo Contest for press photography. Showcasing...
“There is one ethical response to an order to torture: Disobey the order.”
– The APA reiterates its position that psychologists should not engage in interrogations that could be deemed as torture.
