Archive for the 'Society' Category

Does it really matter if the truck is blue or green ?

A friend posted a blog entry about being aware of your surroundings. There is a video that asks you to notice the number of passes a group of players makes. In the video, there is also a point where a person in a bear costume passes through the activity.
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First, I will admit [...]

Technology creates class discrimination

There have been numerous papers written on the subject that “internet access” is the latest class discrimination factor. A good example is the suggestion of “internet voting”. It makes it even easier for affluent, connected, city/urban people to participate in the voting process and handicaps those who do not have access to a computer [...]

Something I read once

I have not had much to blog about as of late. I hope there will be visible progress on the farmhouse. In the mean time, I’ve been going back and rereading some old pieces.  Many years ago I was reading a group of short stories and came across the following, titled “solo ’space’ travel” ..
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Are we getting old ?

Hey again. This started as a letter to a friend of mine who will be headed this way in a few weeks …
I was about to call it a night and a mash of things took place. I was brushing my teeth and thinking; “when he arrives, should I tell him that the evening news [...]