A Rant: In Praise of The Unremarkable
Here’s to the unremarkable. Endless “manifestos” about dreaming your way to success and adventure are creating a culture that believes you’re worthless.
Archive for the ‘sociology’ Category
“Dongle incident” proves we live in a world with no room for error
The much-reported dongle incident demonstrates that we are in a new world with little room for error when it comes to civility
Three lessons I learned from being homeless
This is a story many of us will never have to experience. The lessons of a year of being homeless.
The Three Words for 2013
Distilling your focus to three words is a challenging but rewarding exercise. Here’s my crack at it.
Survey says: Nearly 40% of American parents let pre-teens run loose on the web
Sometimes you just get some data across your desk that makes you lose faith. Do parents care what their kids are doing online?
Why do rich people get better service on the web?
Exclusive new research shows conclusively that high-income Americans get better service through social media channels. But why?
Will the social web fuel international cooperation or catastrophe?
Research shows that subtle cultural communications patterns can result in catastrophe. What happens when this becomes the norm?
Three amazing ways social media is changing the world
Peer through the cloud of spammers and cat jokes and you’ll find a remarkable pulse behind the social web that is changing the world.
Social media sowing the seeds of panic
Recent riots in India were fueled by social media rumors and the government is cracking down. Are social media-fueled panics inevitable? Social media sowing the seeds of panic
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