Cruising down the center of a two way street Wondering who is really in the driver’s seat Minding my business along comes big brother Says, son, you better get on one side or the other – Eagles, On the Border, c. 1974 In 1974 I saw the Eagles with Dan[…] Read On
Now that senseless attacks like what happened in Toronto and Nashville are covered 24×7 by the click-happy media that never lets a good tragedy go to waste, the Twitterati and Instagramites have gotten into the habit of “sending love and healing thoughts” to people they’ve never even met. Sometimes entire[…] Read On
The biggest problem with the current version of American society is that we’ve lost the ability to reason and be reasonable. We’re not just hopelessly divided; we make false claims by presenting limited data to make one-sided viewpoints sound truthful. We do it chronically and purposely. Why would otherwise intelligent[…] Read On
The way everyone’s eyes are glued to some screen or another, hands ready to tweet at a moment’s notice while Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg gets grilled on Capitol Hill, you’d think this is some sort of existential crisis for the social network. You’d think these hearings are important. It’s not.[…] Read On
We’re supposed to learn from the past, live in the present and plan for the future. Instead we rewrite the past, act out in the present and screw up the future. I see it constantly, especially on Twitter where dysfunctional behavior has become a competitive art form. Don’t these people[…] Read On
Since the snake talked Eve into eating that apple, countless scandals have taken down celebrities, CEOs and corporations. What’s different today? There’s a scandal practically every day. The click-hungry media, grandstanding politicians and social media hordes blow every little thing way out of proportion. The thing is, scandals no longer[…] Read On
We are becoming less social. The implications for a society built on social behavior are troubling. Studies have shown that the more time we spend on social networks like Facebook, Twitter and Instagram, the less social we become. That’s ironic but hardly surprising. As relatively superficial online connections occupy more[…] Read On