Category Archives: Current Affairs

I’m not sure what the editors over at Medium are thinking, but they somehow picked the article, “iPad Addictions and Three Year Olds“, as an editor’s pick.  The article is short, so you can read through it quickly. The author … Continue reading →

Following up on the previous post, I am wondering how long digital content should be stored online. First,  I think it would make sense if a lot of the trivial content on the web was automatically deleted over time.  Things like Twitter and … Continue reading →

I read an interesting new book, “Delete: The Virtue of Forgetting in the Digital Age” this week.  The book itself is really not that good, but it does make one compelling point: most information is not meant to be remembered … Continue reading →

I wonder how the current usage of the internet will be viewed by future generations.  I think the 2000s truly started a societal shift with the widespread adoption of the internet.  Cellphones have exploded at the same time, so it … Continue reading →

I thought this was an interesting article.  It shows how the children of employees for major tech comanies – Google, Apple, eBay – actually attend schools were tech is prohibited. These parents have probably figured out that while tech makes … Continue reading →

I continue to be amazed by how invasive cellphones have become.  Here are a couple examples of what I’m talking about. The other week I was at a Christmas event.  The had a local high school chorus come on and … Continue reading →

Following up on the last post, there seems to be an abundance of poor arguments on the internet.  Here is my theory as to why. Earlier this year, I discussed a new paper on the evolutionary function of reasoning.  The … Continue reading →

The other day I read a piece by John Mellencamp about internet piracy.  He was discussing the fact that musicians are losing income due to illegal downloads. What struck me was how poor the comments were that accompanied the article.  … Continue reading →

Earlier this year, the NCAA signed off on a new college football playoff system for the bowl-level teams.  The real motivation behind this is simple: money.  But what was curious to me is that no one mentioned the potential health … Continue reading →

This is a followup from a previous post.  I met a couple of ladies the other weekend that fit the mold as far as waiting to have children.  Both women were in their mid-thirties, married, focused on their careers and … Continue reading →