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IHP Reunion: this September

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Mar 2016
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This is probably old news to many of you, but just in case you were unaware, there will be an IHP Reunion late this summer (September 4-5) in Lawrence, Kansas. The event will take place over a few days and will feature A party (of course!) – food, drink, music, and poetry An Extraordinary Form […]

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Average length of local cell phone call in 2003 was 3 min; in 2010 it’s 1 min 47 sec

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May 2012
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Here’s a read for you; this article presents some data that sort of shocked me.  Thanks to Douglas M. for the recommendation! Today we worry about the social effects of the Internet. A century ago, it was the telephone that threatened to reinvent society. In 2009, the United States crossed a digital Rubicon: For the […]

Category: cell phones are taking over, Neo-Luddism, Nietzsche, obedience, Out of Control, Post-Modernity, rallying round the piano, technology that scares me, texting and driving is the new drinking and driving, texting=monkey thumb speech  One Comment  Tags: ,
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