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The Documented Life
Sherry Turkle has been studying people's use of mobile technology for 15 years. In this article in the New York Times she reflects on a new way of life: "I share, therefore I am." But now what we wa…
The Broader Sharing Economy
In a thought-provoking article for Medium, Lily Cole and Adam Werbach describe how the term "sharing economy" has become the buzzword for Silicon Valley's most recent group of billion dollar compani…
Why We Enjoy Working So Hard
In The Economist, Ryan Avent writes: "My work – the work we lucky few well-paid professionals do every day, as we co-operate with talented people while solving complex, interesting problems – is…
The Future of Spirituality
David Bryce Yaden is a scientific researcher who studies the psychology and neuroscience of spiritual experiences; he prepared this essay for Huffingtonpost.com. Here are the four developments he se…
The Future of Robot Caregivers
Large numbers of people are entering the stage of life where they need the services of caregivers to meet their physical and emotional needs, and there are just not enough of these skilled professio…
Robots Are Taking Over
We are entering a brave new era as robots are getting very good at handling a wide range of tasks that have historically been the domain of paid workers. Some experts have figured out that half of c…
Cyberwar Is Now Official
On June 14, 2016, NATO announced that it was designating cyberspace as an "operational domain" for war alongside land, sea, and air. Jens Stoltenberg told a press conference: "It means that we will …
"A" Is for Attention
"Pay attention. Stay awake and totally alert.
See with receptive eyes and discover a world of ceaseless wonders."
— Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat in Spiritual Literacy
Atten…
Exit Stage Right: The Baby Boomers. Enter Stage Left: The Millennial Generation
Full disclosure: I consider myself part of the Baby Boom Generation (born 1946 - 1964), even though I was born a little before them. (Mary Ann makes the cut.) I have always had high hopes for this g…
Truly Connecting
By Oscar Luckett
At the very start of A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, James Joyce's fictional alter ego, Stephen Dedalus, reads through an index in the fold of his geography pamphlet.