Gruber on EFF
The incisive, insightful John Gruber on the Electronic Frontier Foundation’s manifesto: The piece is supposed to be a criticism of Apple’s platform design and policies, but really, what they’re doing...
View ArticleThe New ‘Digital Divide’? Wasting Time With Technology
For nearly twenty years, people have been worried about the digital divide: the gap between those who have access to technology and those who do not. Because of the key roles that tech plays in our...
View ArticleStatus Update—Spending Time Face to Face
Getting back to writing after a bit of travels, I report today from the beautiful campus of Santa Clara University in the silicon valley. I’m here attending a small conference/meeting on Theology and...
View ArticleOn Seeing Honestly
But Google Glass is disruptive and antisocial. Really? Hold on, let me take this call. OK, one second, just gotta finish sending this text. Now, what were you saying? Oh, right, it’s antisocial. These...
View ArticleACTA, RIAA and Doctorow on “The Internet’s Original Sin”: Discourse Matters
A confluence of stories over the past few days has me thinking about the commerce, politics, and ethics of our current digital landscape. More specifically, why we spend so much time arguing about...
View ArticleBack to School, with Metaethics Courtesy of Luciano Floridi
So, things have been very quiet around here at Rewiring Virtue for the last 6 weeks. As it turns out, last year I was on sabbatical to focus on my writing. That gave me lots of time to write articles...
View ArticleBinge Watching Is Changing Us: Recognizing the Power of Imagination
It may not be one of the great novels of all time, but one of my favorite reading experiences was Umberto Eco’s Name of the Rose. Genre wise, it is a historical-fiction whodunit set in a medieval...
View ArticleStatus Update—Spending Time Face to Face
Getting back to writing after a bit of travels, I report today from the beautiful campus of Santa Clara University in the silicon valley. I’m here attending a small conference/meeting on Theology and...
View ArticleOn Seeing Honestly
But Google Glass is disruptive and antisocial. Really? Hold on, let me take this call. OK, one second, just gotta finish sending this text. Now, what were you saying? Oh, right, it’s antisocial. These...
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