Articles Tagged with social effects of technology

Making a drawing (I)

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The importance of the rough sketch

Sometimes, the rougher the better.

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Username and password

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Online registration

Why do we have to have an account for everything we do online?

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Names for numbers

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Changing designations

Our astronomer wonders about Thor’s Helmet, the Heart and Soul, and other things.

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Students return

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Two come back

Our tutor and our astronomer meet with former students.

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Putting pen to paper (III)

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Too easy

Why do some easy things never actually get done?

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A new type of paradoxer

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Collective individuals

Has the internet made possible a new form of anti-science?

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Searching vs. finding

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What are you looking for?

It’s harder when you don’t know, but can be more rewarding.

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Why keep old things?

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Collectors and others

There are two types of people who retain old technology.

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Putting pen to paper (II)

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The novelists’ instrument

We examine an incident in which new technology did not change literary genres.

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How big is the world?

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Measuring a cabbage-patch

“It’s a small world” is a cliché.  Can we measure how small?

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