Articles Tagged with social effects of technology

Smartphones by campfire light

An incongruity of technologies

One of our consultants has an interesting device for camping or possibly a disaster situation.  On closer examination it appeared to us that it hadn’t been quite thought through.  Then we examined it more closely still.

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Classes of classes

What is the aim of school?

A recent comment on one of our posts raises the question of what teachers are trying to achieve in school.  The answer varies.

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Ways of learning and of avoiding it

Life is not a word problem

Our tutoring consultant continues to gain insights from his students.

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When predictions are wrong

The role of science fiction

Today’s world doesn’t look like most science fiction stories pictured it.  But accurate prediction isn’t the main point of the genre.

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It’s alarming

Many things want our attention.  They can’t all have it

Life always seems to get louder and more insistent.  There are reasons for this, though it’s not a good trend.

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The angle of the light

A photographer and appearances

16l06-22bOur photographer draws our attention to how differently the same objects appear in different light.  It’s a lesson easily generalized.

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Somone else’s poetry

Why read something you don’t care for?

A minor matter of a subscription raises a point of vital importance.

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The postures of photography

Conforming to the machine

Our photographer notices how a new technology forces our bodies into new positions.

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Ringing the changes

The sophisticated basis of old technology

bellOur astronomer spent a few years in England, where he learned something of the arcane art of ringing church bells.  In the belfries of that country are wonderful examples of essentially Medieval technology that also demonstrate advanced mathematical and physical ideas.

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The yellow zone vs. the idiot light

What information are you given as an operator?

Much about automobiles has changed greatly over the past decade or two.  Part of it comes from different ideas of what the driver should be doing.

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