Archive for September, 2007
Room 116 pointed me to a quote that reflects a lot about how I think we should experience the world:
In fact, it most reminds me of an anecdote that I took a lot of stock in while growing up. When I was young, some of the ways that values were driven into my life were [...]
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Tags: Adaptation, flexibility, learning
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about how I think of people’s perceptions and about the notion of universal truths. I think about like this: we all have notions of what we believe in and what we know to be true. I’ve been thinking a lot about how or if we can call those notions [...]
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There’s a display box that I walk by every other day in a busy student center building here. It’s a lighted display box, and inside is some information about the anthropology department or something (it changes every semester or so). The light is operated by an easily-accessible button, and as such, is switched from on [...]
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People like me love to see the way conversations evolve over topics like Facebook vs. Myspace. One conversation I’ve been interested in lately involves points illustrated by Danah Boyd and Robert Scoble, with Danah highlighting FB’s not-so-perfect move away from privacy, and Scoble arguing for a more open FB.
It’s fascinating to me to see two [...]
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