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Dec 3, 2021

From Facebook to Meta; From Post-Modernism to Pre-Dystopianism

In the words of Don Draper, “If you don’t like what they’re saying about you, change the conversation.” Mark Zuckerberg tried that when he announced Facebook would be changing its name to Meta. It is an attempt to embrace the next iteration of the internet: “the Metaverse”. Aside from the…

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Sep 11, 2021

9/11 and the End of History

Twenty years ago 3,000 people were murdered in a premediated act of cold-blooded evil that even now is hard to comprehend. I was 7. My 9/11 story is unremarkable when compared to millions of others. But it is a day I remember more clearly than any other from my early…

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Nov 3, 2020

Americans Should be Embarrassed

While we wait to see how America voted, it is abundantly clear that we Americans should be utterly embarrassed. The two men running for President have important differences that have been thoroughly and exhaustively discussed. I want to talk about something more fundamental. We should be embarrassed that in a…

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