The Hedgehog’s Array: October 23, 2015
Noteworthy reads from the last week.
Being Right: The Legacy of Henry David Thoreau
Thoreau’s ethic of self-governance was a starting point for reconstituting a freshly awakened culture on a moral foundation that refused to accept the sort of compromises—including the Missouri Compromise—that confirmed the moral impotence he so loathed.
Dispatches from Today’s Youth Culture: New Uses and Abuses of Social Invisibility
New digital technologies are creating new forms of social invisibility and changing the nature of postmodern culture.
The Hedgehog’s Array: October 16, 2015
Posted on October 16, 2015
Noteworthy reads from the last week.
Sluttery and Shakespeare
A translation of English to English presumes that ambiguity of language is always a flaw—but it’s not.
Reclaiming Connections
According to Sherry Turkle's latest book, my peers and I simply can’t stand sitting alone with our thoughts, and it’s hurting our capacity for intimacy.