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.
New digital technologies are creating new forms of social invisibility and changing the nature of postmodern culture.
Noteworthy reads from the last week.
A translation of English to English presumes that ambiguity of language is always a flaw—but it’s not.
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.