The Hedgehog’s Array: April 17, 2015
Noteworthy reads from the last week.
79 Theses on Technology: The Spectrum of Attention
What is attention? We can think of attention as a dance whereby we both lead and are led. This image suggests that receptivity and directedness do indeed work together. The proficient dancer knows when to lead and when to be led, and she also knows that such knowledge emerges out of the dance itself. This analogy reminds us, as well, that attention is the unity of body and mind making its way in a world that can be solicitous of its attention.
79 Theses on Technology:Things That Want—A Second Reply to Alan Jacobs
Posted on April 14, 2015
in Infernal Machine
To say the trigger wants to be pulled is not to say only that the trigger “was made for” pulling. It is not even to say that the trigger “affords” pulling. It is to say that the trigger may be so culturally meaningful as to act upon us in powerful ways (as indeed we see with guns habitually).
79 Theses on Technology: The Hand That Holds the Smartphone
The image of hands grasping, texting, and swiping draws our attention to the people at other end of the technologies that shape our lives.
The Hedgehog’s Array: April 10, 2015
Posted on April 10, 2015
in THR Web Features
Noteworthy reads from the last week.
An Interview With Alan Jacobs
Humility, laziness, true confessions, and The Karate Kid—an interview with Alan Jacobs on his 79 Theses for Disputation.
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