Published May 3, 2018 in Warp & Woof Life on the Internet: No Fear, No Shame Why All the Fuss? William Sundwick Why are so many people so afraid of sharing “personal information” with the world, anyway? Lately, especially with Facebook, it has verged on mass paranoia. Warp and Woof, the blog, was launched onContinue reading “Life on the Internet: No Fear, No Shame”
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Politics of Outrage
Published April 11, 2018 in Warp & Woof Politics of Outrage Debating Policy and Ideology Is Only Fun for a Few William Sundwick The first principle of politics: it’s about gaining and wielding power. Practitioners of politics are interested mostly in dominance. They’re motivated by biology and genes. The second principle of politics: weContinue reading “Politics of Outrage”
Link from Wired
Long form piece from Wired gives entire history of Facebook, and Mark Zuckerberg’s, struggles over last two years. Reference: “My Struggle with Facebook Addiction” from December. I, for one, have not yet seen any change in my Facebook news feed since the famous manifesto promising “time well spent” with the platform. Still dominated by mindlessContinue reading “Link from Wired”
My Struggle with Facebook Addiction
Published December 26, 2017 in Warp & Woof My Struggle with Facebook Addiction Not a Teenager, But a Senior William Sundwick In Aldous Huxley’s novel Brave New World(1932), the World State exercised control over its population by administering a “soma” drug to them. It was a psychoactive drug, producing states of euphoria, and generalContinue reading “My Struggle with Facebook Addiction”
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