Bruce Schneier: Liars and Outliers
Check out our conversation on the WELL with security expert Bruce Schneier, who among other things is responsible for the […]
Culture, Democracy, Futures, Government, Politics
Culture
Business, Culture, Technology
Doc Searls discussion: The Intention Economy
I’m leading a discussion on the WELL with Doc Searls about his new book, The Intention Economy: When Customers Take
Culture
Transformation of (or by) comic culture
Mainstream superheroes with decades of history (Superman, Batman, SpiderMan, the various Avengers) are flying off comic book pages onto the
Culture, Science
Higgs Culture
Whether it was the Higgs Boson, or just a reference to the actual particle, the CERN discovery is already generating cultural waves and memes.
4th Way, Cinema, Culture
“Shame” and transformation
Just saw the grim but enlightening film “Shame,” wherein Michael Fassbender plays Brandon, a bland, disarmingly handsome thirtysomething obsessed with
Culture, Futures, Politics
Mark Dery dances the apocalypso
I’m leading a two-week asynchronous discussion with erudite author and culture critic Mark Dery, whose provocative essay collection I Must
Culture, Uncategorized
The Abolition of War, suggested by Krzysztof Wodiczko
We recently watched all episodes of HBO’s intense, realistic miniseries about the brutal and devastating war in The Pacific; it
Cinema, Media
Roger Ebert: “a first-rate second-rate memoirist”
Maureen Dowd writes about Roger Ebert’s memoir, and about the disfiguring surgical failures that have rendered him unable to speak,
Cinema, Environment/Climate
The Tree of Life
The Tree of Life may be the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil (or not); in his film
Surf’s Up!
Here’s another older piece, my zany editorrant incroducing from Fringe Ware Review #5, the “Stay Awake” issue. This issue of
Business, Cinema, Social Media, Technology
The Social Network
The David Fincher/Aaron Sorkin film collaboration called “The Social Network” is not about technology, though there are scenes that suggest