Laurence Mesirow
Artículos Publicados
How And Why The Big Lie Grows In Importance In The U.S.
For a while it was the QAnon conspiracy theory that was capturing the attention of the American public, both among the believers and the skeptics. But now, as with one Corona virus variant replacing...
When Our Friendships Start To Crumble
Social isolation in the days of Covid has had a profound effect on the nature of and opportunities for friendship. Particularly towards the beginning of the pandemic, when each of us was instilled with...
Dying In Modern Technological Society
Death is a notion that generates many different ideas and attitudes in different cultures. For instance, some cultures have very elaborate afterlives. In other cultures, descriptions of the afterlife are quite minimal. Modern technology...
Why The United States Loves Guns So Much
United States has a love affair with guns. Lately, it has become more noticeable as a result of the increasing number of mass shootings that have been occurring. Everybody in the States has been...
Loneliness And Pathological Behavior
One of the worst side effects of the Covid pandemic has been the social isolation. Before the introduction of vaccinations, isolating oneself or one’s family unit was one of the few solid protections that...
Putin’s Glorious Experience Of War
One of the salient features of the Russian war against Ukraine is that Russia is making no distinction between soldiers and civilians in choosing targets for its aggressions. This is distinct from wars where...
How A Loss Of Organic Stimulation Affects Human Relationships
Since the inception of this column, the focus has been on what people have been evolving towards with regard to the effects of modern technology on their human behavior. I have discussed how being...
Trump And Putin: Stunted Children
Trump and Putin have one very noticeable behavioral trait in common. They both want what they want when they want it. Trump refused to accept the fact that he had lost the 2020 presidential...
Elon Musk And The New Democracy
The purchase of Twitter by Elon Musk should be a cause for concern for all of us. We have seen what the ownership by one person of Facebook, another social media platform, does to...
The Downside Of Making Things Too Easy
One of the main things modern technology has been supposed to do is to make our lives easier. It is also supposed to extend our reach in terms of performing tasks that would have...