Laurence Mesirow
Being A Space Traveler In Your Own Space
Virtual reality is something that has been discussed several times in this column, and it is becoming an increasingly important mode of life experience in today’s society. Initially, it has involved more perceptual experience...
Using Pathological Defenses Against Numbness In Modern Technological Society
In my last article, I discussed the topic of what motivates the mass murders that are unfortunately occurring increasingly frequently in today’s world. Now I would like to shift the focus to comparing these...
What Motivates Mass Murders
Two in one day. Mass shootings in El Paso and Dayton within a period of twenty-four hours. They are happening more and more frequently now. And more and more people are crying out in...
Finding Superheroes In Modern Technological Society
From the days when traditional societies dominated our planet, people have always had a certain anxiety or concern with regard to the creation of a surrogate immortality in preparation for death. Put another way,...
The Dangerous Addiction To Accelerating Technology
As has been discussed in previous articles, the faster we make the world move with modern technology, the more we want things to accelerate even more. Immediate gratification becomes a relative term. Yesterday’s immediate...
The Problem Of Bullying In Modern Technological Society
Bullying is a problem that has drawn increasing attention in recent years around the world. It’s a problem that is considered to have negative effects not only for the victims but also for the...
The Ferocious Competition Among Modern Students To Reach The Top
The pressures today to get into a good college or university in the U.S. are enormous. In order to achieve this goal, many high school students not only work super hard to get a...
Eating Disorders And Modern Technological Society
A growing problem in modern technological society is that of eating disorders. Compulsive eating (also sometimes identified as binge-eating disorder), anorexia nervosa, and bulimia are the ones that we hear the most about. People...
Trying To Hold On To So Little
One of the most interesting social phenomena today in modern technological society is the tendency of people, particularly young people, to use their purchasing power to buy experiences rather than things. A lot of...
Experiencing Empathy Through A Screen
There have been a lot of articles over the last ten years about the decline of empathy among American college students. As empathy would be considered to be a positive trait to have in...
