Why Emoticons Aren’t Very Emotional
One of the most salient features of modern Internet life is the use of emoticons to express emotions within the context of e-mail and Facebook messages. Emoticons are symbolic icons …
Laurence Mesirow
The Fundamentalist Response To Modern Technological Society
Many of the most recent articles in this column have focused on the many people in the modern world who are increasingly mimicking robotic behavior in order to fit in …
The Increasing Modern Existential Despair Over Death
As our modern living environment becomes increasingly covered with and filled with technology, people increasingly feel separated from their organic grounding in nature. And because this loss of grounding leads …
Our Modern Canaries In The Coal Mine
There are four basic reasons for concern about the future of humanity as a result of both the rapid pace of technological change that we have been experiencing as well …
The Many Different Faces Of Reality
Reality has experienced a considerable number of variations over the last one hundred years. As people became increasingly uncomfortable amidst the sensory distortion in modern technological society, certain artists began …
Going From Magic To Machines
In previous articles, there has been considerable discussion of the notion of surrogate immortality. This is a means by which people deal with their mortality by leaving preserved imprints that …
Service with A Robot Smile
A lot of the use of robots in our modern labor market has centered up until now on performing work related to products: manufacturing and warehousing. But it was inevitable …
Disposable Furniture and Disposable Lovers
Ikea is a Swedish company that has had incredible success worldwide. In an article in the online newsletter, the Robin Report (Jan. 14, 2015), Warren Shoulberg discusses the secret of …
Personal Data And The Pixilated Human
There has been much discussion lately of the accumulation of personal data by Internet companies like Amazon, Facebook and Google. But certainly the invasion of people’s private lives started long …
The Lost Art Of Postponing Gratification
Recently, I had the opportunity to discuss my article “The Need To Have Things Right Away” with my good friend Dr. Jorge Cappon, professor emeritus of psychology at the National …