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 …
Laurence Mesirow
Keeping Up With The Robots
I recently came across an American sociologist whose ideas parallel some of the ideas that have been discussed in this column. William Fielding Ogburn propounded the theory of cultural lag. …
The Need To Have Things Right Away
It has already been mentioned in previous articles how, as a result of the accelerating pace of change in modern technological society, there has been an accelerating pace of human …
Creating a world out of thin air
There’s no longer a need to touch many things these days. With the Internet of Things, many daily processes in our lives are activated by remote control. Some processes are …
Take a robot to lunch this week
In today’s world, robots are being inserted in more and more different human activities. They have been programmed to do many distinct kinds of work in factories and warehouses. Robots …
What we are losing
One of the central points that has been made in this column is that humans cannot biologically evolve as fast as technology can change. In particular, the human nervous system …
Reading The Mind Of A Robot
In Mexico, there is a saying which translates into English “Every mind is a world”. The implication is that every mind is a separate psychological entity that has a coherent …
Life has become a perpetual roller coaster
A few weeks ago, I went to a street fair in one of the suburbs north of Chicago. The Chicago area has many wonderful street fairs during the summer, and …
Going To A School For Robots
A friend of mine was recently telling me about the spread of the use of online degree programs to high school. This was news to me. I had heard about …
The Loss of Control with Remote Control
As has been pointed out previously, one of the most salient reasons that people want to create an increasingly technologized living environment is to develop a greater and greater sense …