Computers: A boost, not a detriment

Posted by on Apr 14, 2016 in Uncategorized | 7 Comments

Nicholas Carr’s article Is Google Making Us Stupid? Poses an interesting question; Are we seeking quicker, faster turnover from reading on the internet? The question is interesting at the very least. To hear the story of Nietzche’s transition in writing style and perhaps even cognition by simply changing from writing with eyes open to writing […]

Our fear of the unknown, and how it’s killing us

Posted by on Mar 15, 2016 in Uncategorized | One Comment

In Idov’s “Clash of the Bearded Ones,” Kurutz’s “Caught in the Hipster Trap” and Harris’s “Brooklyn’s Williamsburg becomes new front line of the gentrification battle”, all three authors introduce a frightening potential; the potential of change, and the unknown. In Williamsburg, there is a Duane Reade that is becoming the center of much contention for […]