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We Don’t Need Books to Free. We Need Them to be Brilliant.
When I’m meeting people for the first time, some of them want to confess: “Bless me, Librarian, for I have sinned. It has been four years since I last read a book.” People tell me this sheepishly (and quite unbidden. … Continue reading
Posted in Books & Libraries, Criticism, Writing
Tagged authors, books, consumerism, ebooks, entrepreneurship, free, internet, Kindle, publishing, readers, reading, technology, writers, writing
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Teach the Timeless
Version 6.0, 2012 Did you ever see “Shift Happens”? You might remember it as the “Did You Know?” presentation, full of startling statistics about the relative populations of China, India and the United States, and about the exponential growth of … Continue reading
Posted in Criticism, Education
Tagged "Shift Happens", digital immigrants, digital natives, economy, edtech, education, employment, internet, teaching, technology
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Confession of Love
Dear Facebook, I don’t know if this letter will come as a shock to you after all this time. I mean, it’s been three years now since your digital charms overcame my bookish resistance (it was February 27, 2009, not that … Continue reading
Internettled? Work With It!
Today, Perfect Whole presents something completely new: a guest post! Dr. Elena Taurke-Joseph, a psychologist and filmmaker, proposes a productive, self-compassionate process to use when feeling overwhelmed and overstimulated with technology. This is the first of a series, which she … Continue reading
Posted in Criticism, Volta
Tagged advice, brain, consciousness, freedom, internet, psychology, survival, technology, wisdom, zen
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