Topic: William Powers
I have a new post at her. For most of my life, I have attended a church service on Sundays, but otherwise Sundays haven't been distinct. In recent years, though, ceasing from work, resting, and celebrating God's goodness on Sundays ...
Where is this drive toward connectivity leading?. William Powers: I called it digital minimalism in my book. William Powers: William Powers: In fact, in touring around talking about my book since it came out a few months ago, everywhere I go I ...
Texas regents give go-ahead for school to create 'Longhorn network' for sports programmingUniversity of Texas regents are backing the creation of a so-called Longhorn network of cable sports programming.The regents met behind closed doors Wednesday with school President William Powers Jr ...
I was in a meeting last week and needed to know the time (had to pick my daughter up from daycare). First thing in the morning I reach for my phone to turn off the alarm and find myself checking email too ...
Question: What does technology do for inwardness?. William Powers: The interesting thing to think about when you think about technology is what is your goal when you use a connective device? And my belief in the book and I work very hard ...
Question: Is technology a kind of external brain? William Powers: I think increasingly we do think of it that way, as a very helpful extension of our brain.. We can offload a lot of burdens onto technology now and not have to ...
Going Mental Home Subscribe (RSS) . Now that the Internet and the devices through which we connect to it have made ever-increasing amounts of information available to us all the time, scientists and social philosophers have begun to wonder whether our neural pathways ...
Hamlet's Blackberry is a highly enjoyable, readable book by William Powers about philosophy and the digital age. :) While I salute and agree with these ideas, Powers takes 31 pages to make his point. I am left wondering if the middle section ...
Princeton philosophy professor Kwame Anthony Appiah stopped by the Big Think offices this past week to talk how the concept of "honor" can be mobilized as a force for change. Appiah told us how moral revolutions in the past, like the change ...
I received the following article and do not know who wrote it, but it's worthwhile. I'm using it to prepare to listen to the sound of the Shofar: It's high summer and we're all out there seeing each ...
