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Why You Can’t Buy Time at Seven-Eleven
Last year at this time I was sitting in Middle Europe, waiting for spring to break through grey skies. Now I’m sitting in the Middle East, watching the sun go down over the ocean and drinking Arabic coffee. What’s the difference? What has happened since last year? Two things: 1. I quit my job working…
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Who Can Survive 24 Hours Without Internet?
It might be more difficult than you expect. Also, you are not alone. According to a new global study of university students by the International Center for Media & the Public Affairs (ICMPA) in partnership with the Salzburg Academy on Media & Global Change, we are facing a serious challenge to turn off! The setup…
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How Social Media Leads to “Social Crash”
We have seen the Financial Crisis. We got bailed out into a hypothetical state of stability. But how to bail out when social network relationships fail? Introduction The more our relationships of networking and nurturing are being outsourced to the Net, the more people seem to be befallen by a completely new brand of anxiety:…
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Why One Reality Isn’t Enough Anymore
In the movie Inception, the character Mal says to her husband:“Admit it: you don’t believe in one reality anymore.” But, of course, it’s not really her, it’s only the projection of her, deep in a dream within a dream, within a dream. “Of course.” In the movie Suckerpunch, a girl in a mental alysum ventures…
