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Zen and English, Part 2: Water
The Post of Water Water represents motion, mobility, and subtlety. Water takes many forms, from oceans, to steam, to clouds, to rain, to raging torrents, to snow, to ice bergs, to tranquil lakes. Water follows the path of least resistance. Water carves rivers out of mountains and plains, but does so only because it follows…
Zen and English, Part 1: Earth
The Post of Earth Earth represents the foundation of knowledge. It represents facts, logic, and reality. Knowledge must begin with what is tangible to our human experience. This experience is defined by the human body. We may say that we know that which we can touch, taste, smell, hear, and see, roughly in that order….
Julian Assange: The Man of This Moment in TIME
Our Digital Robin Hood Against my better advice, worldwide police, politicians, and bureaucrats have now made one Julian Assange into a fully fledged folk hero, placing him under arrest without bail pending an extradition case to Sweden. Assange has not been actually charged with anything; police in Sweden want to interview him as a witness…
Are You Ready for the 21st Century ?
In my last article I wrote about the way the Internet changes our world and sketched out a few points. I also found a video for you which will give you some more ideas. I don’t necessarily agree with everything proposed in this video but I do think that the broad attitute of the presentation…
The Internet is not a Mass Medium. Or is it?
The term “mass medium” was coined in the early 20th century and referred to magazines, newspapers, radio & television broadcasts. I remember the times when watching an MTV music video on color television fried every teenager’s excitement-circuits, slouched in front of the silverscreen, sucking up the newest trends and fashions through the straw that was…
What would you do if nobody’s watching?
I’m a big fan of minimalist writing. Minimalist prose that is from the likes of Amy Hempel, Douglas Coupland and Chuck Palahniuk. The latter who is mostly known for writing the book that the movie “Fight Club” was based upon actually has written a number of worthwhile novels that are often criticized as “shock-literature” but…