Posts tagged social
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:…
Does the Internet turn us into Naysayers?
You’ve seen it before: Someone posts an angry (political) rant and it spreads like wildfire through Social Networks, the nervous system of the global wired community, flanked by equally angry comments, bursts of “righteous indignation” and lots of exclamation marks. If not, look at the comment-section of popular online newspapers, not to mention Youtube videos!…
Here’s Why Online Relationships are Mostly Misunderstood
Recently, I read an article called “The Social Media Bubble” by Umair Haque, Director of the Havas Media Lab on the Harvard Business Review Blog. Its hypothesis: The Net doesn’t increase connectivity and social change. In fact, it leans towards degeneration: The quantity of “friends” is rising, while the quality of relationships goes down. In his…
A New Education Paradigm: Master And Apprentice
For some time now, I have been seeking a new paradigm in education. I easily tire of the wars between public and private schools; my concern is the education of the student in the course of conducting a for-profit education business. This pragmatic approach keeps my attention squarely focused on what is in front of…
What does it mean to be a global citizen in the Year 2010?
Obviously that is a question which can only be answered subjectively, meaning there are as many answers to this question as there are human beings on this planet. Introduction We are writing the year 2010, the LHC in Cern has successfully come closer to re-creating the conditions of the Big Bang to answer the Last…
A Language Carries An Entire Culture On Its Back
I like to say, language begins from personal experience. As little children, we learn from others how to identify objects around us. Repetition of words occurs in the context of what things in the family home are called. Language, however, does not end at our personal experiences. Through allegory, comparison, and, as we get older,…