Interview with Virginia Heffernan on Edge, the dangers of Scientism, & Culture Wars
Decoding the Gurus
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I'm Not a Big Fan of Academi, but I'd Say It's a Good Idea.
i am skeptical, in the way that you are, about the moralizing narratives around new technology. The fact that anipad doesn't matterit like it actually means there can be an interactive component, which cannot exist in most of traditional media. And lik, my son reads manga, which is like a popular passtime for young kids in japan. But the way he considers that is equally as unhealthy as the people would play on nipad. Just reading the same story, anin over 19 girls were warned about reading novels,. That they were instilling poison in their veins and filling their heads with ideas about adultery. She cried, this is necestary. It's
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