Facebook Slams Independent Voices With Latest Political Purge Web Publication: Reason, by J.D. Tuccille I read ‘Reason’ content via Facebook. Given recent actions by Facebook, I may not find that or similar content on that site much longer. Three statements spell out significant trouble for free speech: A disturbingly large number of people use Facebook […]
TIR 5/18/18: ‘Google’s Selfish Ledger Is An Unsettling Vision of Silicone Valley Social Engineering’ or Google’s Total Solution
Google’s Selfish Ledger Is An Unsettling Vision of Silicone Valley Social Engineering Web Publication: The Verge, by Vlad Savov Or – Google’s Total Solution A video produced by Google a couple years ago called ‘The Selfish Ledger’ is now getting some air play. The video, some excellent commentary, and some good comments can all be […]
TIR 4/7/18: ‘Don’t Fix Facebook. Replace It.’
Don’t Fix Facebook. Replace It. Web Publication: New York Times, by Tim Wu Tim Wu, a professor at Columbia University, has done a good job of looking into the heart of Facebook and declared it rotten to the core. I don’t disagree. While Facebook proclaims the lofty goal of connecting the world, a feeling I […]
TIR 3/20/18: ‘What’s genius for Obama is scandal when it comes to Trump’
What’s genius for Obama is scandal when it comes to Trump Web Publication: The Hill, by Ben Shapiro Cambridge Analytica is a hot topic right now. In trending news the past few days, the fallout from this companies’ use of Facebook is having a big impact in the political world and directly at Facebook. Mark […]
TIR 2/7/18: ‘Comedy is Not Pretty, and Nowadays It Isn’t Even Funny’
Comedy Is Not Pretty, and Nowadays It Isn’t Even Funny Web Publication: The Wall Street Journal, by Joseph Epstein I’m not a big consumer of comedy. More accurately, I’m not much of a consumer of big comedy; you know, like there is big business, big this, big that, there is also big comedy, the kind […]
TIR 1/27/18: ‘You can’t charge a person with murder when they’ve only got a parking ticket…Sharon Stone…….’
‘You can’t charge a person with murder when they’ve only got a parking ticket…Sharon Stone…….’ Web Publication: Daily Mail, UK, by Danielle Zoellner In the ongoing revolution against sexual harassment, it’s time to chronical further developments. I present the article featuring the sentiments of Sharon Stone as reported by Danielle Zoellner. While the Daily Mail […]