Most people probably can’t immediately place the name Winston Smith, but if I say, 1984, suddenly your recall starts to hone it to your high school reading list. Winston was the poor protagonist in the dystopian novel, 1984. His reality has become your reality in recent ‘1984’ news. I’d like to just point out three […]
Elitist Fair
Last night was the Golden Globes. Of course, I did not watch, I never do, I don’t care, but as a news junky, I do read the aftermath of this and many other similar occasions, so my impressions all come through the same general filter. In this regard, the Internet media is part and parcel […]
2017 Year-End Themes, Part 5, AI
This is the last installment of commentary of year year change, 2017 to 2018. AI (artificial intelligence) is tech and I could have left it as a paragraph or two within the 4th installment but decided to give it its own special treatment. You’re surrounded by AI. It’s now part of your smart phone, your […]
2017 Year-End Themes, Part 4, Tech Distrust
I don’t have to write this for most people to know that they have a growing distrust of the techy-class. As a trend, the surprising revelation is how quickly it’s consolidated at the end of 2017 and into the new year. I don’t have to bore anyone about their frustrations with Google and Facebook tracking […]
2017 Year-End Themes, Part 3, Sexual Harassment
America is in the heat of a huge cultural shift wherein egregious systemic sexual harassment is finally being outed. As of the end of 2017, it peaked and I predict, is ready to morph into something else. On the one hand we’re ready to evolve, on the other, there may be troublesome repercussions. During the […]
2017 Year-End Themes, Part 2, Enemies at the Gate
Perhaps ISIS, North Korea, or even Russia could have been viewed as the greatest threat to peace this past year and at the present. ISIS is dispersed into the cities and new hidden battlegrounds around the world, defeated militarily in their declared ‘home’. In retrospect, it wasn’t as hard as it appeared on the evening […]