Cutting NSF Is Like Liquidating Your Finest Investment
Look closely at your mobile phone or tablet. Touch-screen technology, speech recognition, digital sound recording and the internet were all developed using […]
Start Talking Now About Life After Jabs Make COVID Less Deadly Than the Flu
The reports from Britain’s hospitals in the last few days have been truly worrying. No one should doubt the reality of what […]
Let’s Incite Subversively Responsible Management Practices!
According to the author of the book ‘Principles of Management,’ we have to mind the management practices that make and potentially break our world even if, and especially if they seem so mundane and ‘normal.’
Controlling the COVID-19 Pandemic Hinges on Behavior
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused extraordinary devastation, claiming millions of lives and disrupting the economy and daily life across the globe. From […]
When Ignorance is Anything But Bliss
David Canter considers the tragic implications of people not understanding what they are told by politicians and experts.
Instagram Redesigns for Shopping
Recently, when I opened Instagram, I noticed that the usual spot for checking notifications is now a Shop tab. The Instagram blog […]
Trying to Lock Down Until COVID is Eradicated Would Be Dangerous Folly
It is possible that we could abolish death by COVID, argues Robert Dingwall, by continuing the restrictions of 2020 indefinitely – the problem, of course, is that we would simply die from something else.
Contact Tracing, Privacy, Magical Thinking – and Trust!
The saga of the UK’s contact tracing app(s) should be an object lesson in how not to approach the use of technology in public policy – and why politicians in particular need to step back and rethink their approach to technology, and in particular to privacy.
Does the Cost Point Influence Your Idea of the Larger Point of University Itself?
The COVID-19 pandemic has brought the university sector under greater scrutiny. In some cases, this has prompted new conversations about the purpose […]
