“Because social effects lag behind technological ones by decades, real revolutions don’t involve an orderly transition…”
Because social effects lag behind technological ones by decades, real revolutions don’t involve an...
Monthly Archives: October 2015
“The mass amateurization of publishing undoes the limitations inherent in having a small number of traditional press outlets”
In a world where a dozen editors, all belonging to the same professional class,...
“…detractors contend that shorts are categorically unattractive on grown men, that even when they look good they seem callow”
Foes of shorts — you may know the type of man who, despite the...
“The coffee of Seattle and the beers of California remodeled the beverages millions of Americans drink, growing from niche market, to nationwide phenomena with the backing of new and diverse products, and savvy marketing”
Authenticity is a nebulous term; its exact definition is difficult to pin down. Yet...
“…Rashi (1040-1105) might be the earliest recorded example of someone referring to a chastity belt”
Let us return to the subject of chastity belts. In the Wikipedia entry for...
“The bleed of entertainment into politics is hardly new. It’s been rued and prophesied for many decades…”
We now utterly conflate entertainment and politics, routinely confuse celebrity with authority and regularly...