RANDOM PERSON: Protect me from terrorists. GUMMINT: We need a way to identify terrorists. EMAIL PROVIDER: We use a ROBOT to search everyone’s emails so we can try to sell them things they don’t really need but MIGHT want. RANDOM PERSON: That’s cool! GUMMINT: Can you search for keywords that might identify threats too? EMAIL […]
Once upon a time there was no internet. I know, I know, many cannot imagine such a thing. The internet changed the world in many ways. For instance, back in the day, one could actually forgive ignorance, because some people simply did not have the knowledge available to them to actually LEARN. Now that we have […]
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]I had a discussion with my mother yesterday that made me think, as often happens. She was commenting on watching a show about those communities who chose to ignore evolutionary theory in schools, and ONLY teach creationism. She mentioned how someone asked a question that made sense to her … namely those who wanted to […]
The internet is an amazing invention. It allows massive amounts of imagination to be transported worldwide in a matter of seconds. It allows people from the opposite side of the world to share thoughts, and even conversation in realtime. It allows ideas such as PAX Nation not only to be planted in the first place, […]
Today is Martin Luther King Day. A day devoted to honoring a man who promoted social change. Who spoke words of love instead of hatred; words of acceptance despite difference. In honor of this day, I find myself wanting to write something on hatred and bigotry; on humanity’s capacity for blindness and their ability to dehumanize others […]
