I used this in conversation, and I had forgotten where I had seen it. I think this might be the original source for me: Of all the prejudices of pundits, presentism is the strongest. It is the assumption that what is happening now is going to keep on happening, without anything happening to stop it. … Continue reading Sociology/Psychology of the Last Five Minutes
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Confronting the Technological Society
"But as more and more activities and areas of life get absorbed in technique — in recent years perhaps most visibly through digital technologies shaping friendships, learning, buying and selling, travel, music, leisure, and much else — the possibilities of pushing back against it diminish. The lesson here is not that the particular technologies are … Continue reading Confronting the Technological Society
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