Liter8 http://liter8.net The Online Home of Chris Hutton Sun, 12 May 2013 03:44:46 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Does technology weaken or strengthen man? http://liter8.net/blog/2013/04/12/does-technology-weaken-or-strengthen-man/ http://liter8.net/blog/2013/04/12/does-technology-weaken-or-strengthen-man/#comments Fri, 12 Apr 2013 15:43:21 +0000 Christopher Hutton http://liter8.net/?p=1858

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Neil Postman is a man whom always drove me to think about what I did, and why I did it.  He originally inspired me in his book Amusing Ourselves to Death in criticizing the modern culture of television, where he was saying that it was “amusing ourselves to death” and that it was damaging our critical [...]

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A friend of mine sent me this test, and I thought the rest of you would have fun with it.  how good are you at multi-tasking?  Here’s a way to find out: Created by http://Open-Site.org

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“When a population becomes distracted by trivia, when cultural life is redefined as a perpetual round of entertainments, when serious public conversation becomes a form of baby-talk, when, in short, a people become an audience, and their public business a vaudeville act, then a nation finds itself at risk; culture-death is a clear possibility.” Neil [...]

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We often think of science and religion as separate, but they are quite united.  But even more so, one must wonder: what is the place of the scientific method in helping to determine morality? First off, I need to acknowledge that morality is an objective thing.  It’s based on a sense of “natural principles”, which [...]

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Okay, who hasn’t watched Bill Nye the Science Guy?  Bill was one of those guys who I would watch (alongside Neil Degrasse Tyson and Carl Sagan) to get my PBS/science fix.  He opened my mind to basic scientific principles.  But why did these guys (all intelligent, interactive science-types) succeed as the “face of science”, so [...]

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When was the last time you could definitively describe yourself as being “happy?” What words would you use to describe those feelings?  If you’re like most people, they’d probably be comparison words that are similar to happiness, but don’t describe it, or they’d be words that are causes of what you see as happiness, but [...]

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I’m normally a more science-y writer.  however, I’m gonna change things up occasionally.  Today, We’re gonna have a little fun at the expense of homeschool graduates! I’m a homeschool Graduate.  No, it’s not that obvious.  When we graduate, we don’t grow tentacles through our ears or develop a special mark on our foreheads.  We look [...]

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Alright, confession time:  I’m not a fan of David Barton. Despite being a homeschooler who loves history and all, I haven’t found David Barton to be a helpful historical leader.  It might be his strong connections to the “Historically, America is a Christian Nation” movement, it might be his biased and often angry language choice [...]

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Did you see any of the Super bowl ads?  Yeah, me too. Ew. (don’t click this one) While a few gems stood out among these ads, a lot of them relied on the “sexual objectification” method of handling men and gender.  This trend is  is sad and embarrassing for mankind.  But what is Sexual objectification?   I’ll [...]

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I know, I know.  I’m always shifting this blog.  But what with my work at Christ and Pop Culture, I’m able to provide my cultural analysis and criticisms as I see fit.  So, this blog is going to become ME CENTRAL.  Hope that’s acceptable.  But I thank you for sticking with me.  Up Next:  My [...]

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