Social media is very, very powerful.  Indeed, it has helped people topple governments.  It now seems to be coming at […]

OVERVIEW: It is an old cliche to suggest that we’re all just pawns in a gigantic scheme.  This is not […]

This sixth installment of the WFW series is concerned with three hallmarks of the Web 2.0 culture: short attention spans, […]

PRELIMINARY REMARKS: I begin with what may at first seem to be a harsh indictment.  Many citizens here in the […]

Pursuant to my “Critique of Facebook”, I’ve decided to offer a series of essays that investigates the implications of Web […]

When is the last time someone penned a love letter?  Written a poem?  Not just quickly jotting-down one’s thoughts “in […]

 Social networks should come with a flashing disclaimer: You are now so connected that your connectivity is no longer in […]

Paving the Way For Big Brother?   When Google+ was launched in June of 2011, tens of thousands promptly clamored […]

THESIS: The Impending Extinction Of OID What follows may at first seem to be a Luddite jeremiad that can be […]

Scientifically, the Enlightenment was inaugurated by Copernicus and Newton…and culminated with the likes of Darwin and Maxwell.  Philosophically, the Enlightenment […]