Our’s is an age of anxiety, at least it seems to feel that way to many. Of course, this is far from an original observation. Among the several works taking this phrase as a title is W. H. Auden’s post-war poem, The Age of Anxiety, first published as the world emerged from the shadows of … Continue reading Don’t Worry, Be Idle
Via Alan Jacobs at Text Patterns, I read the following excerpt from Arikia Millikan’s short piece “I Am a Cyborg and I Want My Google Implant Already” on The Atlantic’s web site: By the time I finished elementary school, writing letters to communicate across great distances was an archaic practice. When I graduated middle school, … Continue reading “The storm is what we call progress”
File this one under “Unintended Consequences.” In the 1950’s, at the height of the Cold War, Bell Telephone Company of Pennsylvania put its most promising young managers through a rigorous 10-month training program in the Humanities with the help of the University of Pennsylvania. During that time they participated in lectures and seminars, read voraciously, … Continue reading Warning: A Liberal Education Leads to Independent Thinking
L.M. Sacasas 