The New Panopticon

With my work bringing me back in touch with public high school education, and as someone recently acquainted with a third decade of mostly continuous consciousness, connecting with my students has been eye-opening. The immortal hot topic among staff is cell phones. The students are, to put it lightly, addicted. They have had access to […]

Rage Against the Machine

Reactive emotional responses to machines are a commonplace in our lives. I get angry at the Kroger checkout machines when they never register the item weights right. The system locks me out, and an attendant has to confirm that I haven’t put anything in the cart that I didn’t pay for. I am incensed that […]