New Science Fiction with an old twist
tokyokevinI am having a ball. Reading fiction again. Short stories nonetheless. Science Fiction. All because of Neal Stephenson. It was mostly detective novels in junior high, but when I got…
The Graduation Thesis: Insufficient and Outmoded
This the title of a recent article I wrote for my university research journal (Gakuen). In it, I advocate for subsuming the Graduation Thesis, common here in Japan among undergraduates,…
Disconnecting Europe
Today showed me again why I both hate and love Spain, with a little Ireland thrown in. At the end of a vacation visiting friends in Barcelona, and family in…
A sad day at school for kissing
During break time, between classes, I like to play interesting videos, mostly with visual content, to get students focused on topics that may come up in one of my classes.…
Review: Douglas Rushkoff: Program or Be Programmed
Just finished one of the most important books of this year. I had heard about Douglas Rushkoff''s book, and read some of his articles. I realized he was a real…