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Information Overload: Too much of a good thing?

In our increasingly technology-driven society, we receive information at unbelievable speeds without even realizing it. In any given hour, the average person receives texts, emails, phone calls, and communication through social media sites. One would think that this increased amount …

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Online Dating, Among Other Life Choices

In romantic comedies of old we see boy meet girl, boy woo girl, boy and girl date, boy and girl get engaged, boy and girl get married. These days boy and girl can meet, date, flirt, get engaged and even …

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There’s No Running From Technology

We keep adopting more and more technology at an astonishing rate. We’re texting, checking emails, making phone calls, have at least five different tabs open when browsing the web, and it doesn’t seem to stop even there. When we have …

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The Pros and Cons of Social Technology

Neil Postman Wrote “‘What will a new technology do?’ is no more important than the question, ‘What will a new technology undo?’ Indeed, the latter question is more important, precisely because it is asked so infrequently.” This got me thinking. …

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Technology in Developing Countries

One of the foremost decisions confronting developing countries is that of establishing the right technological choices. How does one from an intensive technological culture reach out to impoverished and third world countries in a relevant way? The answer is through …

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Is the News Paper Going to be Extinct?

There are many talented and well known journalist out their who spend their days writing about current events for the New York Times and other hot newspaper’s, but where do these journalists and talented writers go to when people are …

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E-books in the Publishing Industry: Revitalization or Competition

What was the last book you read? How did you read it? Was it a paperbound book, or did you read it through your computer or on a tablet?  Just a decade ago you would have thought that last question …

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The World Needs More Pioneers, Not Tourists

Are you an explorer? Are you an adventurer? It seems that so many of us nowadays are only tourists, merely scratching the surface of our lives; just existing, and never truly living. Where are the readers? Where are the deep …

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From Game-Boys to Game-Changers

Think back to the first handheld electronic device you’ve ever powered off on an airplane. If you’re my age, it was probably one of the greatest inventions of the 90’s: a large, grey, yellow-screened, poorly-pixelated Nintendo Game-Boy. This groundbreaking device …

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Is Social Media Making Us Dumber?

Though technology’s advancements may make a strong counterargument, it is not an invalid question as to whether or not the general population of today’s day and age is getting dumber. Truly, are we getting dumber?

In the age of Facebook, …

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