Rhetoric

Contrary to the utopian

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Contrary to the utopian rhetoric of social media enthusiasts, the Internet often makes the jump from deliberation to participation even more difficult, thwarting collective action under the heavy pressure of never-ending internal debate. Evgeny Morozov

Kids need to know

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Kids need to know more than just about unicorns and zombies and vampires. The rhetoric that’s coming out is anti-black, anti-Mexico, anti-diversity. [Adults] definitely need to put it in context. I’ve talked to people who are literally struggling to sleep because they’re anxious. Children pick up on that. Talk to your kid. Tell them, this … Read more

I am sorry the

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I am sorry the infernal Divinities, who visit mankind with diseases, and are therefore at perpetual war with Doctors, should have prevented my seeing all you great Men at Soho to-day-Lord! what inventions, what wit, what rhetoric, metaphysical, mechanical and pyrotecnical, will be on the wing, bandy’d like a shuttlecock from one to another of … Read more

For a decade Americans

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For a decade Americans have been steeped in the rhetoric of \”zero tolerance\” and the faith that virtually all problems from drug addiction to lousy teaching can be solved by pouring on the punishment. Even without a Commander in Chief who pledges to rid the world of evildoers, smoke them out of their holes and … Read more

I feel so lucky

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I feel so lucky to have the opportunity to make the show, and that it is in alignment with what I’m interested in, with what I read about. For me, it just felt like an organic step – of course, I’m thinking I want a show that allows for more representation for the community and … Read more