In my ongoing studies of identity, a thread that comes up again and again is the importance of narrative in determining who we say we are. Demographic groupings are useful for looking at differentials within a society, but showing that Jews disproportionately vote Democratic – even and especially after controlling for income – only really [...]
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The Stories We Tell
Posted in Uncategorized on February 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
“just because we can, doesn’t mean we should”
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged privacy, sns on February 4, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
One of my favorite phrases! And danah’s taken it up, which gets me to thinking: architecture isn’t deterministic of behavior, but it does create the context in which behavior occurs. If everyone could look in their neighbors’ windows without fear of being seen, a lot more people would do so than currently do. People don’t [...]
Questions of Lifestreaming
Posted in Uncategorized on January 27, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Warren Ellis has some thoughts on lifestreaming, via coffee and jerky; I deal with the foodie bits over here. Mostly, he frames it as a series of questions about the efficacy of lifestreaming; the key ones are: Right now, I’m eating jerky and drinking a cup of coffee. Neither of these came from objects with [...]
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