Speaking vs Writing – the two things that linguists and anthropologists point to as hallmarks of our exceptional human capacities for symbolic thought and communication. Our abilities to speak and write are our greatest “social technologies” – these two humans capacities allow us to manage the demands of ever more sophisticated lives. Some evolutionary biologists argue […]
Portrait of Abraham Lincoln made by Nicholas H. Shepherd 1846 Author of today’s blog post: Emily V., Hunter College This daguerrotype is the first photograph of the future President Abraham Lincoln, taken in 1846. In this early form of photography, images were produced on a silver coated plate. The images were very fragile and had to […]
OK Class….Shall we take bets…How many times in today’s “speech” to the UN will President Trump will use the term “Rocket Man”. Or, if not the endearing “RM” let’s see how many cold war, fear mongering, rhetoric-escalating terms he deploys to take nuclear threat discourse to the next level. There will be “extra credit” on this […]
Blog Post Written by Emily V., Hunter College, New York Star Tribune, Steve Sack, December 3, 2015 I recently read Elizabeth Kolbert’s Commentary in the New Yorker entitled, Hurricane Harvey and the Storms to Come – about climate change. The comments of President Trump and of various regional representatives are something I want to closely examine here. […]
Verizon is now inviting you to give them access to all your data. Would you take up this offer? Who do you think would?
It’s here. It’s called the future of the phone. New swipe interfaceAll glass – front and back.Goodbye Touch ID – hello Face ID ( bathing your face in invisible infrared light) But what struck with the following statement about IT.“This is not a phone you look at. This is a phone you look through.” Now what could […]
Alternate realities such as this one are also circulating. Simulated GIF If the media wants to truly captivate the viewing audience why not just photoshop reality in?
Please someone tell me! What is the point of weathermen, weatherwomen, yelling into their mics, plena voce, struggling to stand upright while palm trees disintegrate around them, drenched and unrecognizable through TV cameras about to short circuit, “reporting” on a hurricane? (In the case above, CNN’s Bill Weir “It feels like my face is being […]
Written by Kristian Bjorkman with Christina Zarcadoolas I recently read an NPR article titled, “The Dangers of Hidden Jargon inCommunicating Science” by Tania Lombrozo. In the article, Lombrozo points out how the chance for miscommunication is high when people within the scientific community attempt to relay specific information to lay people. This happens when […]
Imagine…what could have been. She knew what to say. But like many women we make the mistake of taking the high ground. With creepy bullies it clearly doesn’t work!
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