Loyalty or Duty?
What is loyalty? Should we be as concerned with it as we are? Well, whether that’s a lot or a little, I invite you to think on these things, brethren.
Read MoreOn The Moral Advantages of a Free Press
It is not enough for a mode of disseminating information to be free from governmental oversight, or to be nearly completely unfettered by law; it must be inspired, if not wholly instructed by and reliant upon individuals of some intellectual and moral integrity.
Read MoreIt's All a Literary Illusion
Bullshit always finds a way to rebrand, and in the current technocracy, the endlessly exploitable labor is coming from writers who need to make a living trying their best to satisfy the needs of their overlords. Content isn’t important, but clicks and views are the new currency, having replaced bundles bought at the magazine stand. If you saw the movie Nightcrawler, then hopefully you understand the commentary on freelance content producers being subject to dying news media peddlers.
Read MoreInstatwitterfied
Instatwitterfied. God, I used to think that Twitter was the electronic embodiment of Ray Bradbury’s final warning to civilization about compressing human communications…and I still do.
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