by Leroy Hurt | Oct 11, 2014 | Uncategorized
Via Business Insider:Books are not just “tree flakes encased in dead cow”, as a scholar once wryly put it. They are a technology in their own right, one developed and used for the refinement and advancement of thought. And this technology is a powerful,...
by Leroy Hurt | Oct 5, 2014 | Uncategorized
Via Business Insider: Why The Digital Revolution Has Not Yet Fulfilled Its Promises – Business Insider.Do you agree with these points?”…the digital economy, far from pushing up wages across the board in response to higher productivity, is...
by Leroy Hurt | Oct 4, 2014 | Uncategorized
Via Christianity Today: The Rapture Keeps Coming Back | Christianity TodayKey sentences: “…the original resonance of the dispensational Rapture among Christians had more to do with the anxious effects of modernity than with its theological merit....
by Leroy Hurt | Oct 4, 2014 | Uncategorized
Via The Boston Globe: Book review: ‘The Glass Cage: Automation and Us’ by Nicholas Carr – Books – The Boston Globe.Key sentence: “…all of us will see our skills eroded, our intelligence debased, and our work devalued, if we sacrifice...
by Leroy Hurt | Oct 4, 2014 | Uncategorized
Via Business Insider: Thanks to Marek Gibney, a programmer and web designer based in Hamburg, Germany, now you can browse laptops by price, screen size, weight, brand, and several other metrics you might be considering in your ideal computer. Gibney calls it “The...
