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Joseph Ratliff
I write, I draw, and I think about technology’s impact on our civilization…
http://josephratliff.com
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You’ve got to get a late-model car, you’ve got to upgrade to the 5314 LTE model smartphone, because it just came out, and you’ve just got…
You’ve got to get a late-model car, you’ve got to upgrade to the 5314 LTE model smartphone, because it just came out, and you’ve just got to get Apple’s latest release on launch day. Bullshit. I’m calling bullshit on the incessant need to upgrade everything. If you believe the hype and marketing, your life improves every time some new “talk and surf at the same time” gadget comes out. Wrong. Aside from the fact we cannot multitask, doing so (talking and surfing the web at the same time…
Joseph Ratliff
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A Different Way To Think About The Changing Climate
Could we look at the warming climate, or “climate change,” from another perspective?
Joseph Ratliff
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What’s Wrong With The World?
Dear sir, I am. Yours, G.K. Chesterton Think deeply about this today.
Joseph Ratliff
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A Rant On Privacy
“Nothing to hide” isn’t good enough anymore…
Joseph Ratliff
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Letting go of things. And history.
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The Devil’s Bargain
an intermittently coherent rant, or plea; a draft of something that needs to be longer and more detailed; an absurdly hypertrophied tweet…
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Why I Started Backchannel
After a long time as a writer, Steven Levy is now an editor-in-chief. Here’s why.
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