Posted inNews
What is Fake News?
I want to make an argument that sounds more extreme than it is: the news, as most of us consume it, is bad for you. Not because every journalist is…
Media Criticism
Posts tagged Media Criticism examine how the news and media work and what they do to the people who consume them. My argument is that the structure of modern news rewards alarm, anger, and oversimplification, and that the result is a population that is anxious, divided, and worse informed than it believes.
I spent years consuming the news compulsively before stepping back and looking hard at what it was doing to me. These posts come out of that reckoning. They are critical of the system rather than of individual journalists, and they offer a way to stay informed without letting the news run your emotional life.
These are the posts where I take apart the machinery of media and ask who it actually serves.
Posted inCell phones life
Get off the f’ing phone!
Let's talk about cell phones. Have you noticed that people in general are so focused on these small screens that they forget where they are and become almost hypnotized? Here…
Posted inUncategorized
Insidious Advertising
I hate most of the advertising today, because it's so insidious and pervasive in the western world. It seems like you cannot go anywhere or look at anything without seeing…
Posted inCollections
Stamp Collecting
One of my favorite hobbies is stamp collecting. Over the years, I have collected over 100,000 stamps, carefully sorted into albums (acid-free of course), little plastic bags and boxes. Unfortunately,…