by Jeffrey Scherer | Mar 21, 2018 | Cultural, Health, People, Social, social media, Testing, Uncategorized, Work |
Today, March 21, 2018 one day after the spring equinox, this quote appeared in a New York Times article: “We have a responsibility to protect your data, and if we can’t then we don’t deserve to serve you,” Mr. Zuckerberg said. At the same time, #deletefacebook is one...
by Jeffrey Scherer | Feb 27, 2018 | Cultural, People, Social, social media, Uncategorized, writing |
Several weeks ago I began to contemplate whether or not I would leave Facebook completely or reconfigure my relationship with this on-line platform. On the one hand, I have thoroughly enjoyed meeting old friends, making new friends and interacting on topics ranging...
by Jeffrey Scherer | Feb 12, 2018 | Cultural, Health, People, Philosphy, writing |
Oneirology (/ɒnɪˈrɒlədʒi/; from Greek ὄνειρον, oneiron, “dream”; and -λογία, -logia, “the study of”) is the scientific study of dreams. in-between a state or position that is in the middle between two other things : a middle position. In less...
by Jeffrey Scherer | Feb 11, 2018 | Cultural, Health, People, Philosphy, Social, social media, writing |
One of my favorite albums, Peggy Lee’s “Is that all there is?” has one of my favorite songs: Is That All There Is? The last stanza and chorus of this song is: I know what you must be saying to yourselves “If that’s the way she feels about it...
by Jeffrey Scherer | Feb 7, 2018 | Art, Cultural, Health, People, Philosphy, Social |
My morning routine is usually constant. I start with reading the news, catching up on my friend’s daily postings on social media and completing my twice daily Words with Friends game updates. In between, I try to paint, draw or, if needed, update things at the...
by Jeffrey Scherer | Feb 3, 2018 | Cultural, People, Philosphy, Social |
The following chart was created from a quote by Neil Postman* Fears Orwell Huxley Books feared those who would ban books feared there would be no reason to ban a book, for there would be no one who wanted to read Information feared those who would deprive us of...
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