Bureau for Counterculture

Abstract: A poorly researched, selective, biased and yet unfinished case for thinking beyond technology. Arguing that non-conformance is required to monitor and reign in technology’s impact on our lives. From a young age, I was partial to non-conformance. One main factor in it, I believe, was the Third Reich narrative. From 1933-1945, the overwhelming majority […]

Faith can have a series of positive impacts: It can enrich experience, empower, make life bigger, make people more generous and giving. Unfortunately, the smartphone God fails on all these accounts, either in a wholesale way, or on closer inspection. At the same time, it scores high on the downside dimensions of religion. It ties […]