Technology – Page 24 – Kester Brewin

The 33

Oct 13, 2010

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in Current Affairs, Environment, Science, Technology

The story of the Chilean miners has been one of the most incredibly moving events I can remember. There’s something of the two-fingers-up-to-nature which is both exhilarating and troubling, and something of the deeply archetypal and transformative about the rescue… 33 Sliding, encased, through the bowels the earth thirty-three steel turds are evacuated into the…

Alas, University, We Knew Thee Well

Oct 12, 2010

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in Current Affairs, Economics, Education, Philosophy, Politics, Technology

The announcement that there will be no cap on tuition fees for English universities made me very sad today. Granted, our country’s finances are in dire straits. But it seems hugely short-sighted to try to claw back that money by raising costs for students, and setting them off in life with huge amounts of debt.…

The Problem with Digital Culture [2] : Information Obesity

Oct 11, 2010

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in Blogs | Social Networks | New Media, Emerging Church, Technology

I posted some thoughts on Friday about the problem of information coming too quickly for us to reflectively process it – and turn information into useful knowledge and wisdom. The analogy I used there was of a conveyor belt. When it runs slowly the packets come off at a speed that allows us to sort…

The Problem with Digital Culture [1]: Too Much, Too Fast

Oct 8, 2010

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in Blogs | Social Networks | New Media, Quotations, Technology

I’ve been reading The Shallows – How the Internet is Changing How We Think, Read and Remember and led a discussion about the effects of digital culture on our brains for our 6th Form yesterday. It was actually a very interest debate, which took in the printing press, Shakespeare, violence, gaming and, most importantly, speed…

Apple 8 – Social Media and Social Action – 13th October

Sep 30, 2010

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in Apple, Blogs | Social Networks | New Media, Emerging Church, Politics, Technology, Theology

Connected to the previous post about Gladwell’s article on ‘The Revolution Will Not Be Tweeted,’ I’m really excited about the next Apple event, which is coming up on 13th October. Dr Luke Bretherton will be leading a discussion on social media and social action, asking whether Facebook and Twitter have anything to add to community…

‘The Revolution will not be Tweeted’ | Real Sacrifice will never happen online

Sep 28, 2010

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in Apple, Blogs | Social Networks | New Media, Emerging Church, Politics, Technology

Excellent piece by Malcolm Gladwell in the New Yorker, casting a sceptical eye over the optimistic view that social networks can and do lead to increased social action. His argument is not that they cannot have a good impact, but that the sort of impact they might have is very different from the hard work…

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