Back to chapter 2. The third chapter of Economics of Attention is where things start to get really interesting, at least for my interests. Lanham traces the evolution of text in an attempt to understand how it’s been used to convey meaning in ways that are beyond the actual meaning of the words. These… Continue reading Economics of Attention Ch3: What’s Next for Text
Economics of Attention Chapter 2
Back to Chapter 1. This chapter explores the art of Warhol and the Dada Movement as part of its argument that {fluff,style,rhetoric} has made a come back and is equally, if not more important than actual stuff: “The lesson was simple and, once learned, tedious. Art is not stuff made out of stuff taken from the earth’s… Continue reading Economics of Attention Chapter 2
Economics of Attention: Chapter 1
Back to introduction. The preface and first chapter of [amazon_link id=”0226468674″ target=”_blank” ]Economics of Attention[/amazon_link] attempt to set the stage for what is to come. The author tells us that this book is written to answer the narrow question: “What happens when words move from printed page to electronic screen?” The answer, it turns out, is… Continue reading Economics of Attention: Chapter 1
Book Club: Economics of Attention
Book Club: Economics of Attention Starting this week at Philosophy Matters, we’re going to be reading The Economics of Attention. Attention is something I’ve written about the importance attention before, and I think it’s a topic that’s important to philosophy. We need to have time to reflect if we’re even going to do philosophy. This… Continue reading Book Club: Economics of Attention
Rural Schools for Acceptance
This post is part of a series by my students at Mississippi Governor’s School. As a final project, they were challenged with creating an idea that could be used on a massive scale to help others live the good life. I’ve received some important knowledge from this philosophy class over the past few weeks. We… Continue reading Rural Schools for Acceptance
Charity Apparel Design
This post is part of a series by my students at Mississippi Governor’s School. As a final project, they were challenged with creating an idea that could be used on a massive scale to help others live the good life. What did I learn in this class? I learned that not everything is as simple… Continue reading Charity Apparel Design
NSA Loyalty Rewards Program: $1,000 Tax Rebate
I keep waiting for this headline to appear. In the ongoing struggle between privacy and convenience, convenience often seems to win without much debate. Marketing and advertising professionals seem to have unlocked the key to getting consumers happily hand over data about themselves: simply offer some rewards. If you let us track all of your… Continue reading NSA Loyalty Rewards Program: $1,000 Tax Rebate
Self Esteem
This post is part of a series by my students at Mississippi Governor’s School. As a final project, they were challenged with creating an idea that could be used on a massive scale to help others live the good life. Philosophy is my life. Before I took this class, I would always ask “Why?” or… Continue reading Self Esteem
The Goals of Higher Education
I’m taking Cathy Davidson’s Coursera course on the History and Future of Higher Education, so I thought it would be a good time to reflect on some thoughts about higher education that were prompted in a pedagogy class I took last semester. In the book [amazon_link id=”0805828362″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ]Teaching Communication[/amazon_link], Jo Sprague discusses… Continue reading The Goals of Higher Education
Bringing Light To Others
This post is part of a series by my students at Mississippi Governor’s School. As a final project, they were challenged with creating an idea that could be used on a massive scale to help others live the good life. Philosophy definitely showed me how to think by using a different perspective. I learned that… Continue reading Bringing Light To Others