Jamin Hegeman

Tag: nytimes

  • Consider the Fate of Empathy

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    ??From the New York Times article, “I Tweet, Therefore I Am“: “But when every thought is externalized, what becomes of insight? When we reflexively post each feeling, what becomes of reflection? When friends become fans, what happens to intimacy? The risk of the performance culture, of the packaged self, is that it erodes the very…

  • The Risk of Innovation

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    The innovation debate continues in the NY Times this morning with “The Risk of Innovation: Will Anyone Embrace It?” After wading through the reporter’s anecdote about not being able to  operate his Prius, a task that apparently requires the owner to adapt behavior (“I don’t think I can adapt to the behaviors required by the…