linkedin post 2021-02-07 06:41:46

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THE TRAP. “Hyperconnectivity, then, for all its infinite extensionality, is actually strangely reductive. Our shadow archives grow by the second, with social media exerting a ‘residual abundance’: a digital and digitized gravitational pull that seems counter-intuitive to the pronouncements of the acceleration of life lived online.” https://lnkd.in/dWiV2eZ View in LinkedIn
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linkedin post 2021-02-07 06:42:54

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INFINITE NAKEDNESS. “The former self, its lives and lovers, all become entangled in digital databases that without conscience betray the wild exigencies of youth, not in unguarded gossip, but in perpetuity. As Jaron Lanier suggests: “A ‘Facebook generation’ young person who suddenly becomes humiliated online has no way out for there is only one hive.” https://lnkd.in/dWiV2eZ View in LinkedIn
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linkedin post 2021-02-07 06:43:58

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THE RULE OF THE MOB. “The memory of the multitude softens history, changing the parameters of the who, when, what and why of remembering. With digital searching, accessing, participating, there is little unseen, untouched or uncommented upon by the multitude. This has diminished the former gatekeepers of memory, as David Lowenthal observes: “No longer what elites and experts tell us what it was, the past becomes what Everyman chooses to accept as true.” https://lnkd.in/dWiV2eZ View in LinkedIn
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linkedin post 2021-02-07 06:46:18

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SO ENDS this small sampling of a much larger chapter by Professor Andrew Hoskins. In my view, it is a remarkably insightful portrayal of the wrenching social changes the digital age is foisting at breakneck speed on us, our children, and (sadly) our politics. Personally, I find it is all happening too quickly with too little wise commentary to wrap my arms around these events, from flash mobs to the ubiquitous screen. This author is a great start to figuring it out a bit better. View in LinkedIn
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linkedin post 2021-02-08 05:55:58

linkedin post 2021-02-08 05:55:58

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INTRODUCTION TO STRANGE MATTER and how it composes some stars in the universe, called neutron stars, and when these collide, strange matter is spewed out in every direction, to roam the cosmos until it hits another star or planet. This topic of strange matter, the junction of particle physics and astronomy, will be the subject theme of the next string of posts. Enjoy! https://youtu.be/p_8yK2kmxoo View in LinkedIn
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linkedin post 2021-02-08 05:58:34

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NEW PHYSICS. “Until the 20th century, physics only dealt with matter and its interactions with energy and the universe. However, in recent decades, physicists have had to redefine the concept of matter, and limit it to ordinary matter, because new types have been appearing that need their own names. Dark matter, antimatter or exotic matter are some examples… and, without a doubt, among all the new theoretical types of matter, the least known and most radically different would be strange matter, as it would literally break our laws of physics.” https://lnkd.in/dJQmuRd View in LinkedIn
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