Now here’s an interesting one. Evil’s a strong word, and a word that seems to belong to another era. Does any of the behaviour of modern British society cause enough misery that it deserves to be called a Social Evil? When this popped up it made me think … hard. I suppose quite a few [...]
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Social evils in the UK today
August 13th, 2007 · No Comments · society
Social networking mashup
July 20th, 2007 · No Comments · learning, society, technology
I had my first experience of a flash-mob last night. My daughter had received a forwarded text message (SMS) advising that a bunch of people might well be meeting up on the steps of St Paul’s Cathedral in London for a short dance party at precisely 6.46pm. I tagged along and arriving a few minutes [...]
Tags:connectivism·network·Web 2.0
Good night and good luck – how little times change
September 24th, 2006 · No Comments · society, teaching, technology
I stumbled across this clip from George Clooney’s film “Good night and good luck” on YouTube. In this speech Ed Murrow was talking about television but it has uncanny relevance to today in regard to the internet and international politics. It’s quite chilling when you think about it.
Tags:Clooney·internet·television