Distraction, Self-obsession, and ‘Generation Cool’

Here's an interesting interview/article with two young artists from San Francisco. Sam Fuchs and Adam Gray create huge collage-style images from online ...

The NSA and the Mark of the Beast

We've seen a wave of news stories about the National Security Agency's (NSA) data collection program, but here's a preachable story about ...

Writer Can't Blame the Internet for His Problems

At 11:50 P.M. on April 30th, 2012 technology writer Paul Miller started his yearlong commitment to live without any contact with the internet. So he unplugged ...

Scientist Claimed the Internet Would Be a Fad

In 1995, an American scientist named Clifford Stoll boldly predicted that the Internet would be just another passing fad. He wrote an article for Newsweek ...

Statistics about Our Immersion in Video Stories

In his book Popcultured, Steve Turner offers the following two ways to illustrate our fervent consumption of popular culture:

The filmmaker Paul Schrader ...

The Internet Narcissism Epidemic

Here's a fascinating article in The Atlantic that claims we're in the middle of a raging "narcissism epidemic." According to the article, ...

Russian Orthodox Church Advises Social Media Fast

With the beginning of the Russian Orthodox Lenten season, the church has advocated that devotees fast from social media. According to a spokesman, "Even ...

Scientists Try to Duplicate the Wonder of the Human Brain

A 2012 article in Scientific American demonstrates how hard humans will try to copy God's creative power. A team of scientists from around the world are ...

Study Reveals Our Addiction to Cell Phones

Do you feel anxious when your cellphone isn't nearby? Do you worry about losing your cellphone? Do you always need to keep your cellphone on? Do you obsessively ...

Study Shows Parents Are Unaware of Their Teen's Online Activity

The 2012 Teen Internet Behavior study shows that there's a profound disconnect between parents and their teenagers regarding teens' online activities. ...