Maciolekism

technology

  • Data Trail vs Data Legacy

    I have heard it said that data is the new oil. I suppose they say this because they mine it in a raw form, then try to process and make a ton of money off of it. But I kind… Continue reading

  • Adapting To Virtual Reality

    Are we making technology that undermines our long term ability to even make/repair that technology? Calculators reduce the need to know math. Thus, fewer people know and can do the math required to make calculators. If the calculators are then… Continue reading

  • Why Aren’t You Playing?

    (A Mother’s Day Dialogue.) A lioness walks up to one of her cubs, who is sitting off to the side of the others playing. “Why aren’t you playing with your siblings?” Continue reading

  • Structuring Communication

    I have been distracted for a while as I dealt with a family emergency. Emerging from this experience, these are my thoughts on modern communication. Long ago, information was written on paper and came with the post. At first it… Continue reading

  • A View From A Snow-Globe

    There were strict social norms in the fifties, a hectic decade of transition, and then a period of social freedom lasting from the seventies through the oughties. Now we are traveling back, already in another chaotic transitional decade, which will… Continue reading

  • How It All Works

    During the feast we discover, develop, and create new things. During the famine the environment decides which of those things is worth anything. Humans, including all of our creations, cannot override this cycle. Continue reading