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In her ground-breaking study of human identity in the age of the Internet (Life on the Screen), Sherry Turkle reports that numerous computer users she has interviewed talk of their online experience in spiritual terms. In these narratives people tell her that computer networks "resonate with our most profound sense that life is not predictable. They provoke spiritual, even religious speculations." She cites one interviewee who concludes: "To me, it's God coming together with science, and computers have made it all possible." http://www.makeahistory.com/index.php/recent-news/10505-the-internet-as-a-metaphor-for-godIn her ground-breaking study of human identity in the age of the Internet (Life on the... more
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Earlier this year, women became the majority of the workforce for the first time in U.S. history. Most managers are now women too. And for every two men who get a college degree this year, three women will do the same. For years, women’s progress has been cast as a struggle for equality. But what if equality isn’t the end point? What if modern, postindustrial society is simply better suited to women? A report on the unprecedented role reversal now under way— and its vast cultural consequences.... http://www.makeahistory.com/index.php/recent-news/412-end-of-menEarlier this year, women became the majority of the workforce for the first time in... more
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