- Jan 29, 2015
- 5 min
The Psychology of Stranger Shaming
First came the selfie: Since the rise of the selfie (and more recently, the selfie-stick), the idea of taking a suitably “random” photo...
- Feb 16, 2014
- 5 min
Enlightenment 2.0: “Her” and technologically assisted transcendence
Her has been intensely anticipated by culture watchers for some time, teased by the conceit of the love affair shared between the...
- Nov 9, 2013
- 5 min
Gravity: on letting go in order to live.
Dr. Ryan Stone (played superbly by Sandra Bullock) cannot let go. Her inability to let go is a recurrent motif in the film that makes...
- Jun 3, 2013
- 9 min
Why Richard (meaning anyone under 30) should watch The Godfather: the value of investing in an epic
The Godfather; invariably I want to be the person who watches it with them for their first time. My friend Richard, who recently turned...