Gordon Hotchkiss

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• The Terrors Of New Technology in Media Insider on 10/19/2021
  

  My neighbor has had a connected, high-end electric sports car for about a week. He still can't figure out how to use it.

• Friendship, Uncoupled in Media Insider on 10/12/2021
  

  With social media, friendship is now many steps removed from its physical, intimate and organic roots. It is stripped of the context in which it evolved.

• Moving Beyond Willful Ignorance in Media Insider on 10/05/2021
  

  This recent plague of willful ignorance is many things --- but most of all, it's one more example of how we love to separate "us" from "them."

• Why Is Willful Ignorance More Dangerous Now? in Media Insider on 09/28/2021
  

  For one, the willfully ignorant are very easily consolidated into a power base for politicians willing to play to their beliefs.

• Making Sense Of Willful Ignorance in Media Insider on 09/21/2021
  

  The very same technology that enables willful ignorance has made more information available than ever before.

• Re-Engineering The Workplace in Media Insider on 09/14/2021
  

  I want to take another look at the pros and cons of a virtual workplace by exploring how music has been made over the past several decades.

• Adrift In The Metaverse in Media Insider on 09/07/2021
  

  The metaverse is a world of our own making, where we imagine we can fix what we screwed up in the maddeningly unpredictable real world.

• Imagine A Pandemic Without Technology in Media Insider on 08/31/2021
  

  In an attempt to stop my doom-writing about technology, I tried a thought experiment.

• Marketers And Funnel Vision in Media Insider on 08/24/2021
  

  Funnels are arbitrary lenses, invented by marketers, that are applied after the fact. They have nothing to do with how we live our lives.

• Social Media Reflects Rights Vs. Obligations Split in Media Insider on 08/17/2021
  

  The right tends to focus on individual rights they feel they're at risk of losing. The left thinks more in terms of societal obligations.

Comments by Gordon All comments by Gordon

• Moving Beyond Willful Ignorance by Gord Hotchkiss (Media Insider on 10/05/2021)
  

  Thanks Marion, Dan and Ed for you very interesting perspectives. Yes, there are many factors at play here and the move away from "we" to "me" is a big piece of this. I guess my original point was that we can navel gaze as to what got us here, but we have to accept that it is what it is and find a way to be able to continue to function as a sustainable society without it killing us. Like Ed said, it certainly seems like a tough situation to solve, but we have to start thinking along those lines given what we have to deal with. I find that a good place to start is to be realistic about what our evolutionary underpinnings are and then find a way forward based on that.

• Dear United States: You Should Think Differently About Public Broadcasting by Gord Hotchkiss (Media Insider on 11/10/2020)
  

  Tom - as mentioned in the column, exactly the opposite is actually happening. I am constantly amazed by how Americans stick with an obviously broken system and wilfully ignore other examples that are working much more successfully. I think you missed the entire jist of the column.

• Dear United States: You Should Think Differently About Public Broadcasting by Gord Hotchkiss (Media Insider on 11/10/2020)
  

  Dear Ben - I think your knee might be jerking.

• Why Free News Is (Usually) Bad News by Gord Hotchkiss (Media Insider on 10/26/2020)
  

  Great question James. Acccording to Ad Fontes, broadcast news is less biased than online platforms. Also, something I didn't get into -  news from public broadcasters (PBS, NPR, BBC in UK and CBC in Canada) is the least biased. 

• The Day My Facebook Bubble Popped by Gord Hotchkiss (Media Insider on 09/05/2020)
  

  Tanya - I hear you. And they don't give up! I just got this link from the person who did the original post https://www.bitchute.com/video/LAXrdwr5ilgD/?fbclid=IwAR2PfwT2EVtw-ZNFcrBA0Ywbq8HClKBrX-Db-jJ0FyXC_Mn7ShspwJDDLI0Apparently she believes this is a reputable source of information. It has been astounding to me to get this glimpse of how other brains work. I am greatly worried about our future.

• This Election, Canucks Have Been 'Zucked' by Gord Hotchkiss (Media Insider on 10/22/2019)
  

  Thanks George. I appreciate the shout out. By the way, for those that are interested, Trudeau’s Liberals won a minority government, but the Conservatives actually won the popular vote: 34.4% vs 33.06% for the Liberals. It was a very close election. 

• The Difference Between Right-Wing And Left-Wing Media Brain by Gord Hotchkiss (Media Insider on 10/08/2019)
  

  Thanks for the catch Jack. I'll let the editor know.

• Personal Endeavor In The Age Of Instant Judgement by Gord Hotchkiss (Media Insider on 05/21/2019)
  

  That's the thing Paula..they passed the books a few seasons back and have been going on their own since. That seems to be the biggest source of criticism.

• Clear, Simple -- And Wrong by Gord Hotchkiss (Media Insider on 04/02/2019)
  

  Thank you Nicholas...Gord (or Gary)..whatever works...

• Beijing's Real-Life 'Black Mirror' Episode by Gord Hotchkiss (Media Insider on 02/26/2019)
  

  Phillip..it does, from a Western perspective. Ironically, this other perpspective was posted today: https://www.technologyreview.com/the-download/613027/chinas-social-credit-system-isnt-as-orwellian-as-it-sounds/

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