Sorin Adam Matei
Analysis, research, maps, and essays from Sorin Adam Matei.
Sherry Turkle Image via Wikipedia Sherry Turkle’s latest book on identity shifts in the Internet age takes a more pessimistic view on the role of technology in re-shaping our daily lives… In Turkle’s latest book, “Alone Together,” this optimism is long gone.…
Image via Wikipedia Lifehacker picks this little tid-bit of insight from Inc: You might think that involving a bunch of people in every company meeting and email keeps everyone on the same page. In reality, it's a productivity killer that hinders rather…
Image via Wikipedia Publishers Weekly issued its 2009 best book list. The choices, made out of 50,000 volumes, are at times quirky and cute, but overall the list offers a solid image of who is who and what was (and still is)…
Poe House and Museum image via Wikipedia Edgar Allan Poe was a notorious imbiber whose death only seemed to confirm to his detractors, which were many, that he was a never do well troublemaker. Seen in retrospect, his accusers appear petty and…
Summary of Francis Bacon’s New Organon theory of the Four Idols of Knowing In Book I of the New Organon (Aphorisms 39-68), Bacon introduces his famous doctrine of the “idols.” These are characteristic errors, natural tendencies, or defects that beset the mind…