by libertyandvigilance “Social media” has numerous definitions, and all of them share the principle that the Internet has given us a lot of cheap ways to communicate with each other. As computers have gotten cheaper and broadband pipes have become fatter, we’ve expanded the multimedia involved: text has been prominent…

When we measure the creativity of young children, virtually all of them will record as being ‘highly creative’. However, only a small percentage of adults register as being ‘highly creative’. What happened? Schools have crushed creativity. We were told to color within the lines. We were taught to follow instructions. The goal in school is to get the…

In this, the alive and well revolution of blogging and print-on-demand publishing, censorship is something we think of as very dark ages; surely it doesn’t happen anymore! That may be true in the freedoms of your personal, unshackled life, but how about at work? The freedom of self-expression is one we say we cherish most of all…