Chad Ragsdale

You know those inflatable bouncy houses that people rent for their kids’ birthday parties? I want you to imagine this scenario. Pretend that all inflatables somehow became sentient. In fact, […]

Remembering Postman In 1985, Neil Postman published his seminal book on technology and cultural analysis, Amusing Ourselves to Death. The big idea of Postman’s work is that technology—particularly the television—was […]

“America is living through a crisis. But it’s probably a crisis you haven’t noticed. It’s a crisis of ingratitude.” These are the first words of Daniel Darling’s book In Defense […]

Before launching into this post, I need to acknowledge that I struggle with my words. In my writings, I wrestle publicly with ideas in the hopes of arriving at some […]