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Presence
You and I need media to communicate with one another. Speech is one medium to bring thought into oral expression. Writing is another...

Douglas Groothuis
Feb 26, 20203 min read


Texts, Graphics, and Culture: On the Decline of Reading and Civilization
Inscripturation is part of being human, or at least it has been for a long time. We inscribe words on bark, papyri, codices, human skin...

Douglas Groothuis
Jan 29, 20203 min read


What is Cyberspace?
I wrote this essay for a dictionary a few years ago. Despite all the changes in the Internet world, I think it is still pertinent. We...

Douglas Groothuis
Apr 18, 20195 min read


Brief Social Commentary: Radio Lab
Public radio has a program called Radio Lab. Today, they took up artificial intelligence. But the form of the program is odd,...

Douglas Groothuis
Dec 21, 20181 min read


Philosophy of Technology in Six Ideas
As I prowl around bookstores, I find a gaggle of books on managing technology overload. One after another fall of the presses and make...

Douglas Groothuis
Dec 13, 20183 min read


Looking Back to an Old Typewriter
What difference might a typewriter make on one’s writing style; might it even affect one’s thinking itself? We are what we write, and how...

Douglas Groothuis
Mar 22, 20184 min read


7 Principles of Technogesis
“If you want to know what water is, don’t ask a fish.” So goes the Chinese proverb. By extension, if you want to understand the strengths...

Douglas Groothuis
Feb 8, 20185 min read


The Book That No One Read
As the editor of a series of cultural critiques on compelling issues, Os Guinness wanted my work The Soul in Cyberspace to be “a shot...

Douglas Groothuis
Feb 1, 20187 min read
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