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all we like sheep…

August 13, 2011 wally metts8 Comments

Why do so many truly stupid videos go viral? And why do so many good ideas go unused?

Posted in commentary, cultureTagged crowds, Deborah Prentice, innovation, Matt Salganic, peer pressure, superconformist, viral

boredom and its benefits

August 10, 2011 wally metts2 Comments

Boredom is what we call our diminished capacity for solitude. And so we have no space or time or art to make things that matter.

Posted in commentary, cultureTagged boredom, creativity, dilbert, innovation, lincoln logs, scott adams, silence, social media, solitude

a triumph more glorious

August 1, 2011August 1, 2011 wally metts2 Comments

The first transatlantic telegraph cable broke. Expectations where thwarted. Nothing worked exactly as advertised. It’s a good thing to remember when the next new thing rolls in, even if it’s made by Apple or Google.

Posted in commentary, communication, cultureTagged google+, james buchanan, social media, technology, telegraph, wideman whitehouse

what’s a Christian fundamentalist?

July 29, 2011July 29, 2011 wally metts5 Comments

The media’s rush to describe Breivik as a “Christian fundamentalist” seems a little sensational. And the suggestion that we should condemn him on those grounds unnecessary.

Posted in commentary, culture, faithTagged anders breivik, belief blog, christian fundamentalist, christian terrorist, CNN, norway massacre, stephen prothero

Jesus loves the little children

July 27, 2011 wally metts5 Comments

My wife used to teach a neighborhood Bible study for kids in which none of the kids knew a single Christmas carol or had ever read a Bible. In fact, they could barely read at all.

Posted in church, commentary, culture, educationTagged Barna Group, church, keith brury, literacy, reading, Sunday School

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