Saturday, March 11, 2023

Yes Seth Rogen, Negative Reviews are Hurtful

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Alas, in the media universe the most banal remark of a famous person is treated as so earth-shaking as to be worthy of headlines. One can ...
Thursday, March 9, 2023

The Decline of Book Blogging: The Other Side of the Issue

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Recently writing about the decline of book blogging my first thought was of the process of " enshittification "--with search engi...

What Happened to E-Books?

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Circa 2008, when the Kindle was hitting the market, the hype about e-books was enormous. Some years on, however, there was a turnabout, and ...

Will STEM Fields Become the New "Starbucks Barista Majors?"

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Consider the facts. The country is now seeing a surge in the output of STEM majors --without any sign of a commensurate increase relative to...
Monday, March 6, 2023

The Truth About My Social Media Experience as an Author

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I will be blunt. I never thought much of social media. (The old MIT Technology Review cover with Buzz Aldrin's face and, below it, the ...

"Social Media is Dark, and Full of Trolls"

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I have to admit that during my experience of Twitter usage there were-- setting aside the extremely disappointing experience with book promo...
Saturday, March 4, 2023

Why Are People Consuming Less New Music?

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Last year Ted Gioia penned an interesting piece about the declining proportion of music sales for which newly created music accounts . In co...

Greg Poehler and Sweden's "Celebrity Culture" (or Lack of One)

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Some years ago Amy Poehler's brother Greg offered some "big thinks" about the differences between Sweden and America. They did...

Notes on the State of Self-Publishing

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How are self-published authors of fiction as a whole doing these days? I mean, in a big-picture way? I have to admit that I don't know...

The Revenge of "Gentlemen's History?"

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Some years ago Michael Parenti coined the term "gentlemen's history" to refer to the generally self-congratulatory historiogra...

The Decline of the Humanities Major on American Campuses

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Recently checking on the myth of STEM worker shortages I looked at what areas the American system of higher education is awarding degrees i...
Friday, March 3, 2023

The Decline of Book Blogging?

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Not long ago I discussed here why I thought it was the case that the independent blogger, an individual who is not famous and does not have...
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Thursday, March 2, 2023

An Anomalous Founding Work: Stephen Coonts' The Flight of the Intruder

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Especially in light of its early appearance (1986), massive success ( 28 weeks on the New York Times ' hardcover fiction bestseller list...

The Post-Cold War International Relations Student's Reading List

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I remember how back after the end of the Cold War a certain number of books about what would follow after it—about what would be the definin...

Remembering the Police Academy Movies

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When catching up with Bobcat Goldthwait recently (he's doing stand-up these days) the Guardian made reference to the legacy of the Poli...