Laurence Mesirow
I am a writer who has been concerned about the effects of modern technology on human living environments and human behavior for many years.
The News As A Substitute For Life
No matter where one goes in modern technological society, it is hard to escape the news. People are reading newspapers and magazines in some form, whether hard copy or online. People are listening to...
Being Seduced Into Giving Up One’s Control Of Things
Driving has become more and more frictionless and more and more mediated. From gear shift to automatic. From manual steering to power steering. From manual brakes to power brakes. Then there is cruise control. ...
Living Life Without Devices
I spend so much time focusing on the negative in this column and not enough focusing on the positive, on the potential solutions to many of our emotional and behavioral problems today. I guess...
Is Emptiness A Part Of Paradise?
Perhaps it is since the Enlightenment that the concept of Individualism has permeated so much of Western society and later industrialized non-Western societies. Once one believes in the importance of the individual and at...
Being A Space Traveler In Your Own Spaceg
Virtual reality is something that has been discussed several times in this column, and it is becoming an increasingly important mode of life experience in today’s society. Initially, it has involved more perceptual experience...
Using Pathological Defenses Against Numbness In Modern Technological Society
In my last article, I discussed the topic of what motivates the mass murders that are unfortunately occurring increasingly frequently in today’s world. Now I would like to shift the focus to comparing these...
What Motivates Mass Murders
Two in one day. Mass shootings in El Paso and Dayton within a period of twenty-four hours. They are happening more and more frequently now. And more and more people are crying out in...
Finding Superheroes In Modern Technological Society
From the days when traditional societies dominated our planet, people have always had a certain anxiety or concern with regard to the creation of a surrogate immortality in preparation for death. Put another way,...
The Dangerous Addiction To Accelerating Technology
As has been discussed in previous articles, the faster we make the world move with modern technology, the more we want things to accelerate even more. Immediate gratification becomes a relative term. Yesterday’s immediate...
The Problem Of Bullying In Modern Technological Society
Bullying is a problem that has drawn increasing attention in recent years around the world. It’s a problem that is considered to have negative effects not only for the victims but also for the...