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.
Street Cars And The Flow Of Modern Technology
One of the most charming aspects of New Orleans is the street car. Perhaps it is hard to believe that someone who has written as negatively about modern technology as I have could say...
New Orleans: The City That Revives
It just so happens that I am traveling to New Orleans this week, a city that exemplifies many of the ideas I put forward in my column every week. I often discuss the importance...
Pretending To Be Fully Alive
Steampunk is a name that describes a whole cultural movement. This includes a genre of science fiction based on inventions from the Victorian movement, a very defined style of fashion based on Victorian fashion...
Why Are You In Such A Hurry?
I really don’t think it’s my imagination. Ever since restrictions from Covid have opened up and people are out and about more, the bulk of them seem to be trying to perpetually outpace everyone...
There Is Little Grounding Left In Modern Buildings In The U.S.
In my last article, I discussed how parents have become disposable entities in the United States. In the present article, I am going to discuss how buildings have become disposable in the U.S., even...
The Abandonment Of Our Parents In Today’s World
Me and some friends of mine from the Chicago Ethical Humanist Circle were sitting around at a local coffee shop last Saturday talking about all sorts of things as was our habit. Eventually the...
The Importance Of Folk Music In Helping People To Feel Human
When I was growing up, folk music was more than just a kind of quaint exotic pretty music to which people listened. It was also a vehicle through which people could ground themselves in...
The Void For Humans In Outer Space
The U.S. was supposed to send a rocket to the moon early this week, but one of the engines developed problems, so the flight had to be postponed to the end of the week. ...
The People Who Can’t Let Go Of Things
People in modern technological society have developed many different addictions to fill the emptiness they feel as a result of living in the experiential vacuum that is so much a part of everyone’s field...
Why Is Joe Biden So Unpopular?
When Joe Biden was elected President of the United States, there were great hopes in much of the U.S. that the dark nightmare that Trump had created was now finished (at least temporarily). Unlike...