Zika and the Limits of Biomedical Fixes
March 4, 2016
There are reasons to see the rise of Zika not as another problem in need of a biomedical fix but as a sign of the limits of biomedical fixes.
Category: Science & Technology
On Biomedicine and its Limits: An Interview with Joseph E. Davis
February 5, 2016
—Joseph E. Davis [This piece originally appeared on Social Trends Institute.] Q: The title of your book is To Fix or to Heal: Patient Care, Public Health, and the Limits… READ MORE
Yelp for Peeple and the Right to be Forgotten
October 19, 2015
—Meg Leta Jones A few weeks ago the Internet became very upset about Peeple, or “Yelp for people.” Co-founder Julia Cordray explained to the Washington Post, “People do so much research… READ MORE
Interview with Joshua Gamson, author of Modern Families
September 10, 2015
Why did you choose to write a book that focuses on the personal narratives of unconventional family making? I started writing the book because I really wanted to get our… READ MORE
The Right to Be Forgotten
September 9, 2015
—Meg Leta Jones “Worse than Orwell” is a pretty serious insult in the privacy policy arena, but that is the way the new United Nations rapporteur on privacy, Joseph Cannataci,… READ MORE
Mad Men, Esalen, and spiritual privilege
May 26, 2015
—Marion Goldman The online community is still pulsing with speculation about the final close up of Don Draper meditating on the edge of the Pacific at Esalen Institute—where he found… READ MORE
C-sections and vaginal births: Not the same thing
December 19, 2014
—Theresa Morris On December 15, Kim Simon posted a piece on Huffington Post entitled, “10 Ways C-Sections and Vaginal Births Are Exactly the Same.” I saw this posted on Facebook… READ MORE
Embracing spreadability in academic publishing
January 7, 2014
—Sam Ford The world of academic publishing was built on a model of scarcity. The specialist knowledge of an academic discipline was considered too limited for general commercial publication, so… READ MORE