http://eselinger.org/blog Evan Selinger's Philosophy of Technology Blog Sun, 20 Dec 2009 21:17:20 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Sigh.  Despite the importance of the topic, the philosophical debates on transhumanism tend to be tiring.  Boring and repetitive platitudes of the libertarian and conservative variety abound with no positive signs arising that suggest the stale debate will shift in a more interesting and useful direction.  Maybe philosophers have contributed ... http://eselinger.org/blog/?p=22 The following article just appeared in The New York Times.  It is amazing how long it has taken to recognize the deleterious effects of driving while talking or texting on a mobile phone.  Common sense and a little applied phenomenology readily yield the same conclusions as the scientific studies.  Are ... http://eselinger.org/blog/?p=15