by J. Jerrald Hayes | Jan 11, 2018 | Culture, News & Opinion, Sociology, Technology
How to fix Facebook-before it fixes us In early 2006, I got a call from Chris Kelly, then the chief privacy officer at Facebook, asking if I would be willing to meet with his boss, Mark Zuckerberg. I had been a technology investor for more than two decades, but the...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Aug 6, 2017 | Science, Sociology
This was surprising news to me. Just something I was completely unaware...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Dec 6, 2016 | • Politics, Democracy, Donald Trump, Sociology
The United States Is Not an Apocalyptic Wasteland, Explains Steven Pinker Donald Trump’s rise to power was driven in part by an apocalyptic narrative according to which, in a phrase, you are in grave danger. This is consistent with many people’s intuitions...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Dec 2, 2016 | Culture, Racism, Sociology
About the history of “Christmas Caroling”. The “Social Media” of another period in time. “”The concept of carol in its origins has actually nothing to do with Christmas,” Abraham says. Medieval carols were liturgical songs...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Nov 16, 2016 | • Politics, Psychology, Sociology, The 2016 Presidential Race
How to Reconcile With Family and Friends After the Election This weekend, on a two-hour drive to their son’s lacrosse tournament, Cathy and Jay Ingram, of Lancaster, Pa., healed some wounds left from the long and divisive presidential election. Ms. Ingram, who...
