HealthIsSocial – Caring Arts for Life Sciences

The application of Social Media – especially in Healthcare – may seem to be a relatively simple matter.
But it isn’t.
Look around at the times were in: we have different generations aiming to use social media – and they all are looking at the world through different lenses, angles, contexts. The 50-year old social media guru makes assumptions about those inexperienced...

This post is not about gossip. It isn’t about spreading unconfirmed allegations. It is, however, about calling attention to the silence in Silicon Valley (the place and the principle) about a crucial matter of our time.
A former girlfriend of Techcrunch founder Mike Arrington alleged in a Facebook update that he abused her. Now, allegations of abuse happen all the time – many true, many untrue. And, as often is the case, when ‘celebrities’ are involved...

As technologies and media continue their infiltration into work places, into individual and family life, into classrooms, into bathrooms, into eyewear, into sweaty bedsheets, into almost anywhere human fingers and eyes appear, we will see increases in...

We are the constant victims of violence, unconsciously inconsolate to the shining messengers of mimetic desire.
When we think of *violence*, we typically think of blood, or force, or other forms of physical brutality.
We may even think of other forms of violence – emotional, sexual, economic, political, ideological....