Intelligent thoughts on video games
This was Ashok’s response to my piece on video games:
I agree with you, and I don’t agree. Video games aren’t the problem, and it is true that parenting and schools are to blame.
But OK. Let’s probe a little deeper, and let’s ask how one gets a culture to change. If we need parents and schools to teach their children how to read, how do we go about doing that?
The simplest solution, of course, is to strive for a culture that says “reading first, all other things second.” So that would mean television, movies and games are all out the window.
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Could you please get in touch with me please? I have something to invite you to upcoming in the new year.
Comments are off for this postNew Years Boms
As its a busy time of year the numbers are rather down on a normal week but that does not mean any of these posts are any less worth your attention.
Nickel presents Dont Be Afraid to Ask for a Discount posted at fivecentnickel.com.
Mom presents Playgroup Connections, Part Deux posted at raising4boys.com.
Zendo Deb presents When is a Staight Man Not a Straight Man? posted at TFS Magnum.
Madeleine Begun Kane presents De-Stress Or Distress? posted at Mad Kane’s Humor Blog.
Jerry Monaco presents monacojerry: Why pay attention to the New York Times? Organization, Normalization, Ideology posted at Shandean Postscripts to Politics, Philosophy, & Culture:.
Ashok presents Meaning, Knowing & Metaphor: On a Section from Wittgenstein’s Blue Book posted at Ashok’s Blog.
Thanks to all of you who have sent stuff in and I look forward to your stuff for next week’s BOMS.
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