Tag: dissonance
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Angst Chapter One: Race
What I learned during my grade school days in the 70s was anything but racist. In fact, the newly minted public education system, in an effort to make us “not racist,” introduced the concept of “racism” to us.
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21st Century Communication Theory
Parroting dramatic language on social media (and therefore, like it or not, in real life) is diminishing our motivation and—to some extent—our ability to choose precise words. The pool of original ideas based on self experience is slowly and subtly being replaced with words relating to how the experience of others is constantly communicated via…
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Song: Quarter
Saying goodbye to something can be difficult, even if the thing you’re leaving is damaging you.
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Song: Thought Cop 2084
Being the enforcer of speech codes can be lonely in my as-yet-not-fully-imagined futuristic Orwellian musical. In this song, I assume the role of a police officer charged with finding and eradicating non-state-sponsored materials littering the landscape of communication.