by Heather Zeiger | Apr 5, 2017 | Announcements, Book Review, Science, Society, Technology
This first of two articles I review Sharon Begley’s book Can’t Just Stop: An Investigation into Compulsions. Begley says that our need to check our cell phone every five minutes is not an addiction, but a compulsion. Begley is a science writer and has...
by Heather Zeiger | May 18, 2015 | Book Review, Ethics, Human Dignity, Science, Society
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot Broadway Books, 2010 It was a time when donated blood was labeled “colored.” Hospitals were segregated. Consent laws were in flux, and cellular biology was a growing field. It was during this time that...
by Heather Zeiger | Oct 24, 2014 | Book Review, Society, Technology
This review is cross-posted on my Goodreads page, here. Alone Together: Why we expect more from technology and less from each other is not a book about technology. It is a book about people and how they interact with technology. Technology obsession or addiction is a...