Talking about 'stopping globalization' is unrealistic - and probably not what anti-globalization protesters actually want.

When I was growing up in the U.S. in the 1970s, 35-40% of an average nightly newscast focused on international stories.

If I use Facebook to stay in touch with my high school friends who are church-going Republicans, I may be getting more ideological diversity than in hanging out with secular progressives on the World Politics sub-reddit.

I'm not nearly as well organized as I would like. I am a creature of to-do lists and calendars - if something doesn't get onto my Google Calendar, I don't show up for it.

Curators are great, but they're inherently biased. Curators are always making an editorial decision. Those biases have really big implications.

You can make the case that slacktivism is important because it makes people feel affiliated to a movement and be part of it, and talk about it.

When I'm playing with circular saws, I'm offline (though often listening to podcasts) and when I sit in the cabin to read or write, it's wonderful to be offline for a few hours at a time.