Brennan Kenneth Brown9h ago

STORYTELLING Part One: The Neurology of Narrative | 🔗 https://brennan.day/storytelling-part-one-the-neurology-of-narrative/

#PersonalEssay #CreativeWriting #Literature #Neuroscience #Psychology #Philosophy #IndigenousWriting #CulturalCriticism

STORYTELLING Part One: The Neurology of Narrative

How do our brains physically process stories? The neurology of narrative transportation, brain synchrony between storytellers and listeners, biocultural theory, and Indigenous storytelling traditions that collapse Western narrative structures.

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Brennan Kenneth Brown3d ago

Building the Good Web | 🔗 https://brennan.day/building-the-good-web/

#PersonalEssay #IndieWeb #DigitalCulture #SocialCommentary #Community #Philosophy

Building the Good Web

What does it actually mean to build a better web, and what do we owe each other in doing so? A response to the 32-bit Café thread about trust, onboarding, and the distance between knowing something is wrong and doing something about it.

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Brennan Kenneth Brown5d ago

Trust and Faith in Our Web | 🔗 https://brennan.day/trust-and-faith-in-our-web/

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Trust and Faith in Our Web

What is trust in an AI-saturated internet? And a related question, how do we reckon with the barriers to onboarding people to the IndieWeb? We must cultivate faith in our digital interactions and make independent web spaces more accessible.

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Brennan Kenneth Brown6d ago

Et Maintenant, Quelque Chose de Complètement Différent | 🔗 https://brennan.day/et-maintenant-quelque-chose-de-completement-different/

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Et Maintenant, Quelque Chose de Complètement Différent

Cet article de blogue est écrit en français. This blog post is written in French. Apprendre le français, le deuil et les limites de la vie — un exercice en vulnérabilité linguistique.

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Susan Hodges6d ago

The tradition of the personal essay remains a vital way to foster empathy and understanding in a digital world. 🏛️🖋️

I am sharing an evocative new series by Jacqui DeLorenzo: "Straight from My Heart." For those who value literature that prioritizes emotional honesty and professional reflection, Jacqui’s work is a refreshing resource.

Full series here:
🔗 https://www.jacquidelorenzo.com/straight-from-my-heart

#PersonalEssay #Literature #JacquiDeLorenzo #HumanConnection #ReflectiveWriting #NewRead

Brennan Kenneth BrownMar 17

Constellation of Living Stars | 🔗 https://brennan.day/constellation-of-living-stars/

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Constellation of Living Stars

I've written 120 blog posts in the past 140 days, averaging 1,900 words per post. 250,000 words total on my blog currently. It's as good a time as any to review my work so far and speculate on the possibilities of my future.

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Leon FurzeFeb 17, 2023

Teaching Writing in the Age of AI: Assessment and “Cheating”

This is the fourth post in a series on Teaching Writing in the Age of AI. The first post provided an overview of some of the changes we're facing as the number of AI writing tools increases. Post two covered conversations about academic integrity, and the third post offered some practical advice on teaching students to be critical readers and writers. In this post, I'll be exploring the assessment of writing, and why AI is such an apparent threat to the way we currently teach and assess. In […]

https://leonfurze.com/2023/02/18/teaching-writing-in-the-age-of-ai-assessment-and-cheating/

Brennan Kenneth BrownMar 17

Fermenting Boredom | 🔗 https://brennan.day/fermenting-boredom/

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Fermenting Boredom

Come be bored with me. Utterly bored. Within the default mode network, Heidegger's philosophy, Indigenous dream epistemologies, and personal experiences with hypnagogic states.

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Brennan Kenneth BrownMar 15

CHILDHOOD: Hypercapitalist Nostalgia & Unsupervised Internet Access | 🔗 https://brennan.day/childhood-hypercapitalist-nostalgia-and-unsupervised-internet-access/

#PersonalEssay #CulturalCriticism #DigitalCulture #Nostalgia #Capitalism #Childhood

CHILDHOOD: Hypercapitalist Nostalgia & Unsupervised Internet Access

My nostalgia is hypercapitalist. My nostalgia is the worst of the unregulated Internet. I cannot decouple my fondest memories from the corporations and the loss of innocence that produced them, and I'm not sure there's anything wrong with that.

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Brennan Kenneth BrownMar 15

A More Perfect Morality: The Progressive Failure of Ethics | 🔗 https://brennan.day/a-more-perfect-morality-the-progressive-failure-of-ethics/

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A More Perfect Morality: The Progressive Failure of Ethics

Liberal democracies selectively apply universal human rights, and there is a progressive failure to extend moral consideration to: Palestinians, Congolese, Rohingyans, Uyghurs, trans people, women, Black communities, Indigenous peoples, the chronically ill, mentally ill, poor, sex workers, the disabled, the houseless, children, elderly, Jewish people, immigrants, and animals. True universal rights require principled solidarity beyond tribal boundaries.

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