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Vogue’s Human Move

The New York Times’ Eric Wilson recently reported that Vogue magazine will institute a new policy in which it agrees to stop using models under 16 years of age and models “who, from the viewpoint of the editors, appear to have an eating disorder.”  The change, which will apply to all of its 19 international editions, is being done, according to Jonathan Newhouse (Chairman of parent company Condé Nast International) to “reflect their commitment to the health of the models who appear on the pages and the well-being of their readers.”

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by Jim Caccamo on May 16, 2012  •  Permalink
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Posted by Jim Caccamo on May 16, 2012

https://rewiringvirtue.com/2012/05/16/vogue-bans-anorexic-models/

News: People Are A Challenge

Just read a story at Slate by Daniel Wilson with the creepy heading of “Robot sex and marriage: Will society accept it?” The discussion of robot prostitution was interesting, but not too thought provoking. We’ve pretty much removed the human-ness of the other activities that we do relating to the physical passions.  Here in America, you can eat and drink yourself to a stupor for very little money, and do it in complete social isolation if you prefer.  Why not sex?  Temperance is not an American strong suit.

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by Jim Caccamo on May 8, 2012  •  Permalink
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Posted by Jim Caccamo on May 8, 2012

https://rewiringvirtue.com/2012/05/08/news-people-are-a-challenge/

On Straw Men and Blogs

I’ve been engaged by Mathew Ingram at GigaOm recently. He’s had a couple of great pieces this past week. But he also wrote one I’m not so fond of. In this piece, he argues against Turkle and others that suggest that the technologies that we use have shaped our behaviors in ways that disconnect us from others (that’s more nuanced than he puts it, though).

What bothers me is not his opposition to something I tend to agree with. I work in the area of social ethics, so I get paid to disagree with people. No biggie. Rather, it’s the argumentation he uses. He does three things that bother me:

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by Jim Caccamo on April 27, 2012  •  Permalink
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Posted by Jim Caccamo on April 27, 2012

https://rewiringvirtue.com/2012/04/27/195/

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