Devyn Lewis
Is our language becoming reductive?
September 9, 2013It’s not unusual to see someone plugged into an electronic device in the form of a smartphone or laptop. We are in an age in which we observe the transformation of culture by technology, rendering the ability to communicate and access information expediently and more efficiently. But with regard to our language, it may prove degenerative, making it so we have to think less as technology does more. Even before the computer or information age, writers such as George Orwell criticized what he saw as the degeneration of the English language. He observed that modern English contains many bad habits,…
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LAST WORD: Working under Big Brother
March 24, 2013The surveillance techniques your employers may be using By Devyn Lewis One day, when leaving from the grocery store where I work, I was subjected to a bag check from one of my superiors. I felt violated and bewildered. Having…
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Apocalypse now
October 29, 2012By Devyn Lewis Illustration by Ariel Mitchell Are we really that different from zombies? Picture this: you’re walking down a well-lit sidewalk, and you see someone approaching you, mumbling incoherently to himself. The drool dribbling from his mouth and…
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Facing up to the status quo
October 1, 2012Refusing to participate in social conventions today could help you save face in the future By Devyn Lewis Photos by Ben Buckley So here’s the thing: I’m not on Facebook. Call me anti-social, call me crazy, or call me eccentric,…
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