Tag: African American
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Race, Face, and the Uncanny Valley
Dr. J has been riffing on the phenomenon of the ‘uncanny valley’ lately. ‘ For those who don’t know, the ‘uncanny valley‘ is a theory for why we find some human-like artificial things so weird. My favorite example is dolls, as this image suggests, but masks are also good examples and ultimately Masahiro Mori was concerned with…
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Advice for Romantics: Stay in School, Get a Job
The Boston Globe has a long story about the shift in marriage rates for educated women. It looks like: 1. “The median age for a first marriage nationally is now 25.5 for women and 27 for men. It is even higher for those with graduate degrees. In Massachusetts, the median age at first marriage is…