/oss/taxonomy/term/2405/all en /oss/article/critical-thinking-technology/digital-amnesia-has-been-exaggerated <p>Do you know your best friend’s phone number? In the 1990s, I had my best friend’s phone number memorized, and I’m pretty sure I remembered it just now after thinking about it for a minute. But the phone numbers I use today? They don’t live in my head. They live on my phone.</p> Fri, 24 Feb 2023 11:00:00 +0000 Jonathan Jarry M.Sc. 9416 at /oss /oss/article/quackery/doctors-and-seductive-videos <p>Invariably the answer is no. In general, there may be a few seeds of truth in the video that are washed away by a tsunami of hype. There are promises of miracles, but of course, you can’t expect miracles for free so there is always a book to buy, a newsletter to subscribe to, or some supplement or gizmo to purchase.</p> Tue, 08 Jan 2019 16:18:55 +0000 Joe Schwarcz PhD 7520 at /oss /oss/article/did-you-know-history/arpanet-evolution <p>Originally, ARPANET linked together defence contractors, universities and research laboratories. But soon, a strange mix of military people, anarchists, academics, science fiction fans, hackers, hippies, and people who just plain loved new technology had all jumped on board. Very quickly, they started using electronic mail. Soon, email became the most useful application (the “killer application” that everybody had to have) of the ARPANET. The ARPANET had very few deep secrets: everything was “open” to see.</p> Mon, 22 May 2017 15:43:19 +0000 OSS 2470 at /oss