AbeOlson.com

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My blog, where I occasionally post longer thoughts, stories or discoveries.

All about my work as as a missionary and citybuilder in the People of Praise.

I am a graduate student at Purdue University pursuing a PhD in Physics.

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Inspired after thinking about some of the concepts presented in "You are not a gadget" I am reducing my agreement with the modern web to wait for a more human iteration. My involvement in LinkedIn, Twitter, and Facebook is thus diminishing. I do want to to see the web to be a means for people to connect, to interact, and to share life, but I don't want corporate entities dictating the terms of those relationships.
I encourage others to examine the reductionist form applied to people on such sites; are you really a list of your favorite books and changes in status? Is that what you want the social web to reflect?
You can learn more about me here on this site, and I'll be redirecting most of the "social networking" sites to here. If you'd like to contact me, my email is readily available and on the left side of this page.
Glory to God, this web allows brand new things and a new ways to interact as humans, but let's make it what we want.