Alexander D. Farris

AlexanderDFarris.jpgDate of Birth: February 3, 1991
Hometown: Lawrence, Kansas
Current location: Ibbenbüren, Germany
Institution: University of Chicago (2014)
Blog: alexanderdfarris.blogspot.com
E-mail address: afarris@imagineermagazine.com

 

 

 

Articles

  • The Currency of Currency
    Spring 2010
    "Is money the proper tool to organize our society? Does the answer to local economic strife always have to be increasing the number of dollars circulating in the area, or can economic recovery be accomplished differently? The Imagineer interviewed Venus Project founder Jacque Fresco and Ithaca Hours founder Paul Glover to discuss the true value of currency today. . ." (read more)
  • In Vitro Meat: Steak of the Future?
         Winter 2010 (with Brentoni Gainer-Salim)
    "In more and more laboratories around the world, the concept of creating meat from stem cells is being studied and tested. Many scientists envision in vitro meat to be a more cost-effective and less environmentally taxing replacement for meat currently manufactured in the factory farming system. In less than five years, it is likely that large food manufacturers will start creating industrial prototypes and shortly thereafter introduce this new meat substitute to the market. . ." (read more)
  • Morning Coffee: They are Pirates, We are Pirates
    Summer 2009
    "On April 12, 2009, United States Navy SEAL snipers gunned down three 'pirates' while attempting to rescue Richard Phillips, captain of the U.S.-flagged ship Maersk Alabama. While this precaution by U.S. forces appears noble, it thrusts the question of what effects piracy has on society and how those effects should be combated rationally and effectively by government. Clearly, the precedent has been set for piracy to be combated in the literal sense with the 'solution' generally exploding from the end of a 50 caliber rifle. Is this truly the best way to address the problem?. . ." (read more)

 

Other

  • My Thug of Night: Reflection on Crisis
    Spring 2010
     "Her innocence shone like a candle in the black thug of night. She lay on the earthen floor, silently, counting the stars, trying not to think, waiting for her consciousness to fade. A draft of cool air streamed through the makeshift shelter where she slept. Her father had fashioned it a few days ago using dry-rotted wooden planks he had gathered. They now called it home. . ." (read more)
  • Lights Near and Distant
         Summer 2009
    "Contently and continuously streamed the breeze through the driver side window / Unweaving gelled, combed hair of a morning that now seemed so distant. / He shrugged off the disorder of his comb-over and began to gaze forward. / Motoring into the city limits / Staring in amazement at the skyline illumining the blank black canvas of the sky / He continued to drive with unsettled direction, yet settled intuition. / Considering the possibilities of what seemed to be a million shining lights. . ." (read more)