Robert Markum

PhD student at the University of Michigan School of Information

[Robert Markum @robertmarkum]

Excited to share the new #zine from the SPIRITED Collective: #DesignPrinciples for #ParticipatoryDesign in #Religious & #Spiritual Contexts. https://t.co/l0rxR1Hnu3

[Robert Markum @robertmarkum]

Interested in the intersection of religion, spirituality, and design? Join us for a workshop on Designing Tangible Interactive Artifacts for Religious and Spiritual Purposes at ACM #DIS2023. Check out the website for more information! https://t.co/iINLjXXCzS

[Robert Markum @robertmarkum]

Thanks to @DublinSoil, Allokataplixis is definitely going to be added to my vocabulary. https://t.co/gXofhedPRL

[Robert Markum @robertmarkum]

Fascinating article from @Lynne_Kelly on memory and "memory technologies." Definitely worth a read. https://t.co/TSmyCx14nj

[Aeon Magazine @aeonmag]

This ancient mnemonic technique builds a palace of memory https://t.co/OZG1sk07Fy

[Robert Markum @robertmarkum]

"There is a way between voice and presence
Where information flows.

In disciplined silence it opens,
With wandering talk it closes." - Rumi

[Robert Markum @robertmarkum]

A story is like a black box – you put the reader in there: George Saunders on storytelling – https://t.co/47uMCDKks1 via @aeonmag

[Robert Markum @robertmarkum]

In praise of #moderation. A great read from Aurelian Craiutu. https://t.co/uLBWbcbNVL via @aeonmag

[Robert Markum @robertmarkum]

"Let us choose to let machines be machines, and let humans be humans. Let us choose to use our machines, and love one another." - @kaifulee https://t.co/9iS3MasssQ

[Backchannel @backchnnl]

An alternate ending to the AI story: https://t.co/1DS0esOW6V

[Robert Markum @robertmarkum]

"Ultimately, there’s something in us that calls to us, that pulls us out the door. Let’s find out where it leads." - @julesevans77 https://t.co/L2YvQbc5TR

[Aeon Magazine @aeonmag]

Religion has no monopoly on transcendent experience. Last week’s most read:https://t.co/ZgViYNzAqf

[Robert Markum @robertmarkum]

"The stories and forms that religion takes are still driving the aspirations we have for AI." - @BVLSingler #AI #Transhumanism #Religion https://t.co/An5hQaYyb2

[Aeon Magazine @aeonmag]

The most avid believers in artificial intelligence are aggressively secular – yet their language is eerily religious https://t.co/0csUYLDL9s

[Robert Markum @robertmarkum]

"Give back your heart
to itself, to the stranger who has loved you

all your life"

A wonderful poem from Derek Walcott for #NPM17. https://t.co/gnHqGBby1l

[Robert Markum @robertmarkum]

For #NPM17 and #pocketpoem day, one of my original poems. "Picasso: Woman Ironing" by Robert Markum.

[Robert Markum @robertmarkum]

Just added Kenneth Sherman's Words for Elephant Man to my must-have list. "Man is a fascinating animal..." #NPM17 #powerofpoetry https://t.co/buEa1TjLlE

[Porcupine's Quill @porcupinesquill]

Our #PQLPoemADay comes to you from Kenneth Sherman's Words for Elephant Man #NationalPoetryMonth #NPM17 https://t.co/6BMLxHLT87

[Robert Markum @robertmarkum]

"how easy
hands
become
weapons" from L.A. Prayer by Francisco X. Alarcón (@FrancisXAlarcon) #NPM17 #powerofpoetry https://t.co/b1bIbLaVHP

[Robert Markum @robertmarkum]

"Traveler, your footprints
are the only road, nothing else." - Antonio Machado #NPM17 https://t.co/YZCVUTsV0Q

[Robert Markum @robertmarkum]

An awesome resource for #NPM17: 50 poems for 50 parks. #FindYourPark @NatlParkService https://t.co/4jZm5N7Rh5

[Academy of American Poets @POETSorg]

This #EarthWeek, visit a national park for free & read these 50 poems for 50 parks: https://t.co/5WmaWq1psp #FindYourPark @NatlParkService

[Robert Markum @robertmarkum]

A wonderful poem: Gertrude Stein by Mina Loy. #NPM17 https://t.co/CCvhekAKEJ

[Robert Markum @robertmarkum]

"Passer-by, sin beyond any sin
Is the sin of blindness of souls to other souls."
- Edgar Lee Masters #NPM17
https://t.co/H0UxhM7Nl1

[Robert Markum @robertmarkum]

"Tell me, friend, is there an end
to revelation?" - @georgedclark

An exquisite poem about jellyfish for #NPM17. https://t.co/07RsDlrE00

[Univ. of Arkansas Press @uarkpress]

April is National Poetry Month! Here's @georgedclark reading "Jellyfish" https://t.co/SLa7ZUc2dx #NPM17

[Robert Markum @robertmarkum]

A nice short poem for the day. #NPM17 https://t.co/nvVnliGdar

[Maria Popova @themarginalian]

A lovely Rebecca Elson poem (held open by my opposable thumb) to warm up for "The Universe in Verse" on 4/24: https://t.co/fqiZQpKsIP #NPM17