Filipino Political Literacy, Middle-Class Agency, and Decades of Self-Assessment

Posted by Karl Garcia on December 7, 2025 · 132 Comments 

By Karl Garcia Over the past twenty years, two influential critiques of Philippine society have shaped public conversation:(1) Richard Heydarian’s 2025 observation that the Filipino middle class is “functionally literate but not politically literate,” and(2) the earlier discourse from Get Real Philippines (GRP), which framed national underperformance as rooted in cultural habits and civic attitudes. … Continue reading →

Category Citizenship/Patriotism, Culture and Arts, Education, Family/Parenting/Children, Governance, Philippine Government, Philippine Politics

How to pick JoeAm’s brain

Posted by JoeAm on October 27, 2025 · 8 Comments 

Analysis and Opinion By Joe America The Society of Honor blog by Joe America has produced 1,880 articles, most about Philippine affairs. It has generated over 180,000 comments that provide additional depth and insights. These are all open for examination by AI tools such as Gemini or ChatGPT. What can you explore? Any political name, … Continue reading →

Category Blogging/Journalism, Culture and Arts, Education, Laws and Ethics, Philippine Government

When computers run human thinking

Posted by JoeAm on October 20, 2025 · 38 Comments 

Analysis and Opinion By Joe America We are explorers, each and every one of us, moving forward, because there is no backward, into the era in which computers do human thinking. The flood has begun and we already are finding it hard to tell who wrote that, a human or a machine? Pictures and videos … Continue reading →

Category Culture and Arts, Education, Life, Technology/Internet

How to detect nonsense in your daily reading

Posted by JoeAm on October 16, 2025 · 15 Comments 

Analysis and Opinion By Joe America I was amusing myself on Twitter the other day engaging with a US resident who criticized the Philippines in response to my post that jabbed at the craziness going on in the US these days. He was trolling me, I was trolling him, then out of my head rolled … Continue reading →

Category Blogging/Journalism, Culture and Arts, Education, Life

What’s your social media IQ?

Posted by JoeAm on September 25, 2025 · 36 Comments 

Analysis and Opinion By Joe America Social media is the arena into which you walk and you are suddenly accosted by peddlers, hawkers, snake-oil salesmen, politicians, influencers, advertisers, spies, magicians, and thieves. The scientists, professors, and fact dispensers are somewhere out in the hallway down by the popcorn stand chewing their nicely salted and buttered … Continue reading →

Category Blogging/Journalism, Culture and Arts, Education, Life, Technology/Internet