…is looking very authoritarian.
And there is no constitutional exception for pandemics.
Category Archives: Technology and Society
“Clean, Limitless Power”
This is interesting. Probably only useful for small devices, but still useful.
Boeing’s Tar Baby
I wonder at what point the company will just pull the plug on Starliner? They’ve been spectacularly unimpressive, Andy Pasztor’s worship aside.
I mean, if Starship goes to orbit before they have their crewed test flight, even NASA has to say, OK, maybe we don’t need a backup from them for Dragon.
Escape From 2020
If it makes you feel any better, next year may be worse.
Perrow writes about how the failure of a complex, highly-coupled system can be catastrophic. I used his book, Normal Accidents, as a source for my book.
Recycling Programs
With city budgets declining, it’s time to rethink them.
It’s time to rethink lots of things, but we don’t usually do it until under duress. The virus has been helpful in that regard in many cases.
Unassailable Ideas
Reviews of a new book about the cultural rot in academia.
Space Force Members
…will only go to the moon if they’re selected by NASA.
They may have no current plans to send the spacers into space, but that could change with the advent of Starship.
[Sunday-morning update]
Sorry about the missing link. I’m surprised that no one mentioned it sooner.
Good Job, Guys
Wasting water to save water.
The Crew Dragon Mission
There was a little more damage than expected.
But it sounds like it’s not a big deal.
Starlink
It’s getting early rave reviews.