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Category Archives: Technology and Society
AB5
A letter from a California Democrat to California Democrats: What were you thinking?
She’s being overgenerous in her assumption that there was actually anything resembling thought involved.
[Thursday-morning update]
The bill is so bad that the legislature may dump it next week.
[Bumped]
[Friday-morning update]
Now the legislature is going to require strippers and webcammers to get an occupational license.
I volunteer to help with providing the necessary training.
[Bumped]
A Mission To Mars
How to optimize your headspace for it.
This is why I think that the notion of missions to Mars under the Apollo paradigm are fanciful. There’s a reason (well, OK, more than one) that Elon is building Starship so large. He wants to make it like a cruise, not solitary confinement.
[Update a while later]
Speaking of which, SN1 is entering final assembly for its 20-kilometer flight.
California Gun Laws
What arms are “common”?
The Space Show
Sorry for the short notice; I should have posted it days ago. I’m going to be on in a few minutes, starting at noon PST.
Aging
…should be classified as a disease. It’s a public-health tragedy that hasn’t long been. To think that we shouldn’t fight it because it’s “natural” is the naturalistic fallacy. Nature is not our friend.
The Tech Race With China
…is getting real.
The Hounding Of Jordan Peterson
Thoughts on the Internet’s sick addiction to hate.
Climate Over The Next Three Decades
Plausible scenarios, and all of the natural forcing functions indicate cooling.