He’s been hired by SpaceX. That may give him a new perspective on things.
[Update early afternoon]
Here‘s Eric Berger’s take.
Category Archives: Technology and Society
The Socialist Temptation
Last time I was in DC, a couple weeks ago, I tried to have lunch with Iain Murray, but it turned out that he wasn’t downtown, but was at home writing a forthcoming book.
It seems a little spendy, though, if you want to get young people to read it (which should be the goal). Maybe they’ll also have an ebook.
[Update a while later]
If you click here, you’ll tell the publisher that you’d like to see a Kindle edition.
Secrecy
How do we survive it?
Starliner Woes
It continues to look worse and worse for Boeing. I’m almost starting to wonder if it will ever fly. SpaceX can do the job for less money, and it may not be that long before either Dreamchaser or Starship is flying (though it’s not clear that the latter will be capable of docking with the ISS).
[Update a few minutes later]
Comments over there are (deservedly, IMO) brutal.
[Update Monday afternoon]
“We don’t know how many software errors we have.”
[Bumped]
California’s War On The Gig Economy
The Democrats in the House wants to make the brutality national.
I was approached by a guy in the Costco parking lot the other day with a petition to repeal AB5. I happily signed it (though I’m not registered to vote in CA). I don’t think that Sacramento understands how angry people get when you wipe out their livelihood. Fortunately, Cocaine Mitch will kill this monstrosity in the Senate.
[Late-morning update]
In California, protecting workers means outlawing their jobs.
Satellite Internet And Astronomy
A good overview of the problem, from Marina Koren.
Upscaling
Bias And Dysfunction In Psychology and Academia
Democracy Works
Democrats voted for “None Of The Above” in Iowa.
[Update a few minutes later]
Iowa’s Democrat disaster:
This morning, Democrats look exactly like what their critics accuse them of being — a bunch of grandiose dreamers whose ambitions greatly exceed their competence. They can’t handle the basics of running elections in a constitutional Republic, but they fantasize of having far-reaching powers over the daily lives of every American.
…If you aren’t all that invested in who won and resent the fact that this state always gets to go first . . . Monday night was hilarious. The party that constantly reminds us how they are the party of science, the party of education and educators, the party that is forward-looking and embraces the power of technology . . . cannot do math when it counts. The party that wants the federal government to take over the health-care system cannot add up numbers from 1,600 precincts. This was Healthcare.gov all over again. Staffers for presidential campaigns raged over the fact that when they called up the state party for answers, party officials hung up on them. One precinct secretary was on hold, trying to report results; called in to CNN, finally got through, and then the party hung up on him live on the air.
Come on, guys. Even the Chinese government is giving some answers about the coronavirus outbreak. Saddam Hussein’s old spokesman “Baghdad Bob” may have lied all the time, but at least he was willing to appear in front of the cameras.
Between this, the State of the Union, and the upcoming acquittal in the Senate, Trump is having a great week.
[Update a while later]
Rush Limbaugh
Best wishes in his fight with this. I wonder if those years of smoking finally caught up with him, even though he quit?
[Update Tuesday morning]
Sort of related: Scientists accidentally discover a form of immune cells that can kill most cancers. Faster, please.
[Tuesday-morning update]
Thoughts from Bob Zimmerman.
[Wednesday-morning update]
Kurt Schlichter: What Rush Limbaugh means to us, and me.