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Category Archives: Technology and Society
We Need To Increase The Rate
Repairing all of the structurally deficient bridges in the country would take eighty years. And many of the worst are in California. This is a sign of a major societal dysfunction.
Blog Problems
For those who noticed that there was no text appearing in my posts, it was a problem with a plug in for my Twitter feed. I’ve deactivated it.
Dune
They’re shooting a new film version of it.
Potentially unpopular opinion: I think the Dune series, including the original book, is one of the most overrated works in SF.
AOC
…doubles down on dumb. Perhaps, like Joe Biden, she also thinks that Roosevelt went on television after the 1929 market crash.
Zuckerberg’s Regulation Plan
It would be a disaster for free expression (more even than we currently have with social media). It’s basically setting up a barrier to entry to his competition.
More Junk Nutrition Science
The Trump-Pence Moon Plan
Thoughts from Newt. I would note that Boeing would never do SLS on a fixed-price basis.
[Monday-morning update]
Bob Zubrin’s thoughts (tl;dr: Can SLS and the Gateway). (And yes, the URL is misleading.)
[Monday-afternoon update]
The NASA administrator is openly considering going to the moon with a Falcon Heavy and ICPS.
Dick Shelby was unavailable for comment, though I’m sure he will. I’m also sure he’s regretting confirming Bridenstine.
[Bumped]
The F-35
Thoughts from pilots on “flying” it. Scare quotes because they make it sound like they don’t fly it; they just issue commands to it.
Methane On Mars
I suppose it’s possible that this is an April Fools post, but I don’t think Leonard would do that.