Ashlee Vance, author of the biography of Elon Musk, has a nice (and fascinating) piece on him.
Category Archives: Technology and Society
A Cancer-Fighting Virus
…has been genetically engineered.
I propose that anti-GMO types not be given access to it. Of course, if they stick to their…guns…they would refuse it.
The Martian As Time Travel
It takes us back to our society half a century ago.
As I’ve said repeatedly, the part of the film that requires the most suspension of disbelief is that NASA would ever be sufficiently audacious and cost effective to send someone to Mars.
Vegans
That time they started a war with an Irish restaurateur that they were hilariously doomed to lose.
Hall Thrusters
Mr. Aerospace Engineer, tear down those walls.
Football Physics
I’ve been proposing this for years. You could also put sensors in the feet and knees to determine in-bounds and when a player does down.
Milo Yiannopoulos
His terrifying allure. An interesting story by one of his feminist “adversaries.”
When God Goes Away
…superstition takes his place. Including things like the climate-change religion.
I think it was Chesterton who said that when people cease believing in God, they don’t believe in nothing, they believe anything. This is why, despite my own lack of belief, I think that attacks on organized religion by the Left (as engaged in by people like Dawkins and Dennett) can be disastrous. Like death, God serves a useful societal purpose, if not for every individual, whether He exists or not.
The California High-Speed Boondoggle
This idiocy can’t end soon enough. Fortunately, even the state’s idiot electorate has finally seen the light.