Just a reminder, that Brian Wang and I will be on Fast-Forward Radio tonight, at 8 PM Pacific.
Category Archives: Technology and Society
A Reminder Of Crucial Truths
Some thoughts from Paul Hsieh on man, technology and the state of nature.
Fast-Forward Radio
I’ll be on tomorrow night with Brian Wang, to discuss moon colonies.
We Need Real Rocket Science
…to solve the Russian spaceflight problems. Thoughts from Jim Oberg, over at The Space Review.
Does Mars Have Rights?
The ethical case for terraforming. The February special space of Reason is a gift that keeps on giving.
Longevity Research
Is it inherently immoral? Ummmm…no.
Obama’s Green Energy Albatross
What a disastrous policy.
Science Fiction Faces Facts
Greg Benford writes about the evolution of science fiction through the space age, up to now, as part of the Reason space issue.
Science Advisors To The Stars
I’ve long complained about stupid scientific inaccuracies in films, but some people in Hollywood are making more of an attempt to get it right.
The Solution To California’s Fiscal Problems
The California Monterey fields have four times the reserves of Bakken:
Harold Hamm (billionaire owner of Continental oil) estimates the Bakken oil field will produce six times (24 billion barrels) the oil of the EIA estimate. Harold Hamm also believes that the San Joaquin Monterey California fields are the next big horizontal drilling play.
So much for “peak oil.” Of course, the problem is that we don’t yet seem to have reached peak stupidity in Sacramento (or among the California electorate).