Randall Parker has a couple interesting posts, one on intentional and non-intentional anthropogenic climate change, and the other on potential body upgrades.
Category Archives: Technology and Society
Tesla
I hadn’t read all the way to the bottom of yesterday’s Carmack post, but I just noticed that if you scroll down, he has a review of his new electric car.
She’s Dead, Jim
Majel Barrett Roddenberry has trekked her last star. Condolences to friends and family.
105 Years
Top Ten Technology Predictions
Lousy ones, that is. I think we may be able to add this one to the list:
The Crew Exploration Vehicle, the associated Crew Launch Vehicle, and later the Heavy Lift Vehicle, will be the 21st century space equivalent of our interstate highways. This is the core infrastructure that will enable us to travel from the surface of the Earth to the Moon, Mars, and the near-Earth asteroids.
This kind of space travel is utter bilge.
[Via Geek Press]
A Potential Cancer Breakthrough
Have they figured out how to shut down metastasis? Let’s hope.
The Director’s Cut
When I wrote The Path Not Taken, over four years ago, for The New Atlantis, the original draft had to be cut to meet page-count requirements on the dead-tree edition (and it was also edited somewhat for style and content). I’ve decided to put the original, unedited draft on line for those interested, because it made some points that ended up on the cutting-room floor in the published piece, particularly regarding vehicle reliability.
It’s an even longer read now than the published one, but enjoy. Or not.
Remembering Arthur Kantrowitz
Some thoughts from Eric Drexler. I only met him a couple times, but he was an impressive man.
Life In The Twenty-First Century
Goodie. On Star has been working with law enforcement agencies to develop a system to slow cars down to five MPH in the event they’re stolen.
Gee, there’s no possible way for that kind of capability to be abused by law enforcement authorities.
A Misdiagnosis
I’m not sure what to say about this, except that I think that lack of time doesn’t adequately explain his inability to find a real woman.