…are much, much worse.
Yes, I’ve noticed that. I’m no saint, but I’m a lot better than most of those people.
Autonomous Vehicles And Drones
I’ve been worried about this for a long time, because there’s no obvious (at least to me) answer: How do we prevent them from becoming weapons? And not just weapons of war, but of domestic assassinations?
Mann Loses To Ball
Anthony Watts is reporting that he’s going to have to pay Tim Ball his legal fees. Let’s hope this is a good omen for my own case.
[Update a few minutes later]
It may be only court filing fees, not legal expenses, but we don’t have the whole story yet.
Nuclear Power
What Hollywood scripts would look like if the scriptwriters understood it.
Now do space.
Lunar Prizes
Casey Dreier thinks they’re a bad idea.
My comments:
[Late-morning update]
Bridenstine: NASA is considering all options, including prizes.
Slavery
Not, it did not make America rich. The north, largely without slaves, was much more wealthy than the slave-holding south, which is why it won the war.
And yes, “the Founders were flawed, the nation is imperfect, and the Constitution remains a liberty document.”
Climate Change
What is the worst case? The latest from Professor Curry.
The Multi-Verse
Is it science, or religion?
I’d say that an undisprovable hypothesis would fall into the religious category. Though, of course, CAGW is that way, too.
The Coming Age Of In-Space Transportation
My former Rockwell colleague (and current business associate) Dallas Bienhoff has a survey of all the planned new on-orbit systems, including a brief description of my planned intraorbital infrastructure.
Space Policy Follies
Bob Zimmerman has three case studies, and he’s not happy.