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Today
Shining light on cyber-secrets
Okay. All right. I am putting together some thoughts about moving
forward. And yes, with confidence in a future-oriented civilization that
may, yet, save the planet and take us to the stars. It will take a
couple of days. Meanwhile - a topic I know a thing or two about... our
increasingly (and now it had better be) transparent world. First off:
Here is the video of my recent popular talk on the f
Nov 08
Science, human nature, power! Delusion! And a few final political thoughts...
A brief (mostly) apolitical interlude before civilization shifts.
Maybe 90% of this posting is about what should be our core focus. Moving
forward as a joyously confident scientific civilization. But first:
Where do the candidates stand on science? Science News meticulously
compares the science-related statements of Hillary Clinton and Donald
Trump. Scientific American analyzes the answers given
Nov 05
Winding up. It's about our future...
Okay, we're winding up. The next few days should tell us a lot about
this generation of the republic and the American Experiment. It has
certainly brought home to me the self-indulgent differences between
blogging and old-style journalism! And the day after the election... if
we aren't packing for New Zealand... I plan to allocate more time to
science fiction. But first: more grist for you undeci
Nov 03
The Worst American Keeps At It. (It's not Donald Trump!)
In a bit, I'll get to my nominee for the Worst American. But first, a
bit more about (did you guess?) the election before us. Things might
have been much tighter - indeed, Donald Trump might have won, given the
'third-term curse' - but for one factor that tipped him over the edge,
preventing him from reaching out to the middle of America. It's those
rallies , those insanely-addictive festivals of
Nov 01
Taxation, capitalism, free enterprise and fair play
A lot to cover, and yes, politics. But first ... == Capitalism,
democracy and fair play == Evonomics is on a roll. The site has become
the central place where serious minds ponder how to revive a mixed
economy that served us so well. The miracle that communists never
understood and that oligarchs seek to destroy. In the lead article,
zillionaire entrepreneur Steve Roth writes: “ Democracy. Capita
Oct 29
Science Fiction and Science Fact Inspiration!
Turning away from politics for a while... (everyone, wipe your feet
and shower first... now, have a tall drink and settle in for something
different... science fiction!) Let's start with a way cool look at the
physics and paradoxes of time travel, in the newly released Time Travel:
A History , by science historian James Gleick (author of The
Information: A History, A Theory, A Flood ). As usual,
Oct 27
A cantankerous political climax (at last).
A midweek political posting, as I get ready for our flight home from
Vegas. Re this awful election, I think we've mostly said what there is
to say. Heck, Clinton and Obama seem at last to get what I (separately
and unbeknownst, alack) have been calling for. Going after the
troglodytic Roger Ailes puppets in Congress. Nothing would be better for
human civilization, for the nation, and for the poss
Oct 24
International concerns and promises
Keeping with a breather from the US election... (phew!) ... except for
maybe a lagniappe at the end. Still, there are adjacent topics worth
contemplating! Such as: Instead of building A Wall, Why Not a Binational
Border City? Consider... Border City - plans by Fernando Romero A
Mexican architect, Fernando Romero, has a utopian vision for a walkable
city straddling the U.S.-Mexico border. And no,
Oct 22
Amazing - and sometimes deadly - animals
Oh, thank you science! For offering alluring reasons why I can turn
every weekend posting away from politics! And this time, let's look at
some of our fantastic fellow creatures on this globe. For example:
Russian researchers have teased out the separate sounds from two
dolphins, demonstrating that they take turns and emit sequences of
bursts that seem to be discursive… in other words – conversat
Oct 20
Post-debates, post... mortem? Hillary's ten mistakes. And Donald's missing veer.
All right, I've been typing too much about the G#!*&d@m election.
Oh, for it to be over! And yet, like Donald Trump, I get addicted to my
audience -- which consists of mostly bright folks who want to get some
off-angle perspectives, of the kind you get only here! So what to I do
with my backlog of extra material? Tell you what... I'll go ahead with
this posting that was already prepared... but if
Oct 17
Buckle your seatbelts... October surprises, cheating, and the things Clinton won't say...
This posting will be hurried, geting it in before the final debate.
Like the rest of you, I am both fascinated-addicted and so, so, so eager
for it to end. First off, Trump challenged Clinton to take a ‘blood
test” before the next debate. She should reply: “Sure Donald, we’ll both
do that. But in return, you have to accept one of MY challenges! You
(Trump) must appoint five sages to a fact-checki
Oct 15
As we move forward...
Just returned from giving speeches about artificial Intelligence and
other fututure wonders/fears, for GE and Viacom. But there's time to
squeeze in - for the weekend - a posting that's not about the U.S.
political civil war. And hence... Lest the media's obsession with bad
news suggest that the world is going to hell in a handbasket, Harvard
psychologist Steven Pinker argues in an interview that
Oct 13
Can elections be hacked? And the Russian gambit.
As the pace quickens, I'll use this political posting to catch up on
side items... such as... Hey Hill! Want a solution to all the fuss
around the Clinton Foundation? Hand it all over to the Carter Center ,
lock stock and barrel. Analogous to Warren Buffett making Bill Gates his
heir! Because the Gates Foundation is run so well. Likewise, the one
thing all Americans agree about Jimmy Carter is hi
Oct 11
The cycle time for my sci fi forecasts becoming reality keeps getting
shorter. See below, how the GOP lords are now openly calling for a
scenario to impeach a President Trump and install Mike Pence, exactly as
I described. First... In an earlier political blog , I showed how those
states that have invested in infrastructure, universities and people
have vastly outperformed those slashing taxes an
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