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Showing posts with label the future. Show all posts
Showing posts with label the future. Show all posts
Sunday, May 30, 2021

WWCF: First Contact

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Which will come first? Aliens Contact Us or We Contact Aliens How quickly you dismiss this question on its very premises is interesting in i...
Tuesday, May 18, 2021

Failure Due to a Lack of Imagination

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How can you possibly have this without that ?  How can we have great TV without commercials that are viewed?  Journalism without newspapers...
Friday, May 14, 2021

Being Nostalgic for the Future

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Nostalgia is not a fond memory of an accurate past. Rather it is either fond memories of being young, good moments taken out of perspective ...
Tuesday, June 23, 2020

The Future of Education Post COVID-19

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Tyler Cowen pointed to this “ debate ”, which I was a bit disappointed in for being too much an untethered discussion. Tyler’s portion I fou...
Sunday, March 16, 2014

WWCF: Robot Surgeons or Robot Firefighters?

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Which will come first? Autonomous Robot Surgeons or Autonomous Robot Firefighters Here the critical consideration is autono...
Tuesday, December 3, 2013

I, for one, welcome our new robot overlords

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This article (HT: Tyler Cowen) got me to thinking about the coming dystopia where the robots take our jobs, eat us, etc. As bad as it will ...
Sunday, September 8, 2013

WWCF: Solar power or passive heating and cooling systems?

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Which will come first? Economical solar power OR Economical passive heating and cooling systems The key here is the leading term ...
Thursday, September 5, 2013

The value of authenticity

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Business Insider has an article about a new technology , 3D printing that replicates paintings, and the implications are interesting. The ar...