Post election, I properly “twitter ranted” about critical thought in relation to this election, our country, and the issue with it being taught… or *actively* not being taught. Here’s a bunch of tweets, (more…)
So what’s on the table with a President Trump?
Snowcrash, Neuromancer, Daemon and Freedom, Blade Runner / Do Android, Minority Report. All super non-fiction now. But is it doomsday? What do we know? What is Trump, what can we predict, and what is (more…)
A plea for our National Parks, President Trump.
I am inconsolable and can’t work. I am not afraid to admit I am crying as if I have lost my dearest friend. ****I am unabashedly asking all of you to share this.**** The Republicans are going to rip apart (more…)
Republican Platform 2016 regarding Public Land Use.
I started to read the Republican Platform, for what it’s worth. I think we all should. I never would have, but in my concern, my pop suggested we look at what it has to say. So I put my research here…. (more…)
Why Mars?
Carl Sagan said it best: https://vimeo.com/108650530 tl;dr – we’re finite, the earth is finite, and we’ve evolved to survive at all costs. It may look like an odd step, going to another planet in our (more…)
We will spread like a virus, slingshot across the depths of space time….
http://www.digitaltrends.com/cool-tech/emdrive-news-rumors/ Spacecraft equipped with a reactionless drive could potentially make it to the moon in just a few hours, Mars in two to three months, and (more…)
Time Crystals are fairly novel, if not easily practically important.
http://www.nextbigfuture.com/2016/09/floquet-time-crystals-could-exist-and.html Time Crystals in their ground state are moving through time, not space, breaking quantum time translation symmetry. more (more…)
Will in utero targeted genome editing, like Crispr, wipe out genetic “issues” like alcoholism, or propensity for violence?
I am speaking about the ethics involved, not just the science, ie where is the fine line of gene editing in utero? Everyone gets hyperbolic about Crispr allowing people to tailor children to their exact (more…)
A September 11th hotel story. Life Story. Thoughtful memories.. I will update!
I was at a 1000 room hotel in LA. Sept 11 AM had a literal 1000 check outs, and 1000 check ins that day. We had people sleeping in lobby, our bar, all restaurants. I sent people home, assuming further (more…)
When is it cheating, and when do we transcend humanity?
I was just saying to someone that the internet has made us Matrix-like superheroes with the ability to have ESP and real time upload of information. I appreciate Kurzweil’s optimism (Singularity is (more…)