He just summarized my feeling about TED making science and thought into accessibly vapid entertainment as cult of personality, where you are just supposed to be amazed and not ask questions. I met (more…)
For lawyers… “verbatim” – re-enactments of depositions
What is a photocopier Follow the Chicken I need my reference materials.
Practical vs CGI / Digital effects thoughts, after watching the Deadpool Visual Effects Breakdown.
Let’s talk practical effects and digital effects… as effects, that tell a story. I am really interested in how you feel about the two, where you fall, if suspension of disbelief is still intact for you….. Here’s (more…)
Driverless, Shared cars would mean absolute economic disruption. Not just insurance companies….
Let’s talk about this. Not just insurance….. The article addresses a *few* of these below things. Here’s my 25 year impact plan on driverless cars: Driverless cars, added to a rental economy. (more…)
Google Timeline is fairly remarkable.
https://www.google.com/maps/timeline That’s… remarkable. They’ve had a light version in maps, but this is pretty amazing. I’ve got ZERO privacy concerns, etc. I think prospective hubbies and (more…)
Incredible Safety Advancements in Autos… Safety See-Through Truck, See Through Hood, See Through Pillars
What an incredible time in automotive safety advancements. This is coming from a guy currently driving a ’95 Wrangler with no safety features in any way, airbags, etc. A new vehicle comes soon, but until (more…)
Electric cars charged on coal powered grids pollute 3x a normal gas / petrol vehicle.
This is crazy. I always thought it would be the batteries that were found out to be the worst part…. http://www.economist.com/news/science-and-technology/21636715-why-electric-car-may-be-much-dirtier-petrol-one-cleaner-what Sorta (more…)
Music as art vs commodity: The Free Market is definitely free from giving artists their proper royalties…
This kills me… about artists, licensing, royalties, etc. see attached. I have always been so curious about music as art, IE a personal compulsion that creates it vs desire to make money and be (more…)
Anti-GMO is incredibly unscientific, based in opinion with no facts.
I have always been really cued into the public discussions that include a lot of opinion versus fact, etc. I am a huge skeptic, and big “science can save us from ourselves” guy. I am certainly not aggro (more…)
The Paradox of Choice, and MTV’s late 90’s revolutionarily prescient “Zoo-TV” #NOU2
The Paradox of Choice http://www.ted.com/talks/barry_schwartz_on_the_paradox_of_choice?language=en Highly recommend that. Upshot: Old days: You went shopping for jeans. There was one type. They (more…)