Thoughts on learning, life and technology
Any American who has watched a few minutes of TV programming in the past couple of weeks has seen one of T. Boone Pickens’ time-for-big-change commercials. There are three TV spots out at this time. You can watch Pickens’ whiteboard presentation on his web site. I admit it. His direct speech and logic are appealing. [...]
When I was working on my masters degree, during a time of considerable stress from intensive study, I experienced a powerful need to read something completely unrelated to my studies. I selected the sci-fi novel Earth, by David Brin. Among the novel’s several themes was a future world in which nearly everyone wore miniature multimedia [...]
Five years have gone by since the publication of Lomborg’s book, The Skeptical Environmentalist, which assuaged scientifically challenged resource wasters with its statistical analyses that purported that humans have caused no significant negative environmental impacts. Almost immediately, many scientifically qualified sources meticulously debunked Lomborg’s faulty attacks. (See Something Is Rotten in the State of Denmark.) [...]