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Vernor Vinge Is Optimistic About the Collapse of Civilization
http://www.wired.com/underwire/2012/03/vernor-vinge-geeks-guide-galaxy/
I like Mr. Vinge a lot as an author (I would love to hang out with him and find out if he is as cool in person). I loved his …
In the off chance that any of my reader(s) are interested, I thought I would throw out a request:
Anyone want to be a ‘beta reader‘ for my erotic romance thriller?
At the beginning of this year I …
I have been thinking the last week or so that for all the appearance of our rapidly escalating technology, we really haven’t invented anything since the middle of the last century. I view the last real invention as the Laser …
Printing Electronics Just Got Easier
A new technique developed by researchers in China allows easier printing of electronic components onto paper.
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2013/13/130509-paper-printed-circuits-electronics-technology-science/
I think the next decade is going to be as eye popping as the last quarter century (in …
Do Robots Rule the Galaxy?
http://news.discovery.com/space/do-robots-rule-the-galaxy-121201.html
This article also mentions the rather silly Cambridge Project for Existential Risk but since it touches on a subject I have thought about from time to time (I feel sure I blogged on it, …