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Category Archives: Science Fiction
February 24, 2013
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China’s “Father of Rice” Doubts Indian Crop Miracle
Too good to be true? Earlier this week, we heard rumblings of a potential revolution in agriculture, as a farming method developed by a Jesuit priest in Madagascar, called System of Rice (or root) Intensification (SRI), reportedly was producing world-record … Continue reading
December 28, 2012
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Paul Krugman’s Better Half
We’ve already written about Paul Krugman, the Hari Seldon fan whose political beliefs about defending the declining blue social model have landed him in the camp of Trantorian functionaries rather than psychohistorian future builders. But as this blog post reminds … Continue reading
December 26, 2012
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Foundation and Krugman
Paul Krugman says in this Guardian piece that he “grew up wanting to be Hari Seldon, using my understanding of the mathematics of human behaviour to save civilisation.” For those of you who have read one or more of the … Continue reading
August 19, 2012
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Tech Startups Begin Making Real Stuff Instead of Websites
Back in April at Popular Mechanics, Glenn Reynolds of Instapundit lamented what he saw as the tendency of today’s science fiction authors to write depressing, dystopian stories instead of the grand exploration epics of old. To look at this another … Continue reading
July 5, 2012
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The Virtual Game of Thrones
The geopolitical battle in Asia—what Via Meadia has been calling the Game of Thrones—doesn’t always take place on the high seas, on land, or in diplomatic meeting rooms. A true 21st -century conflict, the Great Game of Thrones also takes … Continue reading
June 14, 2012
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America’s Weapons of World Domination — Sex and Kim Kardashian
Generals and DOD officials must be in the midst of a panicked meeting within the inner sanctum of the Pentagon, because a crack team of Russian investigative journalists have just exposed the darkest and most potent secret of American world power: sex.
Read and learn. Continue reading
March 30, 2012
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Self-Driving Cars: Another Reason Why High Speed Rail Is Pointless
We’ve known for some time that the Google geeks were working on cars that could drive themselves. Lasers, cameras and radar work together in Google’s system to, well, drive a car with no human help. According to Google, it’s working: … Continue reading
January 31, 2012
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Moon Colony To Be Occupied By Lego-Men
Newt Gingrich’s moon colony may be crowded by trespassers soon after it is settled. Two Canadian teens(!), investing about $400 and under five months of work, recently launched a small Lego man 25 km (15.5 mi) above the earth, reaching … Continue reading
August 14, 2011
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To Boldly Go Where Lots Have Gone Before
If you can’t convince people of the need for a global carbon treaty with documentaries and IPCC reports, why not try it with fiction? Rajendra Pachauri has already published Return to Almora, his steaming novel about a tin-hatted, serially sort-of-monogamous … Continue reading
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