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Archive for September 25th, 2008
Oww! Technologies that Hurt Us
Future Imperfect author David Friedman talks to Forbes about potentially painful technologies. Future Imperfect is full of ‘em. But it’s not about how to stop it, it’s about how to manage. Even the most wonderful technology has unintended consequences. And for many technologies, no consequence can be more unintended than this: pain. And let’s not [...]
The Martin Gardner Interview Part 2
Continuing from last week, we’ll continue with Don Albers‘ 2004 interview with Martin Gardner right where we left off: Navy Service DA: In December of 1941, the U.S. entered World War II and you enlisted in the Navy. Gardner: I ended up serving on DE 134, a destroyer escort, in the Atlantic. I was miserably [...]
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