Articles Tagged with social effects of technology

A new type of paradoxer

Published on November 27, 2018November 25, 2018 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com

Collective individuals

Has the internet made possible a new form of anti-science?

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Searching vs. finding

Published on November 20, 2018November 20, 2018 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com

What are you looking for?

It’s harder when you don’t know, but can be more rewarding.

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Why keep old things?

Published on November 6, 2018November 5, 2018 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com

Collectors and others

There are two types of people who retain old technology.

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Putting pen to paper (II)

Published on October 30, 2018October 30, 2018 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com

The novelists’ instrument

We examine an incident in which new technology did not change literary genres.

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How big is the world?

Published on October 16, 2018October 16, 2018 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com

Measuring a cabbage-patch

“It’s a small world” is a cliché.  Can we measure how small?

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Putting pen to paper

Published on October 9, 2018October 9, 2018 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com

Writing changes, and doesn’t

We examine several literary genres.

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Dealing with data (I)

Published on August 28, 2018August 28, 2018 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com

Making the cut

We have too much information to deal with.  What do scientists do?

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Celestial navigation

Published on August 21, 2018August 21, 2018 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com

Knowing where you are

You can get turn-by-turn directions.  What more do you need?

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Making mistakes

Published on July 31, 2018July 31, 2018 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com

Is punishing mistakes a mistake?

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A village in space

Published on July 10, 2018July 10, 2018 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com

Interstellar genetics

A recent paper contemplates a very long voyage.

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