Articles Tagged with social effects of technology

Username and password

Published on February 12, 2019February 11, 2019 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com

Online registration

Why do we have to have an account for everything we do online?

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Names for numbers

Published on January 22, 2019January 21, 2019 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com

Changing designations

Our astronomer wonders about Thor’s Helmet, the Heart and Soul, and other things.

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Students return

Published on January 1, 2019December 30, 2018 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com

Two come back

Our tutor and our astronomer meet with former students.

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Putting pen to paper (III)

Published on December 25, 2018December 24, 2018 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com

Too easy

Why do some easy things never actually get done?

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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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