Articles Tagged with social effects of technology

Reading the dial (I)

The graph and the digital clock

How do you tell time?

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The sky is gone (II)

A long history

The stars have been getting harder to see for a long time now.

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The sky is gone

And it’s not coming back

Something you didn’t know you had is going away.

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Fear of the dark

What’s scary?

We ponder plastic skeletons and other seasonal paraphernalia.

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In praise of mediocrity

Home entertainment

When you can get world-class entertainment at the touch of a button, why would you do it yourself?

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Changing the world, or not

Recording sight and sound

Some inventions change society; others don’t.  Why?

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Future puzzles

When today is past

What will need to be explained to future readers about today’s literature?

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Telescope economics

Precision low-tech

We consider whether to build or buy.

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Inside and outside (II)

From porch to box

We continue to trace how living now takes place more definitely “inside.”

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Technology and tedium

Riemann sums

Sometimes technological advances mean things are less exciting.

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