Articles Tagged with social trends

Snoopy and the Red Baron

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Incongruity in retrospect

We remember something that didn’t seem strange at the time, but does now.

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This is my country

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non-nations

We consider alternatives to the nation-state.

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Stories in the air (I)

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The definitive version

There are some stories you just know.  How?

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Old-fashioned astronomers (I)

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Arlo Landolt

The importance of calibration.

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In praise of mediocrity

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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

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Recording sight and sound

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

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Inside and outside (I)

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Opening the window

Should you always make sharp distinctions?

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An audio culture

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The book, the movie and the radio play

We ponder how the medium affects the story.

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A video culture?

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The way we communicate

Is the written word no longer important?

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Industrial science

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Gravity’s next step

We notice an area of science where theories are so numerous a system has been imposed to keep track.

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