Articles Tagged with social trends

The last little bit

Published on May 26, 2020May 25, 2020 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com

No improvement yet?

Sometimes you make no progress until everything’s done.

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It’s quiet

Published on April 7, 2020April 5, 2020 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com

Noticing what’s not there

Much has changed.  It won’t stay that way.

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One of the in-crowd

Published on March 31, 2020March 31, 2020 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com

Doing popular things

We come to contradictory conclusions.

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A long time

Published on September 3, 2019September 3, 2019 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com

Changes

What is “permanent” depends on your point of view.

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Brave new world words

Published on April 16, 2019April 16, 2019 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com

Language change

We contribute to the effort to keep language in step with technology.

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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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Making mistakes

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

Is punishing mistakes a mistake?

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How big is your village?

Published on July 3, 2018July 3, 2018 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com

History gets more distant

An unexpected genetic revolution started about 1850.

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The picture in your hand

Published on January 23, 2018January 22, 2018 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com

Posters and the meeting

The effects of a social change are seen in the giveaways at a scientific meeting.

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Disaster this time?

Published on August 8, 2017August 8, 2017 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com

Threatening technology

New technology has been forecast to bring social disaster several times in the past.  We seem to have avoided it; but that doesn’t mean we always will.

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