We are all the Tin Woodman [Revised]
In what sense are we the same person today as yesterday? (4100 words)
Category: society
Stardust dreams
We should aspire to go to the stars, even though they might remain forever beyond our reach. (abt. 900 words)
Bubble, bubble, is oil in trouble? The carbon bubble, Part 1
The stuff in the ground only has value today if investors believe it will be burned tomorrow. What happens if those beliefs start to change? (2500 words)
How much can we afford to forget, if we train machines to remember?
Without food we starve, without energy we huddle in the cold. And it is through widespread loss of memory that civilisations are at risk of falling into a looming dark age. (1400 words)
Bubble, bubble, is oil in trouble? The carbon bubble, Part 2
The technological train of energy market disruption has left the station. How fast will it pick up speed? (3200 words)
Bubble, bubble, is oil in trouble? The carbon bubble, Part 3
How big might the bubble be, and who gets hurt if it pops? The trillion pound gorilla. (2200 words)
Racing with drones and dancing with robots
How can we tell a new technology has become humanized? When we begin to play with it. (800 words + videos; approx. 30 mins. reading/viewing)
Sky Readers [Aeon]
For most of human history, the stars told us where we were in space and time. Have we forgotten how to look up? (3600 words)
The Icarus Question 