The past few weeks, I’ve read a lot of science fiction from the 60s and the 70s. While filled with amazing vision and ambition, it seems almost quaint to read it in the year 2010. If there’s one thing we can say for certain about our visions of the future it is this: We can [...]
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Planning for Success
Tomorrow is my birthday. It’s not a major one, but I’m getting one year closer to the big three-oh. That’s right, readers, I’m turning twenty-nine. If you’re reading this east of England, I’m already 29 at the time this is posted, thanks to the wonders of time zones. At the age of twenty-nine, Albert Einstein [...]
The Third Replicator
We’re all familiar with genes and we’re becoming more and more aware of memes, even though this second topic is still the subject of some debate. Now, people are suggesting that a third form of replicator is appearing and that it needs a name and a more proper definition. This entry contains my attempt to [...]