Neil DeGrasse Tyson: US need not lose its edge in science … but if things continue as they have been the last couple decades, it will. This seems quite similar to the talk that Mia McDavid, Rachel Hadley and I heard him give in May
Chicago wins George Lucas museum
One of the attractions of the Chicago site was the proximity to the “Museum Campus” of the Field Museum of Natural History, the Shedd Aquarium and the Adler Planetarium. Looks like an example of the Matthew effect.
From Slashdot.
London’s cabbies just gave Uber its biggest boost yet—by striking against Uber
From Talia, who tweeted “Antifragile Uber: Strike against it then watch it get bigger”
From Locus
I sometimes see this license plate on a sports car in the parking lot at my bus stop.
I first read L. Sprague de Camp’s SF classic Lest Darkness Fall (written in 1939) more than 40 years ago. It still has not grown old. Tonight I ran across this passage:
I have learned three of life’s lessons from this series: (1) in the end, you will be judged on the integrity of your mission, whether or not your mission was successful; (2) you can always outsmart a computer; and (3) never be the first person to investigate a glowing blob of plasma on an alien planet.
Happy anniversary, Star Trek. Live long and prosper.
Neil deGrasse Tyson, Space Chronicles: Facing the Ultimate Frontier
Irish Class, October 1, 2012
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Chicon Overview
mia_mcdavid and I spent the holiday weekend at Chicon 7 with our son James and carpe_noctum_93. We had a great time. I have some pictures up on Google.
From Hilbert Space to Dilbert Space, and beyond 