Based on what I’m seeing on social media – the entire world has a ‘Last Night of the World’ vibe going on today. If you’re also feeling it – don’t worry, you aren’t alone. Whenever I’m feeling bad, I find it valuable to sit with my feelings now and then have some ‘puppies and kittens’…
Ran across an interesting ‘He-3 Reactors and the Moon’ discussion and naturally thought of Mike.Sierra.Echo. Let’s talk about clean power, He-3 reactors and the Moon. Futurology time! Yes, I talk about clean power as a plot point in Mike.Sierra.Echo because I’m a fan of any greentech innovation. I want the solarpunk future we were promised…
Meta got roasted like a coffee bean on Friday – reminding us of ‘Titanic steel’ and how authenticity and integrity are everyone’s problem in 2025. But never mind that now. Three days into 2025 and things suck. Internationally, neverending war and nationally, home-grown terror. Locally, Eugene’s new year madness includes police brutality and vehicular manslaughter,…
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The news that John Kinsel – one of the last Navajo Code Talkers who died in October – gives us a chance to talk about cybersecurity and unbreakable encryptions. From a technical standpoint, code talkers represented an unbreakable code for enemy communications and it required little or no preparation for operational use. According to AZCentral,…
Scifi book nooks deserve a shoutout now that we’re into fall – the ‘crafty season.’ As a tiny library shelf-sized art piece, book nooks have been around less than 10 years. Like many other ‘minature worlds’ craft projects, book nooks capture my imagination when I run across them. Where do book nooks come from? Per…
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This week’s news about Doxing Sunglasses and Dead Internet remind us that Mesh is more than a science fiction story – it’s news about the future. Dead Internet is a theory that – in short – says the Internet and everything about it are so driven by bots and AI that there’s no THERE there,…
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Eerie news this week – this is what happens when Big Tech runs out of ideas. Not for nothing, but why is it endemic for big companies to stop understanding who their customers are? Do they have a ‘No Ideas’ department, or what? I always thought Big Tech companies had a team inside the company…
There are innovations like time travel that we’ll never enjoy for one simple reason: People are jerks. This is the thought that occurred to me during a hot sleepless night in Eugene. Just as we can’t get our act together for cool things like free mass transit or health care. Innovation is based on a…
Valuable new information on future Mars explorers and the people who love them. Yes, it’s important to look before we leap onto the red planet. Determining the safest Mars caves for future astronauts is part of the 55th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference and yes, they’re serious. Here’s why: Mars has no ozone layer! Did…
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If you want to understand the decisions of AI companies, it’s pretty easy – just think like a psychopath. Safe Superintelligence, Inc. seeks to safely build AI far beyond human capability, according to Ars Technica but the decision smacks less of selfless humanity than it does ‘pivoting to avoid a market risk.’ No AI company…
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