Mars Won’t Save Us: Why Putting A Million People on Mars Won’t Save Humanity
Elon Musk, in a recent interview with Aeon Magazine, announced his goal to put one million people on Mars in …
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Why Not Break the Internet?
It is presumed rather than demonstrated that the current Web “works.” What reasons might we have to consider letting ISPs and content creators lead public policy toward a “broken” Net? Is the contemporary Internet really all that worth saving?
Designing for Timelessness
This essay is cross-posted with Cyborgology Micah Singleton (@micahsingleton) over at the Daily Dot has a really great essay about one of the biggest …
What the Frack?! Politics of Hydraulic Fracturing Technology
Hydraulic fracturing (fracking) has recently become a fairly controversial technological innovation. While the innovation itself is not particularly recent, its …
Why Are Scientists and Engineers Content to Work for Scraps when MBAs get a Seat at the Table?
Engineers, scientists and other technologists are intelligent enough to realize that the current “normal” business hierarchy offers them a raw deal.
Engineering as a Profession
“The great liability of the engineer compared to men of other professions is that his works are out in the …
Neil deGrass Tyson: Context and Contention
There has been a lot of discussion about Neil deGrass Tyson’s recent statement opposed to philosophical lines of questioning. Laura …
Solar – Freakin’ – Car Culture!
There has been no shortage of both hype and skepticism surrounding a proposed innovation whose creators champion as potentially solving …
Where is forward? : Neil deGrasse Tyson on ‘Unimportant’ Questions
As host of the recently remade and well loved series “Comos”, astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson has an enormous platform through …
Weeding Out Engineering Culture from Engineering Education
Engineering education is largely not about teaching students how to do engineering. Most of the work of engineering is learned …
