January 2009
8 posts
“How about making an iphone app where people can just type in “I just
saw...”
– from a thought-provoking thread on openstreetmap’s lists
Public Transit Openness Index →
Oh my, the MTA is pretty horrid.
Science as Religion in Foundation
I started reading Asimov’s Foundation series while traveling after finishing the books that I had taken with me.
The story begins, like many sci-fi novels, in an Empire that spans millions of planets, an entire galaxy. One of the rising sciences in this Empire is called psychohistory, and a Dr. Seldon is one of its biggest proponents. Psychohistory is a mathematical area of study that...
“Here’s the mirror—look and wince. One out of every four of us...”
– Mark Slouka, Harpers
