Wednesday, November 20, 2024

Last things first – – a few thoughts on the Mars conversation and on 21st century futurism in general.

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There's a certain kind of "planning" that people indulge in when talking about things they know they will never do. It can be ...
Tuesday, November 19, 2024

A tale of two cities (no, really, the same story covers both of them)

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    [Blogger is having one of its weird days, so the formatting on this post will be a bit... quirky.] Adam Something (a highly recommended ...
Monday, November 18, 2024

Waiting for Goffman -- to understand how the New York Times' election coverage got so bad, you have to look beyond their election coverage.

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[written before the election, but it still seems valid] This pair of posts from almost nine years ago superficially would seem to have nothi...
Sunday, November 17, 2024

Sunday must read by Josh Marshall

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This is Joseph. I found this piece by Josh Marshall to be a really good reply to the waves of doom and gloom that I have been seeing lately...
Friday, November 15, 2024

Randall has forgotten about induced demand

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A rare math nerd/transportation nerd twofer. From XKCD
Thursday, November 14, 2024

Twelve years ago at the blog -- people still bothered to think about Freakonomics

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Check out Steven Levitt's Wikipedia page . Steven David Levitt (born May 29, 1967) is an American economist and co-author of the best-...
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Wednesday, November 13, 2024

Back on Mars – – houseplant edition

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 [Picking up where we left off with our long neglected CSI:Mars thread .] The way we discuss and think about the future of space has come to...
Tuesday, November 12, 2024

Six years ago at the blog -- we've been meaning to get back to Mars (rhetorically speaking)

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Going through the draft folder, I realized we had left this thread half finished -- there's a lot to mock here -- but rather than just j...
Monday, November 11, 2024

10 years ago at the blog – – it is now officially too late to be early.

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Nothing like going back and reading the original transcript. (Plus original comments) The wonderful thing about long-range predictions ...