Monday, January 4, 2010

Rational vs. Traditional Warfare: the Mongols and the Shawnee

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The historical origin of the phrase "on the warpath" in American English is underappreciated; in fact, you can go for a stroll on ...
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Saturday, January 2, 2010

Culture/Climate Mismatches in Speculative Fiction

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A skillful writer of fiction can in a few strokes paint a city, culture and climate; often this involves poking a few places in the reader...
Wednesday, December 30, 2009

Automation and Unemployment

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Since the industrial revolution began there has been speculation about the long-term effect of automation on employment. You can create pla...
Monday, December 21, 2009

Robert Frank, Che Guevara and Chilean Miners

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In the Motorcycle Diaries, Che Guevara and his roadtrip buddy come upon a couple huddling at a stony roadside in the nighttime Chilean deser...
Thursday, December 17, 2009

Don't Like the Nobel Peace Pick This Year? Start Your Own

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Most of the Nobel categories are necessarily open-ended; the achievement that merits the prize is not defined in advance. No one can predic...
Sunday, December 6, 2009

Coastline and Wealth

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Curve-fitting doesn't give strong R's; forper capita income (purchasing power parity) vs absolute coastline length or coastline per ...
Monday, November 30, 2009

Kay Sage and Yves Tanguy

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Visited the Philly Art Museum yesterday. Besides their two Roberto Mattas , a couple pieces caught my eye; Kay Sage and Yves Tanguy were ...