I've went on Luddite rants before, but a NextGov article titled Most Scientific Research Data from the 1990s is Lost Forever settles in my mind the impending technoclasm will erase us from history.As a Maître Jaques, I amateurishly dabble in many fields, but have not the skill to bountifully harvest from any of them. But … Continue reading Another reason why we won’t exist in future history
Category: Luddism
Goat herd’s joy
I've posted on multiple occasions[1] of my dream job as a goat herder, so you can imagine my delight when I found this comic today. © xkcd ~~~[1] Ah, my daydreams of goat herding:http://www.jeremyblevins.com/2013/09/nunya.htmlhttp://www.jeremyblevins.com/2012/09/my-dream-job.htmlhttp://www.jeremyblevins.com/2012/06/my-next-career-as-pygmy-goat-farmer.html
Common Risks
Sharing a post by Bruce Schneier: Jared Diamond on Common Risks: Jared Diamond has an op-ed in the New York Times where he talks about how we overestimate rare risks and underestimate common ones. Nothing new here -- I and others have written about this sort of thing extensively -- but he says that this … Continue reading Common Risks
Luddism?
Comic for January 31, 2013:
In celebration of the Mayan ‘Apocalypse’
There has been lots of "news" about the non-event that is occurring today. I mean this sarcastically, but it's sort of nice for it to be someone else's beliefs that are being trashed by the media for a change. Even if we are basing what we think we know on our modern interpretations of a … Continue reading In celebration of the Mayan ‘Apocalypse’
My next career as a pygmy goat farmer
One of my favorite things to say is if ever get out of the tech industry (I thought you said you were a luddite???) that I want to become a pygmy goat farmer. Imagine my surprise to Scott Adams echo the notion in today's Dilbert:Comic for June 29, 2012: Now here is logic behind my … Continue reading My next career as a pygmy goat farmer
The real-world ramifications of cyberwarfare
The following essay by Bruce Schneier has me thinking about the physical impact of cyberwarfare:Cyberwar Treaties:We're in the early years of a cyberwar arms race. It's expensive, it's destabilizing, and it threatens the very fabric of the Internet we use every day. Cyberwar treaties, as imperfect as they might be, are the only way to contain the threat.If … Continue reading The real-world ramifications of cyberwarfare
