Jun 24, 2017 | Non-Fiction |
We can connect a limited number of sounds and signs to produce an infinite number of sentences, each with a distinct meaning. We can thereby ingest, store and communicate a prodigious amount of information about the surrounding world. A green monkey can yell to its...
Apr 22, 2017 | Non-Fiction, Travel |
The river was quite shallow but running very fast. We decided to cross it. It was a hazardous operation. The water was only thigh deep but the current was immensely strong and the bottom was formed of stones the size of footballs slippery with weeds. Halfway across we...
Jul 26, 2009 | Campaigns, Geekery, Non-Fiction |
We are racing toward the end of the world and have no plan of escape, but it is considered impolite to acknowledge that fact in public. We see the mistakes we have made, but we continue to make them with an apparent blind obstinacy… We know the implications of...
