scifi

The Foundation Of The Future: Isaac Asimov, Steve Jobs, and What’s Next

08.22.2011 Business

I hope you’ll allow me this momentary hyperbolic flight. Isaac Asimov wrote a very interesting series of novels called “The Foundation.” In them, his character, Hari Seldon, developed a science called psychohistory, with which he was able to accurately predict the large scale course of human events. It’s a great series, and was added to [...]

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Living In A Sci-fi Future – Food and Eating

04.09.2010 Family

What does the future hold for food and eating? I think that the past might be the best indicator for that. Two movements that are just beginning to enter the public discussion are the topics of locally grown food and the reduction or elimination of the supply chain. I am not a gardener. I got [...]

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Living In A Sci-fi Future – Movies, TV, and the Theater

04.08.2010 Art

I loved Avatar. It was a hell of a lot of fun. But I’m not running out to buy a 3D TV. And I’m not going out to see every new 3D movie. I remember one of the worst movies I ever saw was also in 3D – The Treasure of the Four Crowns – [...]

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Living In A Sci-fi Future – Health and Longevity

04.06.2010 Future

I’ll shortly be 50. And I expect to live to well beyond 100. Possibly far beyond. Why? Take a look at the growth of centenarians today. In the US there are around 100,000 people age 100 or older, according to the Census Bureau. I’m seeing predictions that by 2050, when I’ll be 90, that the [...]

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Off Topic Friday – District 9 Movie Review

09.18.2009 Movies

I love movies. Back when I was in grad school, when we were newly married and before we had kids, my wife and I went out and saw two or three movies a week. Sometimes I went by myself and saw three or four movies in one sitting. During that period I came close to [...]

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