Technological 'revolutions' Don't Really Overthrow Anything -

Efficiency In Government Is A More Elusive Concept Than Efficiency In The Private Economy, Which May Be Measured Relatively Easily As Output Per Units Of Input. What Is The Government's 'output?'

The Next Purchase Is Too Little Too Late. The Apple Of The Past Was An Innovative Company That Used Software And Hardware Technology Together To Redefine The Way People Experienced Computing. That Apple Is Already Dead. Very Adroit Moves Might Be Able To Save The Brand Name. A Company With The Letters A-p-p-l-e In Its Name Might Survive, But It Won't Be The Apple Of Yore.

Another Random Thing I Do Is The Search For Extraterrestrial Intelligence, Or Seti. And You May Be Familiar With The Movie 'contact,' Which Sort Of Popularized That. It Turns Out There Are Real People Who Go Out And Search For Extraterrestrials In A Very Scientific Way.

Cooking Is An Art, But All Art Requires Knowing Something About The Techniques And Materials. Using Modernist Techniques, You Get More Control, And That Allows You To Be More Artistic, Not Less!

People Get Cranky When You Burst Their Bubble. Over Time, Advances In Astronomy Have Relentlessly Reinforced The Utter Insignificance Of Earth On A Celestial Scale. Fortunately, Political And Religious Leaders Stopped Barbecuing Astronomers For Saying So, Turning Their Spits With Human-rights Activists Instead.