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• Defending Freedom... logically? Based on what works?

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  I'll get to logical vs. pragmatic defenses of freedom - and a trap most of its defenders fall into - in a minute. But first -  -...

• On the Rise of Artificial Entities

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  Okay, things are really speeding up re Artificial Intelligence, lately... so much for the "third AI desert" some were talking about in ancient...

• "Aficionado": A tale from EXISTENCE

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      Okay... let's have a "shut up and just play your guitar" moment... AFICIONADO By David Brin A...

• Defending those who defend civilization. Did I make things worse?

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  I'm alternating between postings about science and - well - the crisis of saving civilization from a deeply dangerous/feral world oligarchy,...

• Gaining perspective: imaging Earth - and deep space

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  Modeling this planet. Having cut my teeth long ago on the Whole Earth Catalogue, and later having written a novel called Earth , I'm a bit...

• A song to make you cry... and determined...

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  I am trying to post only weekly, these days. But this needs doing.  At all political extrema the fashion is to pour cynical hate on the...

• Finally, the question of WHY the mad right (and parts of the left) wage war vs. nerds?

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  Am I exaggerating when I call this phase of the U.S. Civil War an outright campaign against smart people ?  Earlier I...

• Science advances for a new year - We are (or can be) amazing!

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  Looking back at 2022: a roundup of scientific achievements ... from asteroids to AI and (possibly) fusion. Science  journal calls the...

• Is democracy "majority rule"? Or something much more complex and effective?

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  I'll append a few current politics comments at-bottom, especially about the just-culminated and hilariously shameful beginning of the latest U.S....

• The Destiny of Russia at war

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    War tends to shake or shatter assumptions, each day making the previous day's speculations obsolete. Still, I will finish this quick...

• Science fictional scenarios - From recent news to GATTACA and much more!

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  A PLUS-SIZED POSTING FOR THOSE OF YOU STUCK WITH METERS OF ARCTIC SNOW OUTSIDE YOUR FRONT DOOR... I try to vary my postings among several...

• Lifting our gaze to... the Moon? And beyond?

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   I have some way cool space news to report below. But first a familiar rant. While I disagree with this White House white paper on USA...

• The competent professionals who save the world daily, slandered by erudite Kremlin shills

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  In an essay in Claremont Review, one Michael Anton offers a view of history that conveniently rewrites the record, on behalf of right wing mania...