Robotic Sheepdogs: A Thought Experiment
An excerpt from David McFarland’s book Guilty Robots, Happy Dogs.
Paarlberg and Ronald: A Food Fight
Part Three
Two authors debate the future of food.
Paarlberg and Ronald: a food fight
A debate between leading experts Robert Paarlberg (Betty F. Johnson Professor of Political Science at Wellesley College) and Pamela Ronald (Professor of Plant Pathology at the University of California), regarding how to ensure a safe food supply, that is also kind to the environment.
Richard Dawkins: Podcast Week Two
The second in a series of podcasts from Richard Dawkins.
Looks Like a Million To Me:
How I Realized that Amazon’s Kindle and Sony’s E-Reader Were Exceeding Sales Estimates
Evan Schnittman makes a bold prediction about e-readers.
The Origins of Blogwars: Part One
The origins of Blogwars.
On The Daily Show
David Perlmutter reflects on The Daily Show.
Control Freaks
Naomi Baron looks at modern communication.
Rising Food Prices: What Should be Done?
Pamela Ronald responds to an editorial by Paul Krugman.
Text Messaging as Toy or Tool
Naomi S. Baron, author of Always On: Language in an Online and Mobile World, explains to us the generation gap in text messaging.
Notes From Tools Of Change
Notes from Tools of Change ’08.
Do I Believe in Ebooks?:
Part Two
Evan’s post last week, Do I Believe in Ebooks?: Part One, stimulated some interesting conversation in the blogosphere and I hope that Part Two, his bold recommendation, will encourage all of us to reconsider the potential of ebooks. I will be at the Tools of Change conference today and I hope some of my fellow […]
Should Book Authors Blog?
Perlmutter looks at authors who blog.
Do I Believe In Ebooks?:
Part One
Evan Schnittman, OUP’s VP of Business Development and Rights, wonders if he truly does believe in ebooks.
China leads in mass surveillance. Will the West follow?
James B. rule looks at how nations track their citizens.
Kindle Roundup
Links to Kindle reports.