Monthly Archives: February 2017

Flying “Cars” were silly – until now

The reason we don’t yet have the flying cars imagined by early 20th century “futurists” is not because of mechanical infeasibility (though the energy cost may be substantial) so much as because of the problem of traffic control. Accident avoidance in crowded … Continue reading

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Two Challenges

Two very different recent events raise the same issue. How to confront the temptation to abandon one’s principles when one’s opponents do so without penalty. And in both cases I think The Atlantic has presented a view worth noting. One … Continue reading

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