Monthly Archives: June 2021

L&C: Steven Pinker on Steven Johnson

Posted on Wednesday 30 June 2021 by Mark R. Kelly

Sometimes a good book review can save you the trouble of reading the book itself — or propel you into reading a book you might otherwise pass over.

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Ls&Cs: Utopias; Crises; Paranoia

Posted on Friday 25 June 2021 by Mark R. Kelly

A sidebar article in last Sunday’s New York Times Magazine interviews Rutger Bregman. How to Think Like a Utopian. Bregman is a young Dutch historian who wrote UTOPIA FOR REALISTS (which I blogged about here) and more recently HUMANKIND: A … Continue reading →

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Dole & Asimov’s PLANETS FOR MAN

Posted on Tuesday 22 June 2021 by Mark R. Kelly

Stephen H. Dole and Isaac Asimov, PLANETS FOR MAN (Random House, 1964) Here’s an older book co-written by Isaac Asimov, based on a RAND study by Stephen H. Dole, called PLANETS FOR MAN, from 1964. It’s about consolidating available knowledge … Continue reading →

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Another Afterlife

Posted on Saturday 19 June 2021 by Mark R. Kelly

I wrote a short essay back in November, shortly after my bypass surgery following a heart attack in late October, that each time you survive a near-death experience – meaning something that, a century ago before the advent of modern … Continue reading →

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