Worries about population expansion resurfaced with World War I. “Population pressure is always a major cause of war,” remarked biologist Raymond Pearl in his 1925 book The Biology of Population Growth. As head statistician for the U.S. Food Administration during… Read More ›
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After Generation Z comes Generation Alpha
A survey of Canadian Millennials. I imagine it’s pretty much the same worldwide. And it’ll be more so for later Generations. . That got me looking at what the various generations are and found this: Generation Name Births Start Births… Read More ›
The Extraordinary True Story of the First Camera Phone
Phillipe Kahn invented the first camera phone on June 11th, 1997, the day his daughter was born. He had his jerry-rigged system, a mobile phone plus a digital camera, in the delivery room and was able to capture little Sophie… Read More ›
Are robots persons?
Sounds like a science fiction theme. Recall the Star Trek The Next Generation episode about whether Data was a person. I saw this article at CBC News about robots paying taxes. Not directly, but the idea was that if a… Read More ›
Welcome to the Hedonic Treadmill
Welcome to the Hedonic Treadmill. Population: All of Us. Sometimes I still get myself a little frisson of excitement about how cool the little gadget I’m carrying is, how chuffed I am to have my Todo list all organized on… Read More ›
What are specs?
For many people the need for the best possible specifications when buying a phone, computer or tablet ranks high in their purchase checklist. This is a normal thought process, particularly with computers, because the assumption is that the best speed… Read More ›
When it becomes normal
There is one thing guaranteed to happen to most people and that is boredom created by over-familiarity. In the case of smartphones that is not quite the case, but it is a kind of lethargy that is perhaps the biggest… Read More ›
Why are we here (part 2)
We are born, our parents raise us, we get a job, buy a house, our children are born, we raise them, they get jobs etc etc. And we all die. Why are we here? There are so many angles to… Read More ›
There are two types of people
There are two types of people (aren’t there always). Those who can focus and stay focused until something external interrupts them. And those who constantly wonder if something new has arrived that they should look at and therefore interrupt themselves…. Read More ›
Have Smartphones Destroyed a Generation?
Even when a seismic event—a war, a technological leap, a free concert in the mud—plays an outsize role in shaping a group of young people, no single factor ever defines a generation. Parenting styles continue to change, as do school… Read More ›
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