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Mar 15, 2010
David Brin is a Sentient Developments guest blogger. I've been recording and posting some brief (for me) monologues on YouTube, starting with Space Exploration Part 1 - Planning our next steps in beyond Earth …
Jan 28, 2010
Well, Milan M. Ćirković and Richard B. Cathcart think it's a distinct possibility. In fact, it may even (partly) explain the Great Silence. Check out the abstract to their article, "Geo-engineering Gone Awry: A New …
Tagged: astrobiology, geophysics, geoengineering, fermi paradox, life on other planets, existential risks, extraterrestrial intelligence
Jan 27, 2010
It looks like John Cassidy's latest book, How Markets Fail: The Logic of Economic Calamities , is worth checking out. According to Cassidy, it was blind faith in the markets that caused the recent financial meltdown …
Tagged: markets, economics, capitalism, free markets, government regulation
Jan 27, 2010
SETI founder Frank Drake wants to take the search for extraterrestrial intelligence to the next level by implementing a process called gravitational microlensing. Microlensing is based on the gravitational lens …
Tagged: seti, fermi paradox, life on other planets, frank drake, gravitational microlensing
Jan 27, 2010
David Brin is a Sentient Developments guest blogger. Salon Magazine asked to publish as a main article an updated version of my essay about reconstruction in Haiti, wherein I suggest the establishment of clear …
Tagged: disaster recovery, science, enlightenment, haiti