23 APR 2012 by ideonexus Civilization is the Story of Engineering
All culture is about bending nature to human will.
Folksonomies: civilization,engineering
23 APR 2012 by ideonexus Materialism Spurs the Sciences
Progress in civilization comes from the need for institutions to protect material gains.
Folksonomies: society,civilization,materialism
01 JAN 2012 by ideonexus Space Flight May Mature Us as a Civilization
It's the first step in realizing our place in the bigger picture.
Folksonomies: culture,space exploration,civilization
30 AUG 2011 by ideonexus A Solid Prediction About Science from the Early 1900s
Henry Brooks Adams predicts that human civilization will run away with science and it will consume everything in our society and contain the threat of our destruction.
Folksonomies: science,society,civilization,prescience,predictions
01 JUN 2011 by ideonexus Bad Men Hoard Knowledge
Instead of sharing it to the benefit of the rest of the world, and yet these same men complain of the wisdom of the ancients lost to the present.
Folksonomies: knowledge,civilization,encyclopedia
18 MAY 2011 by ideonexus How Greek Civilization Came Together
And it only happened once.
Folksonomies: science,culture,civilization,ancient
30 MAR 2011 by ideonexus Museums for Rebooting Civilization
An alien species that suffers regular collapses of civilization due to overpopulation keeps their museums out in the middle of nowhere and under bomb-proof domes to protect their contents so future savages may rediscover them and rebuild from their predecessors.
Folksonomies: science,culture,science fiction,society,civilization
29 MAR 2011 by ideonexus Humans Aren't Especially Smart, It's Just that We Swarm
Humans are like other social insects. Our power doesn't come from our brains, but our ability to collaborate.
Folksonomies: evolution,society,intelligence,civilization
29 MAR 2011 by ideonexus Humans Are Strong, Civilization is Fragile
Humans will survive the death of civilization, which has happened 30 times over the centuries.
Folksonomies: science,culture,society,civilization
29 MAR 2011 by ideonexus Contents of the Doomsday Chest
A list of the media, dimensions, and list of subjects to be covered on the sheets that go into the doomsday chests.
Folksonomies: knowledge,civilization