25 APR 2012 by ideonexus Life Can Go On for Billions of Years
Freeman Dyson quote about the future of humanity.
Folksonomies: evolution,progress

24 APR 2012 by ideonexus Scientific Progress has More Effect on Humanity Than Anything Else
More than politics, conquests, or legislation.
Folksonomies: science,progress

05 JAN 2012 by ideonexus Evolution Does Not Drive Us Toward Intelligence
Anymore than it drives us to flight, swimming, strength, or Victorian culture. A quote from Gregory (Albert) Benford.
Folksonomies: evolution,progress

04 JAN 2012 by ideonexus Workers Are Being Perpetually Displaced by Technology
We are innovating ourselves out of jobs for everyday people.
Folksonomies: innovation,progress,employment

04 JAN 2012 by ideonexus We Have Been Living Off Low-Hanging Fruit
And the fruits of what we can discover technologically easily are vanishing, leading to a plateau.
Folksonomies: technology,progress

04 JAN 2012 by ideonexus Science is a Progressive Activity
It depends on language, writing, and printing in order to build upon preceding ideas. We build upon the culture we are born into, which makes its examination and scrutiny difficult.
Folksonomies: science,culture,progress

30 AUG 2011 by ideonexus The Need to Cross-Pollinate Knowledge
Chemsits and physicists must come out and study nature, while geologists and zoologists must go into the lab, so that scientific progress may multiply.
Folksonomies: progress,cross-pollination

19 JUN 2011 by ideonexus A Brief History of People Resisting Technological Advancement
Even though the advances ultimately benefit society as a whole, people resist and riot because they are put out of work or may lose power from the change.
Folksonomies: change,progress,luddite,resistance

19 JUN 2011 by ideonexus How Science Changes Society
Science brings change upon society, forcing society to adapt to technological change and forcing more technological change.
Folksonomies: science,technology,society,change,progress