Cyreenik Editorial index ... Science and Insight index ...
New section: Visions of our Post Snap Future
Building Enfranchisement Without Jobs -- What are people going to do, and feel good about doing, when robots are doing the manufacturing and service jobs? (Sep 13)
A Surprise Twist of Home Ownership: Discouraging Progress -- One of the causes of Midwest Disease. (Nov 14)
Getting the context wrong -- It is real important to be aware of context before taking action. (Mar 14)
Productivity: The Green progress Doom and Gloomers choose to ignore -- "Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain!" (Feb 13)
Which is the biggest job killer: Automation or Entitlement? -- Creating enough jobs in the 2020-2050 timeframe is going to be a big challenge. (Nov 14)
Building Enfranchisement Without Jobs -- What are people going to do, and feel good about doing, when robots are doing the manufacturing and service jobs? (Sep 13)
More thoughts on the coming Next Big Thing -- It's not going to be as easy on society as the 90's set of innovations was. (Aug 13)
The Curiosity of the Chronic Arguments over the Proper Length of a Work Day -- Why has this argument been going on steadily for more than a century? (Nov 14)
A Surprise Twist of Home Ownership: Discouraging Progress -- One of the causes of Midwest Disease. (Nov 14)
Thoughts on Tipping -- Yet another example of a good intention being twisted into something very different as it gets ritualized. (May 13)
Blind Spot Thinking: Visible Personal Sacrifice Saves the World -- VPS is warm and fuzzy thinking... so watch out! (Mar 13)
Getting the context wrong -- It is real important to be aware of context before taking action. (Mar 14)
Productivity: The Green progress Doom and Gloomers choose to ignore -- "Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain!" (Feb 13)
Terrorists don't need guns and bombs -- They do need reporters and social media. (May 14)
Science versus Holy Texts -- Thoughts on the difference between using the Bible as authority for describing how the world works and using direct observation as authority for describing how the real world works. (Apr 13)
Thoughts on how important social mobility is to America's Lifestyle -- Social mobility is good, but America is losing it. What can we do about it? (Feb 13)
The Importance of a Community Dreaming Big, and Learning to Save -- Learning cooperation and fixing the wealth inequality by fixing the 99%. (Mar 13)
Guarding the Foundations of our Modern Day Good Fortunes -- Good science, good laws, and good education for all, we need them all. (Oct 13)
Humanity's first union: The Neolithic Village Women's Collective -- When your high school girl friends are declaring your "work rules". (Oct 13)
Education, Entertainment, Innovation -- Why can entertainment adopt new communication technologies quickly while education resists them so successfully? (July 13)
Showing Abstraction versus Showing Reality -- The answer to why I yawn when I see CGI monsters in movies. (July 14)
Thoughts on Privacy -- The playing field between free will and security. (Nov 13)