Entries from November 2007

History Friday: Pope Urban Planning

November 29th, 2007 · No Comments

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Once there was a powerful leader who wanted to shape the will of his people. Bend it in a new direction, to divert attention from other problems.
After much counsel and deliberation, this very publicly Christian fellow decided that the best solution was to stage a massive attack in the Middle East. They had done […]

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Tags: History Lessons · Sustainability · Thinking Different

Space, the Final Frontier

November 26th, 2007 · 2 Comments

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China’s in a space race of its own making, competing against nobody in particular. To the moon and beyond, apparently, sending unmanned vehicles and “taikonauts” (their term for “astronauts”).
The tone of the article at the above link is interesting. Is China interested in resources? Scientific exploration? Grabbing the galactic high ground, militarily speaking? There’s a […]

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Tags: Consumption · History Lessons · Technology