Aliens And Encryption

Gotta keep positive...

Obama Reckons with a Trump Presidency David Remnick via The New Yorker

Bernie Sanders: Where We Go From Here  Matt Taibbi via Rolling Stone

A Mathematician's Perspective on the Divide Vi Hart via YouTube

(btw, see Parable of the Polygons:  A Playable post on the Shape of Society by Vi Hart and Nicky Case)

Scientists are frantically copying U.S. climate data, fearing it might vanish under Trump via The Washington Post

Talking Back to Hate Speech, Explained. via Bill Moyers & Company

Kardashev Scale

The Kardashev Scale – Type I, II, III, IV & V Civilization

Will Mankind Destroy Itself?  (video)

see also my posts on Fermi’s Paradox and miracle of life

as well as these links: Why is the Scale of the Universe so Freakishly Large? Science Says Earth is One of 700 Quintillion Planets in the Universe

Dyson Sphere:  Capturing the Power of a Star infographic

Advanced alien civilizations rare or absent in the local universe  via Physorg.com

We do NOT want to trade our civil liberties for ANY amount of freedom. Death + freedom > slavery + safety. This is not complicated.

by commentator on ArsTechnica post   

Privacy matters, pass it on

https://www.flickr.com/photos/krillion/16433017276/

Happy Carl Sagan Day!

My favorite links about Carl:

Carl Sagan’s last interview with Charlie Rose (Full Interview) Carl Sagan Tribute Series (working my way through list) Neil deGrasse Tyson - Carl Sagan Experience LOVE THIS Symphony of Science - ‘We Are All Connected’ (ft. Sagan, Feynman, deGrasse Tyson & Bill Nye) Why Carl Sagan is Truly Irreplaceable Lessons of Immortality and Mortality From My Father, Carl Sagan

via my weebly page

 For more great Carl Sagan content, visit the Carl Sagan Wakelet

4 critical mistakes that inventors make

The history of innovation isn’t a straight line, but a squiggly, winding path. In How We Got To Now, my new book and PBS documentary series, I highlight some of the creative mistakes that helped sh...

It’s a Mistake Not to Use Mistakes as Part of the Learning Process

Impostor Syndrome

Learning to Deal with Impostor Syndrome

13 Charts That Will Make Total Sense To People With Impostor Syndrome

Fighting Impostor Syndrome

my uncle and his pumpkins

What’s going on?

Trending on Twitter today... #OATHKEEPERS ferguson

What???

Oath Keepers and the Age of Treason via Mother Jones

Oath Keepers: The heavily armed white vigilantes in Ferguson, explained via Vox

It’s finally here!

The trailer is finally out... looks awesome, Dune is one of my favorite books of all time, and I’ve read A LOT of books.  Can’t wait to see this!!!!  

I’m not very familiar with director Denis Villeneuve but he directed Arrival which I thought was brilliant, and I’ve heard good things about his other films so the excitement factor is high.

I love that the trailer is set to a cover of Pink Floyd, which is one of my favorite bands.  Io9 does a great wrap up for folks who are looking for the breakdown of the rest of the trailer (spoiler alert).

"Herbert's creation of this universe, with its intricate development and analysis of ecology, religion, politics, and philosophy, remains one of the supreme and seminal achievements In science fiction." (The Louisville Times)

See also:

Dune, 50 years on: how a science fiction novel changed the world

Rare DUNE Interview with Frank Herbert