If you read this site regularly, you’ll know that I do tend to be a bit wide-eyed and ZOMG!!! about new technologies and gadgets. I also describe myself as a futurist, which is a word with a highly contentious set of meanings, but can be broadly described as a person who tries to peer ahead into the coming years to see not only where we are heading as a species, but hopefully what obstacles (or power-ups) lie around the next corner, too. Continue reading “Looking beyond the gadgets”
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Okay, looks like this evening I veer somewhat into politics by way of futurism, but this is an issue that I can’t avoid posting about. Continue reading “Why Tony Blair loves nuclear power”
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Posted by Paul Raven @ 23-06-2006 in Uncategorized •
Where are we going, and why are we going there? Continue reading “Roadmap required”
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Posted by Paul Raven @ 14-06-2006 in Uncategorized •
Crikey. I know Stephen Hawking is a genius and everything, but I’m not sure whether he foresaw this happening. Continue reading “The great Hawking off-planet debate”
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Posted by Paul Raven @ 18-01-2006 in Uncategorized •
I love the library where I work, but to tell the truth it’s an ugly late sixties concrete monstrosity that’s about as eco-friendly as a petrol-powered breezeblock. Continue reading “Energy-efficient Library”
