Reed's Ruminations: The Past, Present, and Future
Reflections on science, technology, and computing — leavened by personal experience
Author: Dan Reed
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NASA, the Mobile Museum, and Children’s Dreams
Every child is born a scientist, filled with curiosity. Each deserves a pre-paid ticket to future of their dreams.
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Meditations on AI: History, Hype, Myth, Reality, and Futures
What made generative AI possible? What are its capabilities and limitations? How will it shape our future?
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Lessons from Childhood: Fishing for Justice and Wisdom
I was five years old when I learned an important moral lesson in the red clay hills of the Arkansas Ozarks.
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Upgrading the Future: House Science Committee Testimony
It’s time for the U.S. to “double down” – expand investment in basic research, both people and reserach infrastructure – nationwide – and unleash American innovation.
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On WSPRs, Geeks, and Luftballons
After the Chinese surveillance balloon was shot down, there was speculation the U.S. may have later downed a $250 amateur science project.
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Public Higher Education: A New Social Compact for Innovation
It is time for us to collaboratively and thoughtfully rethink the social compact surrounding public higher education. This includes defining the 21st century knowledge economy version of the public land-grant university