Reed's Ruminations: The Past, Present, and Future
Reflections on science, technology, and computing — leavened by personal experience
Category: Books, Reading, and Writing
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Libraries: Arms Too Short to Feed the Mind
Books are still the best way to upload new ideas into the wetware of willing minds.
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Thoreau, Angst, Ennui, and Coming of Age
Resist unnecessary conformity; seize opportunity; pursue your dreams; heed the distant drummer; live your own life.
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Shaping the Message, Using the Medium
Let’s begin with the fundamental question. As scholars, why do we write?
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What I’m Reading: ‘Hieroglyph: Stories and Visions for a Better Future’
When did our utopian dreams stagger into an alleyway, drunk on hubris, only to be mugged by our diminished expectations?
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Reflections on Francois Jacob
Since reading Jacob’s memoir a decade ago, I have been pondering his poignant reflections on creativity and human motivations. I still believe the future can be brighter than the past. Like Jacob, my food is anticipation; my drug is hope.
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A Conversation on Designing the Future
SF author Bruce Sterling and I recently had a public conversation about the future. I offered some advice to the students in the audience. 1. Hang out with people not like yourself. 2. Take some risks. 3. Make new and original mistakes.