Reed's Ruminations: The Past, Present, and Future
Reflections on science, technology, and computing — leavened by personal experience
Tag: dreams
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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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Deferred Maintenance on the Future
Over-worked and sleep-deprived researchers are steering many of our vehicles of discovery on balding tires across potholed roads. Put more bluntly, we are struggling to sustain appropriate investments in basic research.
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A Taste of Sherbet
When you lead a hardscrabble life, you learn certain things early. Life is not fair. Don’t expect things you can’t possibly have, even if others do. Don’t ever shame your parents in public – the hurt in their eyes is punishment enough. Above all, don’t dream things that can’t come true.