[BLOG] Some Sunday links
- Bad Astronomer Phil Plait, looking at the Moon, considers what a “small” crater is.
- Citizen Science Salon looks at Amino Labs, a start-up that aims to enable people–even children–to use simple kits to engage in bioengineering.
- Crooked Timber notes that the collapse in Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies means good things for the global environment.
- The Crux considers the extent to which gender–gender identity, gendered roles–is unique to humans.
- A Fistful of Euros considers the generalized extremism of the “filets jaunes” of France and where this might lead that country.
- L.M. Sacasas at The Frailest Thing shares the skepticism of Jacques Ellul in a “technical” humanism, one that seeks to ameliorate the details of a dehumanizing life.
- Gizmodo considers how we can start preparing for the risks of powerful artificial intelligence to humans, even potentially existential ones.
- The Island Review interviews Nancy Campbell, a writer concerned with the islands and cultures of the Arctic like Greenland.
- Language Hat considers the idea of “efficient languages”. What does this idea even mean?
- Language Log considers the potential impact of making English an official language on Taiwan.
- The LRB Blog considers the political future of France.
- Window on Eurasia notes how many people in Kyrgzystan are becoming angered by China’s Xinjiang policies.
- Arnold Zwicky considers St. Bernard, in connection with dogs and otherwise.
Written by Randy McDonald
December 9, 2018 at 3:15 pm
Posted in Assorted, Economics, History, Politics, Popular Culture, Science, Social Sciences
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