Tree or Trellis

Over the weekend I was part of a panel at the American Anthropology Association, the topic of which was “Updating…

Reactions to Digital Maoism

Last5 week, Edge.org published Jaron Lanier’s Digital Maoism piece, warning of the dangers of new collectivism, and singling out Wikipedia…

Dover: ID is out!

Judge Rules Against ‘Intelligent Design’ Initial reaction: what a relief. Once I have a chance to read the…

Hobbits again

Last October the world marveled at the announcement of the discovery of a new species of hominid, Homo…

The Big Picture

This article in the New York Times is a pretty useful overview of the political and financial support behind the…