Michael Shermer blows my mind again with a nice op-ed in the LA Times entitled “Toward a Type 1 Civilization.”
It’s nice to see free market economics supported with such optimism and with the inclusion of globalism as a good thing. Not to mention, the little notion of “civilization types” from sci-fi and pop-sci.
I’ve just started his newest book, “Mind of the Market” so that will give me plenty to chew on for a while.
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I’m a brand new post-doc in astronomy working as part of the CosmoQuest team. My thesis focused on radio astronomy instrumentation. That means, I got to build cool telescopes that will open up new frontiers in the universe. I also love to teach, both in a classroom setting and informally. I'm happy to talk about the universe with anyone who will listen, and I am skeptically curious about all things.
