It wasn’t just crickets and then computers. Civilization has been wrestling with data since the start. Do a Google search and you’ll find that we’re still struggling to get a handle on what we know. Perhaps it would help to consider our approach historically. Wolfram|Alpha has prepared a special timeline of computable knowledge for just such an endeavor…
(click to explore the timeline)
Is “Buy Nothing” the Wrong Idea Now?
An idea is better than no idea. In the face of run-away consumerism, perhaps the...