Cool time keeping
Tick tock tick tock—the sound of an atomic clock that loses a second once every 3 billion years. Read more
Tick tock tick tock—the sound of an atomic clock that loses a second once every 3 billion years. Read more
John Hockenberry, a journalist and moderator for the Mind and Machine: The Future of Thinking session, started Friday nights even at the WSF by talking about our relationships with machines. He is wheelchair bound as a result of an accident decades ago. But the wheelchair isn’t an impediment, Hockenberry explains, “it’s me!” There is a sense of intimacy with this machine—a sense of it being part of him and his self image. Read more
If we can explain violence—from biological, psychological, and sociological angles—are people more or less responsible for their violent acts? Read more