Every year a new blockbuster emerges that scares the masses of believers who flock to theatres in support of these “end of the world” movies. In 1996, the film Independence Day had audiences questioning the existence of species outside of our world. In 1998, Armageddon had people staring at the sky wondering what Texas sized rocks [...]
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The End of Life as We Know it. Again.
Posted in Media, Politics on October 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
A Shrinking World?
Posted in Internet, Politics on October 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
When it comes to new technologies, it is often said that we overestimate their impact in the short term, but we underestimate their impact in the long term. This can be said for almost every new technology that has emerged over the past 30 years. At first the cell phone was seen to be an [...]