After I read the Ashlee Vance book on Elon Musk in early 2015, I was convinced human beings were going to Mars in the next 5-10 years. I kept meaning to write a blog post… A few days ago, this August 2015 post How (and Why) SpaceX Will Colonize Mars by Tim Urban (Wait But Why) appeared on my…
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I went to the Personalized Medicine World conference to learn more about how genomics (and other ‘omics) are advancing drug discovery, molecular diagnostics, current cancer treatment paradigms and creating new sectors like ‘scientific wellness.’ My general observations are: The scope and pace of advancement is accelerating: it is no longer…
My experience with human-computer interaction starts with my hand-held HP 25C in 1976, flows through my punched-card FORTRAN IV green-bar paper days, on to Unix and MS-DOS command lines, Macintosh and Windows GUIs, and more recently to web and mobile applications. The web as we know it burst forth in 1994, and most of our computer interactions today…
It’s the 21st century, so of course you’re online. How to put your best foot forward? Some general philosophy: Use your name consistently online: I use “benslivka” wherever possible in site URLs: http://www.benslivka.com, http://www.linkedin.com/in/benslivka http://www.facebook.com/BenSlivka http://www.twitter.com/BenSlivka http://www.youtube.com/user/BenSlivka Be professional: If you don’t want a prospective employer to see it, don’t post it. Use proper English: http://www.amazon.com/The-Elements-Style-Third-Edition/dp/0205191584 is…
WordPress.com prepared a 2015 annual report for my blog. Here’s an excerpt: A New York City subway train holds 1,200 people. This blog was viewed about 4,300 times in 2015. If it were a NYC subway train, it would take about 4 trips to carry that many people. Click here to see the complete report.
I’ve been meaning to write a post about the future of work. Several young people have expressed concern that increasing automation — especially from software and robots — will mean that there will not be jobs for millions of Americans in the future. I’ve pointed out that 95% of the US workforce in the late…
My 8/1/2015 WSJ Letter to the Editor, reprinted here: [My proposed title was “Lame Robotic Strawmen”, but the WSJ ignored that.] July 31, 2015 4:30 p.m. ET The concerns expressed in the essay “Is It Possible to Create an Ethical Robot?” (Review, July 25) about “blindly obeying” speed limits are already solved, as BMW and…
