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Geopolitics Archive
Social Issues & Geopolitics in Sci-Fi
Posted on September 30, 2010 | No CommentsA look at how geek parents can use science fiction to educate our kids about social issues and even geopolitics. While a horrible place to end, it's a great place to start.
One Lousy Anniversary
Posted on September 11, 2010 | No CommentsHere are my thoughts nine years after the 9/11 attacks. Are we safer? Did we overreact? Have we learned and understood anything? Who knows. Here are more words.
Dimensions and Perspective
Posted on September 1, 2010 | 3 CommentsLots of bad stuff happens in the world. The BBC has provided a tool to help us visualize that stuff and put it into context.
Disrupting Geopolitics
Posted on August 19, 2010 | No CommentsWith Google Earth, you can unearth secret information about nations across the world. Talk about a disruptive technology...
Political/Cultural Borders and Borderlands
Posted on August 10, 2010 | No CommentsA remedial education about the concepts of political borders, cultural borders, and borderlands.
The Sleeping Nuclear Threat
Posted on August 3, 2010 | 1 CommentThe cold war is over. But that doesn't mean the threat of a nuclear strike has been reduced to zero.
Unprepared for Change
Posted on July 29, 2010 | No CommentsOur tendency is to freeze our perceptions in place. As a result, change happens and we're totally unprepared for it.
Critiquing Friedman’s Future World
Posted on July 27, 2010 | No CommentsFriedman gives an interview to Smithsonian.com while Gavin gives a talk at the Long Now.
Civilization II
Posted on July 23, 2010 | No CommentsStarting with Civ II, I began to care about history. Formal education couldn't do it, but why did this game succeed where they failed? It was fun.
Spies Like Them, Actually
Posted on July 15, 2010 | No CommentsOn Monday I joked about the Russian spy ring, but there is reason not to be flippant.