About the soapbox - disclaimer and copyright and such stuff.
- The latest essay for KVAT, entitled
Are Humans Conditioned Response Machines? A Critique of Behaviorist
Philosphy as well as some extra bits that didn't fit in the
essay which I submitted, on behaviorism
used for manipulation(there is a little overlap between these two).
Fancy titles, I know, they really aren't that great, and certainly
not indepth, but anyway...
I've also written a short addendum to both of the above which may be a bit alarmist, but I call it One Possible Consequence of Behaviorist Philosophy - Vegetarian facts - We in the 'west',
particularily in North America, consume far, far more meat than
necessary. As global population becomes more and more of an issue, this
is something that we all should at least be educated on. I do not
advocate zero meat consumption, nor am I personally a vegetarian, but
even when the anti-carnivorous attitude into account, there is enough
undeniable truth to make us all think twice next time we belly up to a
good slab of beef or side of pork.
The current population of our planet is
- Speaking of food... The September 23, 1996 issue of
Time Magazine
had a cover story on some new diet pills such as Redux. I found very
interesting some of the
letters to the editor
in response to that article.
- Why are companies making record profits while governments are
cutting back more than ever? My thoughts on this
economic situation.
- What is the real value of technology, and is
it really improving the quality of our lives?
- Related to the above question, I recently read a very good article
in Silicon Valley North (a newspaper for employees of high-tech
companies in the Ottawa area)
on the over-hyped 'Information Highway' and its role in society:
The Infoway:
Don't Mess with Mr. In-Between.
- Another article from the same publication that ran the above
piece, this one about solar cars, and why Canadian companies should be
scrambling to get in on the new market:
The Little Engine That Could Take Over.
- An bit on the ego-centricity of Western
civilization.
- An expanded and (soon-to-be) revised version of an essay I wrote for
Engineering 3102, Knowledge, Values, and Technology, which I
call Belief and Reason,
oriented towards engineers.
- David Siegal has some interesting ideas about the future of the web
as it relates to every aspect of our lives, which he discusses in his
site called The
Balkanization of the Web.
- A draft letter to the Muse and Gazette about the Removal of Memorial's Accreditation for granting
engineering degrees. This is a ROUGH draft and a work in progress.
- This is a miscellaneous bit that I haven't got a better place to put
yet: A short list of vi commands
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