The idea of “garden” as a civilization’s founding metaphor would have been astonishing in the late 6th century BCE. It is no less so today.
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A bracing and sobering look at how cyberwarfare and cybersecurity have changed over the last several decades.
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The idea is quite simple: you get a bunch of people together in one place where they sit quietly for a couple of hours reading books.
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News is a vital nutrient of the body politic. Without accurate information, democratic societies cannot survive, let alone produce the “alert and knowledgeable citizenry” necessary for their survival.
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Next week’s observance of Thanksgiving might be very different had two amateur scientists not played key roles in drafting the two most important documents in American history.
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If ever there was a time for starting a journal to record your own small part in all this, it is now.
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Behind most great discoveries in natural science is a deep foundation of field work.
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