Check out John Grande at UBC
Via the UBC Sustainability Initiative, Join John Grande at UBC Art critic, writer, lecturer and interviewer July 18, 2012 at 12:30pm in the CIRS Policy labs…
Read articleFirst world problems, from the 1990s.
One easy way to appreciate technological progress is to look back on the annoying problems of past decades. From the 90s, Follow the link to check…
Read articleWhat would happen if you tried to hit a baseball pitched at 90% the speed of light?
A quirky science link, with cartoons! I think I am turning into Dave Ng… From XKCD’s “What if?” blog, “What would happen if you tried to…
Read articleBut what will people think of me?
“Status anxiety,” as Alain de Botton calls it, is one of the defining characteristics of our society. By perceiving of ourselves as a land of equal…
Read articleAre you an IB student?
International Baccalaureate (IB) world Student Conference is coming to UBC this year with “The New Green: Making Things Better, Not Just Less Bad” conference theme. The…
Read articleWhat is the LIBOR?
The biggest scandal rocking the financial world has to do with something you’ve probably never heard of, the LIBOR rate. It is the rate at which…
Read articleHow do you make an effective moral case for climate action?
In the most recent edition of Nature Climate Change, Ezra Markowitz has a great article on our weak moral intuitions about climate change. Why do we…
Read articleSo you want to get a PhD in the humanities?
Well this is rather dejecting, and hilarious. From OpenCulture: There is even a law-school one! Also from OpenCulture, check out the illustrated guide to a PhD.…
Read article“I should like to begin by asking Mr. Ginsberg whether he considers that the hippies are an intimation of the new order.”
Here’s an interesting conversation that simply would not happen with any modern day conservative. William F. Buckley of the program “Firing Line” speaks to the poet…
Read articleThe Tattooed, Undead Planes of the Air Force ‘Boneyard’
Undoubtedly my favorite blog on national security, modern warfare, and surveillance is the Wired’s Danger Room. Not only is a look at cutting edge technology, with…
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