“An optimist stays up until midnight to see the new year in. A pessimist stays up to make sure the old year leaves.”– Bill Vaughan
If you’ve read my thread on quantum weirdness, you know where I stand on this. I’m in a state of superposition–simultaneously optimistic and pessimistic. So what does that portend for New Year’s eve? If you see somebody asleep on his feet at midnight, it’s probably me. Happy Old/New Year.
Cosmic Quote #110
December 28, 2019 by Leave a Comment
Cosmic Quote #109
December 19, 2019 by 2 Comments
“You call it procrastinaion; I call it thinking.”–Aaron Sorkin
It seems there is a theory that procrastinators are more creative. Aha! So the fact that I am years behind on the other threads on this blog should be proof positive that I’m incubating more brilliant ideas to dazzle you with. Right!? Or maybe I’m just lazy…
Cosmic Quote #108
November 27, 2019 by Leave a Comment
“It took me three weeks to stuff the turkey. I stuffed it through the beak.”–Phyllis Diller
Hmm. Thanksgiving is the only day of the year my wife cooks. I suppose you can say it takes her a year to stuff the turkey. Wait–we are visiting relatives this year. The next one will take two years. Happy stuffing day.
Cosmic Quote #107
October 29, 2019 by Leave a Comment
“I’m so ugly, when I open the door for trick-or-treaters, the kids give me candy.”–Rodney Dangerfield
Ah, poor Rodney. Who else would be born in ready-made Halloween costume? Enjoy the spookiest day of the year, and don’t let those ghouls get to you.
Cosmic Quote #106
October 12, 2019 by 4 Comments
“Life is wasted on the living.”–Douglas Adams
If anybody is counting, I’m pretty sure Mr. Adams has had more quotes in this series than anybody else. He should probably have his own series. Let’s hope this isn’t wasted on the late author: today is the 40th anniversary of the publishing of The Hitchhikers Guide to The Galaxy. Happy Birthday, Arthur Dent! I bet you can’t wait until he turns 42.
Cosmic Quote #105
June 18, 2019 by Leave a Comment
“I’m a peripheral visionary. I can see the future but only way off to the side.”–Steven Wright
Oh, my. What does Friday taste like? Where are those “future of food” people when you need them? (I might add that any professional futurist knows that you have to look way off to the side, as well as straight ahead, to get any idea of what the future might really hold).
Cosmic Quote #104
May 13, 2019 by Leave a Comment
“The challenge is that the day before something is truly a breakthrough, it’s a crazy idea. And crazy ideas are very risky to attempt”–Peter Diamandis”
I had the great pleasure of meeting the illustrious Dr. Diamandis at the X Prize foundation a couple of weeks ago. Too bad he isn’t a super villain, “The diabolical Dr. Diamandis” has a great aliterative ring to it.
Shameless self promotion department–here is the link to my Seeking Delphi™ podcast with interviews recorded at the X Prize Foundation Future of Longevity Impact Roadmap, April 29-30, 2019.
Seeking Delphi™: Podcast Episode 26, Future Driving Part 1, Connectivity and Self-Driving Cars
November 25, 2018 by Leave a Comment
Reblogged from Seeking Delphi™ .
“The Promise of Autonomous Vehicles is Great.”–Dan Lipinski
“My opinion is that it’s a bridge too far to go to fully autonomous vehicles.”–Elon Musk
There’s no shortage of opinions on the viability of self-driving cars. Be you a bull or a bear, though, there is no denying that there is a plethora of big players banking on them with R&D spending.
The issues surrounding the technology are too many and complex to deal with all of them in a single podcast. And while things like collision avoidance, navigation, regulation, liability and public acceptance take up much of the debate over the technology, one key element has not so often been discussed. That would be connectivity. To assure safety and efficiency, to any degree greater than currently exists with manually driven cars, they need to be able to talk to each other.
In episode #26 of Seeking Delphi™ host Mark Sackler talks with Alex Wyglinski, president of IEEE’s Vehicle Technology Society and co-chair of the community development work group for IEEE Future Networks, on how wireless connectivity might enable the technology.
All Seeking Delphi™ podcasts are available on iTunes, PlayerFM, and YouTube. You can also follow us on Facebook and on twitter @MarkSackler
Alex Wyglinski. Click for bio.
IEEE Vehicle Technology Society. Click for link
Episode #26: Future Driving Part 1, Interconnectivity and Self-Driving Cars
YouTube slide show of episode #26
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Cosmic Quote #103
November 22, 2018 by 3 Comments
“An optimist is a person who starts a new diet on Thanksgiving Day.”–Irv Kupcinet
“Thanksgiving, man, not a good day to be in my pants.”–Kevin James
I have reached the age where I really don’t give a flying $@%$# about diets or whether pants fit. Not on Thanksgiving. I’ll worry about that next week. Have a good one, if you’re into it.
Cosmic Quote #102
October 29, 2018 by Leave a Comment
“Rage, rage, against the dying of the light.”–Dylan Thomas
