tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1740670447258719504.post6716946267201502450..comments2024-03-27T03:00:27.024-04:00Comments on Facts & other stubborn things: Reading updateEvanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12259004160963531720noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1740670447258719504.post-29020513752288469482011-04-10T05:36:12.811-04:002011-04-10T05:36:12.811-04:00It depends on what one thinks of inviting Axis sci...It depends on what one thinks of inviting Axis scientists into the country - or the use of their research (particularly the stuff regarding human experiments). Vannevar worried about their influence on a liberal society - I concur. He was courageous enough to say something about it at the time, which won him no friends.<br /><br />I just read "The World Rushed In" (about the California gold rush) and re-read "Seven Years in Tibet." I am now re-reading Montesquieu's "Spirit of the Laws."Gary Gunnelshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14463810435943252898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1740670447258719504.post-81683241734117252332011-04-09T20:03:02.003-04:002011-04-09T20:03:02.003-04:00Why much to his credit?
They didn't go all th...Why much to his credit?<br /><br />They didn't go all that much into project paperclip surprisingly, and only mentioned ICBMs in passing - which was interesting because the military did play a big role in the book.Danielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17192667997950934790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1740670447258719504.post-13695006483623342182011-04-09T19:34:23.481-04:002011-04-09T19:34:23.481-04:00Yeah, much of what we think of the internet came s...Yeah, much of what we think of the internet came straight out of the head of Vannevar by the amalgamation of the ideas of others into the notion of the "Memex." He also opposed "Project Paperclip" - much to his credit IMO. He was also heavily involved in early research on "UFOs" for a variety of governments. I've always assumed that at least some of the shadowy figures (the more savory ones that is) in the X-Files were based on part of Vannevar's biography.<br /><br />He figured prominently in a "Politics & Science" course I took as an undergraduate.Gary Gunnelshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14463810435943252898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1740670447258719504.post-51575610710197442872011-04-09T19:20:18.713-04:002011-04-09T19:20:18.713-04:00Yep - he played a big role in it.Yep - he played a big role in it.Danielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17192667997950934790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1740670447258719504.post-18123089923772237452011-04-09T17:04:35.712-04:002011-04-09T17:04:35.712-04:00Does the former book go into a lot of detail about...Does the former book go into a lot of detail about Vannevar Bush?Gary Gunnelshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14463810435943252898noreply@blogger.com