The First 43 Years and Next 43 Years of Star Trek and Our World

April 7, 2017May 14, 2009 by Brian Wang

The First 43 Years from 1966 to 2009We start just a little before 1966 (when the first show of the TV series was aired, which would technically be the first 45 years) to get a sense of technology and the world while the Star Trek show was in its development phase through to today. In …

My take on Shaping the Future

April 7, 2017May 14, 2007 by Brian Wang

Science Fiction author Charlie Stross talks about “Shaping the Future” He wrote Accelerando and Singularity Sky among other books. He notes how progress used to measured by top speed, but how that stopped between 1950-1970. I believe that speed will become a useful measure of progress again. I believe that we can and will burst …