I briefly noted a comment later yesterday that my SpaceX comment was “overblown” followed by a list of Big Days in space flight. Yesterday was one of those days - a giant leap forward and the first o… (View Post)

I’m a little ambivalent on this - it depends on the job and the circumstances. Being a member of parliament is not a job - it’s holding an office. And office holders often have other jobs or roles - … (View Post)

Today’s SpaceX spectacle shows the hugely massive positive side of Elon Musk. Park the politics and look at the vision thing. He imagines a future to solve the problems of today considered unsolvable… (View Post)

Traditional family units had working class families with kids leaving school at 15 with minimal education, the boys to work in factories or industry, the girls to work in shops and then raise kids wi… (View Post)

Of course gains for women have come at the expense of men. Men had disproportionate power and influence. As this rebalances, it was inevitable that men would say they were losing. The challenge is mo… (View Post)