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Allan Dyen-Shapiro
Science Fiction Author
Update: science is now free
Last week, I posted, comparing/contrasting the situation in science with that in fiction in terms of freedom of information. The position...
Allan Dyen-Shapiro
Mar 13, 2016
On the Everglades Part 2: What's wrong with Lake O water?
The tagline of New Yorker writer and comedian Andy Borowitz used to be that there's a fine line between social media marketing and...
Allan Dyen-Shapiro
Mar 11, 2016
Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength. On the undervaluing of writing and information
Information wants to be free. Information deserves to be free. So sayeth the Hacker's Code. And yet, when one tries to apply this in...
Allan Dyen-Shapiro
Mar 9, 2016
Toward a new theory of value
Stephen Hawking, world-renown physicist and truly funny Big Bang Theory guest star, said the following yesterday: "If machines produce...
Allan Dyen-Shapiro
Feb 26, 2016
S.G was here: Ozymandias reloaded, now self-aware
The season 2 opener of AMC's sequel to Breaking Bad, Better Call Saul, aired this week, beginning, as it did last season, with a...
Allan Dyen-Shapiro
Feb 19, 2016
On the Everglades Part I: Geography needed to understand massive changes to an ecosystem
You need to care about the Everglades. I know, some of you are reading this from different continents, and I'm posting about something in...
Allan Dyen-Shapiro
Feb 16, 2016
Are you owned by your employer? Have you been reduced to their tool?
The evidence is in: consuming soda and other products laden with high fructose corn syrup is contributing mightily to diabetes....
Allan Dyen-Shapiro
Feb 15, 2016
On the demise of DuPont Central Research and the Implications for America's role in science funding
With the impending merger of DuPont with Dow, the decision has been made to largely dismantle the DuPont's research complex in...
Allan Dyen-Shapiro
Feb 14, 2016
Lucifer can't find more interesting debauched, evil folks? In Los Angeles?
Three episodes in to the new FOX show, Lucifer, and I've decided to keep watching. It was touch and go after episode 2. This show is...
Allan Dyen-Shapiro
Feb 12, 2016
My new website and blog
I've reached the point that I now need a website for my fiction career. Welcome. Here you'll find a list of all the short stories I've...
Allan Dyen-Shapiro
Feb 8, 2016
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