Someone just mentioned in a previous post thread that I do not do miscellaneous thread posts. Well, here's one. What's on your mind?
My own miscellaneous thoughts:
Walking to work (as I've been doing for the last few days partly to think about energy costs and future changes caused by them) is less stressful than driving. I wonder if a lot of people get stressed out by their commutes without realizing it.
When will the FLDS and other polygamous sects start using sexual selection technology to make more female than male babies? Seems like such an obvious thing to do and the tech exists for doing sex selection pre-conception (i.e. no selective abortion necessary). Too expensive for them? Or are they ignorant of the tech? Or do they consider it somehow offensive? Or do church leaders like using the shortage of women caused by polygamy to make the males compete for favor from church leaders?
How much will rising commodities costs accelerate the development of nanomaterials? Will materials science advances reverse the construction cost rise for power plants?
Will the cost of polysilicon drop substantially in the next 5 years and make photovoltaics much cheaper? I've read an article recently whose writer expects a big drop in polysilicon prices. Likely? Is polysilicon manufacture energy intensive?
The world has too many people.
How can Colonel Tigh be a fracking Cylon? He's too old and has too long a history as a human. The development of human looking Cylons occurred after (or am I wrong?) the previous war with the Cyclons. Tigh and Adama fought the Cylons in that battle. Was Cylon Tigh switched with human Tigh more recently? Also, when they arrive at Earth will they arrive in our future?
Got questions? Always wanted to see a post about the future of some technology, social trend, stage in evolution, or looming disaster? I'd like to hear from you about your burning curiosities and topics you think deserve more attention than they get. Post in the comments or send me an email.
Update: I'm not feeling desperate for topics to write about. But I figure maybe there are major areas of interest that haven't occurred to me. Or perhaps someone has an interesting question that will pique my curiosity.
Writing this web log has given me a lot of brain food as I search out reports and data sources on an assortment of topics. I've reworked my views of the world as I have been forced to dig up relevant references to support or undermine various positions. But maybe there are areas of interest where the right questions haven't occurred to me. Or maybe I neglect some important areas (e.g. artificial intelligence comes to mind) that are far more important for the future than the quantity of my writings would lead you to expect. So what am I missing?