Articles in Unfounded Speculation: Month archive for January, 2010
Articles on wide-ranging topics, all of a speculative nature.
Man In Space: The New Great Power Test
Posted on January 28th, 2010 by
Stephen DeGrace
According to the CBC, India plans to send a man into space by 2016. It seems like manned space travel is a new symbol distingushing who is a Great Power, or destined to become one - and who isn't.
Name for the Past Decade
Posted on January 13th, 2010 by
Stephen DeGrace
We have developed a cultural habit of chopping up time into decades and referring to general trends and events, such as music, fashion and changing social and political beliefs, by decades or parts of decades. How valid this particular device is is a whole separate question, but it's a deeply ingrained habit for practically everyone and it is virtually certain that we will continue to do it. So what are we going to call the decade we have just left behind (by most common measures - according to pedants, the new decade doesn't start until next year, but the pedants enjoy only very weak cultural influence). In this post, I make my guess 
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