Mitch Wyle's Web Log

The Lindy effect aka " Lindy's law " is the theory that the momentary future life expectancy of an idea or technology (object...

Apologies for abusing the famous Holocaust poem  in the title, I noticed today that the genAI bubble is making enormous progress at replaci...

I almost always enjoy Gladwell's stories and books.  This one is fantastic and highly recommended. 5/5 Stars.

I read Eric's articles and weekly column in Ars Technica . So I had low expectations that much new material would be in his book.  I was...

My first published academic paper in 1987 explained an elegant experiment I ran using SAT test questions that measure retention to discove...

I am very grateful to live in a time when we have exceeded the wildest imaginative concepts of science fiction to catch the biggest rocket ...

I loved this sequel to the 2005 obook.  Kurzweil has fun, zany ideas that are very entertaining and sometimes compelling. 5/5 Stars.

David has finally put his money where his mouth is. Well, actually, he put his time and effort where his writer's pen is.  The TASAT  (t...

Remember my rant about how 1950's technology is the cat's pajamas and still unsurpassed? We are finally starting serious steps to ...

Fun romp through emerging revolutionary technologies by the Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal cartoonist and lawyer wife pair. Lots of funny...

This book is well-researched and comprehensive. My personal experience with International Law is that there basically are no rules. Nation S...

Professor Loeb is a great astronomer, scientist, and organizer.  He has some interesting philosophical ideas and fun speculations about soci...

Jemand schlug mir vor, „Wie Krankheiten Geschichte machen" zu lesen. Als ich nach diesem Titel suchte, fand ich in der Bibliothek diese...

I think Brian Keating's Losing the Nobel Prize is slightly better. But this Jennifer Doudna story is pretty good.  I finished reading t...

According to this interesting pilot and proposal , the drought-stricken state could save 63 billion gallons of water from evaporation by ad...

I saw Dr. Keating's Lex interview and decided to get the book.  The book is gripping and fantastic.  Dr. Keating is a great "popul...

Great book. Dense, hard-hitting, actionable. 5/5 Stars.

This book is the best non-fiction  book I have read in 2022 (so far). The suggestions and concepts to repair the economics, expectations, in...

This stuff never gets old. But this part continues to be amazing

I think this book was on Bill Gates' annual "best books I read list" of 2021.  The author is proposing a much-different and en...