Lawrence Winkler is a physician, traveler, and natural philosopher. His molecules have morphed from medicine to manuscript. He lives with Robyn on Vancouver Island and in New Zealand, tending their gardens and vineyards, and dreams.
Saturday, 25 April 2020
Superintelligent, Amoral, and Out of Control
AI is no longer playing games. Are we prepared? Also coming in the final book of the series I’m writing now, The Last Casebook of Doctor Sababa.
Intellectual Alchemists
European intellectuals are urbane, spontaneous, digressive; their American counterparts, more professional and professorial. The stereotypes are outdated, yet revealing.
Friday, 24 April 2020
Thursday, 23 April 2020
Indian Removal
One of the world’s first mass deportations, bureaucratically managed and large-scale, took place on American soil.
Feynman: Making the Extraordinary Look Easy
The physicist’s profound scientific insights, gift for public education and sometimes poisonous attitudes.
China’s Hidden Crackdown in Tibet
The Chinese state has used the coronavirus pandemic to deepen its advance into the private and devotional lives of Tibetans.
Wednesday, 22 April 2020
Monday, 20 April 2020
Sunday, 19 April 2020
Canada's Coronavirus Response Wasn't Good Enough
The government clearly failed to respond as effectively as South Korea, with dire consequences. The recovery now will be long and difficult.
A Sobering Astronomical Reminder from COVID-19
We should be grateful for the conditions that allow us to exist at all, for they won’t last forever.
Carnival Executives Knew They Had a Virus Problem, But Kept the Party Going
More than 1,500 people on the company’s cruise ships have been diagnosed with Covid-19, and dozens have died.
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