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Presentation: "Where Good Technologies Come From"

December 20, 2010 by Jesse Jenkins
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Presentation: "Where Good Technologies Come From" [.pptx] This presentation was delivered by Jesse Jenkins (Director of Energy and Climate Policy, Breakthrough Institute) and Daniel Sarewitz (Director, Center for Science, Policy, and Outcomes, ASU; Breakthrough Institute Senior Fellow) at the Energy Innovation 2010 Conference, December... [read more]

Daniel Sarewitz is Wrong

March 11, 2010 by Michael Tobis
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In an oh-so-reasonable-sounding article on Slate, Daniel Sarewitz argues the contrary of the position I have been taking recently. My position is first, that science can no longer depend on the press, or the institutional press office, or pop science media to get important messages out. That much has become blazingly obvious. Second,... [read more]

FIRE!!!

March 13, 2009 by Lou Grinzo
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Everyone’s favorite cliche for someone causing harm by being unduly alarmist is, of course, yelling “Fire!” in a crowded theater. This piece of pedestrian imagery kept running through my head as I read a couple of items floating through the infosphere today.The first is a posting by Andy Revkin on the NY Times’ Dot Earth blog,... [read more]