Happy 2020!! Hopes for the Coming Decade
A new decade is upon us. What my hopes are for the 2020s. Continue Reading
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The Future World: 2054 or Even Sooner…
George Orwell’s 1984 was published in 1949 – 70 years ago. And in 1983, Isaac Asimov wrote a piece for the Toronto Star, predicting what the world would be like in 2019. While he got some of it right (computerization,… Continue Reading
Cable Girls and the 1920s as a ‘Turning Point’ for Women
I just finished watching part one of Netflix’s first season of Cable Girls, a Spanish series (and apparently Spain’s first Netflix-exclusive) about women working as operators in 1920s Madrid. Probably the best way to describe the series is a Spanish… Continue Reading