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Civil oil wars, black-and-white televisions make for monochrome dreams, the wonders of blood...

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• The Wonders of Blood
  Like Mcluhan’s argument that it wasn’t a fish who discovered water, a human parallel would have to be the stuff of life we all take for granted: our blood.
• Will There Be Blood?
    Almost as ubiquitous as blood but far more likely to start a war is oil, and dismal scientists are now wondering whether the current price shocks will lead to civil conflicts.
• Is physics better than biology?
  The class wars of academia begin again, but this time with evidence to back up their claims.
• Solar and Wind Energy in a World of $70-a-Barrel Oil: RIP?
  The green future that we had all been hoping for is being staved off by the saw tooth style price fluctuations of the oil economy. For a more positive outlook read Lester Brown’s, of the Earth Policy Institute, reflection about the state of alternative energy.
• Black and white TV generation have monochrome dreams
  Just as our memories come to us as snapshots from a camera, it now seems that our dreams are technologically determined as well.

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Originally published October 21, 2008