Winter Issue: Best of Dialogue & Discourse
We would like to thank our contributors and readers for an incredible year. Our expanding presence on Medium has enabled us to pursue larger projects, perform greater collaborations, and publish more material while still maintaining our respected level of quality. We are very proud of the work that our contributors have done and appreciative of our readers for continuing their support for our cause.
We look to 2020 with glowing optimism. We wish everyone a wonderful holiday season and all the best for the new year.
Below is a selection of our most influential articles from this season, hand-picked by our editorial team for your enjoyment and benefit.
The Sword That Shapes the Hand: Data Liberty as a Human Right
By Taylor W. Green
“The sword that shapes the hand is Big Data. It does not care what you use it for, but it does incentivize the further collection of more data to sharpen itself. This is not a partisan issue. It is one that has already had profound global implications.”
Quantum Supremacy: the Wright Stuff
By Kevin D. Kissel
“[…] the breakthrough by Google’s AI Quantum team in building the first quantum processing system capable of clearly demonstrating an advantage over “classical” supercomputers on a particular class of difficult computational problems.”
Hillary Clinton: the Most Destructive Democrat in Modern American History.
By Lauren Martinchek
“Hillary Clinton will bring down the party, and hand Trump another four years before she sees the left come to victory under the leadership of a man like Bernie Sanders.”
Getting Past Locke: On Property, Use, and the Assumption of Common Ownership
By Sean Norton
“If property rights are to continue being able to deliver utility to future societies, then we must reject the Lockean notion that labor is able to turn common property into private property forever.”
Robert Bussard on Fusion Drives, NERVA & the Bussard Ramjet
By Tim Ventura
“We’re joined by Dr. Robert Bussard, former assistant director at the Atomic Energy Commission to discuss his work on fusion drives, nuclear rockets, the NERVA project, and of course, the Bussard Ramjet — a deep-space fusion drive he envisioned for interstellar travel.”
If We’re Having An Economic Boom, Then Why Doesn’t It Feel Like It?
By Lauren Reiff
“[…] a rift has opened up between the proclamations being announced on the national stage that cheerily suggest we are in excellent times and the cloudier, murkier reality of Main Street.”
Why Boris Johnson Won the Election
By Daryl Bruce
“It seemed that the opportunity was ripe for Labour to seize on the Tories’ open warfare and attempt to turn electoral fortune in their favour. Yet, just two and a half years later, the British electorate delivered the largest Conservative mandate in over thirty years, decimating Labour to its worst show in nearly a century.”
Louis Pasteur: An Accidental Hero
By Wilson da Silva
“A gifted artist, Pasteur had wanted to teach painting; instead, he proved microbes cause disease and showed the world how to stop them. His work led to the salvation of millions.”
