Wes O'Donnell·Apr 22Ukraine Sent 10 Troops to a NATO Exercise and Wiped Out Two BattalionsNATO used paper maps while Ukraine used the Delta appA response icon25A response icon25
Erik Engheim·Apr 21, 2023How Modern AI Arose AccidentallyChatGPT and AI art are emergent phenomenaA response icon5A response icon5
Erik Engheim·Jan 4, 2023From The Spinning Jenny to ChatGPTPutting the rise of modern AI into a historical perspectiveA response icon10A response icon10
Erik Engheim·Jan 2, 2023Growing the World Population Will Not Lead to More InnovationElon Musk argues that we need higher population to innovate more. Here is why he is mistaken.A response icon3A response icon3
Erik Engheim·Dec 6, 2022Do Civilizations Prosper and Evolve Due to Ideas or Material Conditions?Is the engine of prosperity brilliant minds or resources and geography?A response icon11A response icon11
Erik Engheim·Nov 12, 2022Twitter is not the same as SpaceX or TeslaWhy Elon Musk cannot work his magic with TwitterA response icon13A response icon13
Erik Engheim·Sep 7, 2022Why Was Western Printing Superior to Asian Printing?Movable type was not invented by Gutenberg but in China and later advanced in Korea, so why didn’t Asia have a printing revolution?A response icon3A response icon3
InLessons from HistorybyErik Engheim·Sep 1, 2022Why Invent a Mechanical Clock?What benefits did medieval Europe derive from inventing the mechanical clock?A response icon1A response icon1
InLessons from HistorybyErik Engheim·Aug 29, 2022The European Mill RevolutionBefore the Industrial Revolution, there were windmills and waterwheels
InLessons from HistorybyErik Engheim·Aug 29, 2022The Missing Chinese Machine RevolutionBefore the Industrial Revolution, there had been a significant increase in machinery use in Europe. Why not in China?A response icon1A response icon1
Erik Engheim·Sep 3, 2022How Did Printing Work in the Time of Gutenberg?An explanation of printing jargon such as punch, matrix, and typeA response icon1A response icon1
Erik Engheim·Sep 2, 2022The Missing Chinese Mechanical ClocksThe implications of European technological lead in the making of mechanical clocks in the Early Modern periodA response icon3A response icon3
Erik Engheim·Aug 20, 2022Did the Teacup Hinder Chinese Scientific Progress?Why China never pursued the development of glassA response icon5A response icon5
Erik Engheim·Aug 20, 2022The Art of Melting SandA look at the chemistry of glassmakingA response icon3A response icon3
Erik Engheim·Aug 20, 2022Glass, The Substance of ScienceWhat makes glass so important to science?A response icon1A response icon1
Erik Engheim·Aug 4, 2022Why Did Europe and Not China Dominate Gunpowder Warfare?China invented gunpowder and made the first cannons, so why did the world not get conquered by the Chinese?A response icon4A response icon4
InLessons from HistorybyErik Engheim·Aug 3, 2022When Military Might Relied on UrineA look at the chemistry behind the historical production of saltpeter from urine
Erik Engheim·Aug 2, 2022Gunpowder is a way of burning charcoal fastA look at what makes gunpowder go boom!A response icon4A response icon4
InITNEXTbyErik Engheim·Jul 12, 2022Unix Shells and TerminalsIs a Unix shell and a Unix terminal the same thing?A response icon4A response icon4
