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Star Trek

What we can still learn from “Star Trek”: a saga of harmony in diversity

December 15, 2020March 16, 2015 by Ugo Bardi

A low budget TV series that influenced a whole generation. Cardboard models of spaceships, few and simple special effects, a small number of actors always engaged in the same mock-up of the command bridge of a starship. And, yet …

Categories Society Tags #carfree, Diversity, Society, Star Trek Leave a comment

Our shadow, the Borg, and the ruthlessness of efficiency

December 15, 2020May 18, 2014 by Kurt Cobb

A fictional race of near automatons called The Borg appearing in the Star Trek series of television shows and movies have more in common with us modern humans than we’d like to admit.

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Earth Trek: The Journey Home

December 15, 2020May 22, 2013 by Aaron Lehmer-Chang

Lurking behind the cover story of terrorism and modern unease is an even more troubling development: the endgame of fossil-fueled civilization, and hence, the end of space travel.

Categories Energy Tags industrial civilization, peak oil, science fiction movies, space travel, Star Trek Leave a comment

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