Paradigm Shift
Somehow, the practice of astronomy, physics, chemistry or biology normally fails to evoke the controversies over fundamentals that today seem endemic among, say, psychologists or sociologists....
View ArticleNews in the 1970s looks dated
BBC news on Utd's removal from Europe in 1977. Includes Angela Rippon and so much other joy as to be unlistable. youtube.com/watch?v=Q1Kjaq…— Daniel Harris (@DanielHarris) October 29, 2012 Genius....
View ArticleHelp for Heroes are political – don’t pretend otherwise
In what is becoming a depressing series of “charity is political, and if you pretend otherwise you’re living under a rock“, The Sun is using Help for Heroes wristbands to attack the leader of the...
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1985 – WrestleMania
31 March 1985 – New York City This was the moment that the modern version of professional wrestling – cartoon characters, big venues, loud music, pyrotechnics and Spandex went global. Or, at least,...
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1987 – Star Trek: The Next Generation
29 May 1987 – Los Angeles I grew up with Star Trek. Between 1987 and 2005, a new series1 of the franchise aired on US television, and so I watched quite a bit of it during my primary and secondary...
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1992 – The Premier League
15 August 1992 – London, Ipswich, Liverpool, Southampton, Coventry, Leeds and Sheffield The sport of Association Football was invented in 1992 when the Premier League first kicked off at 3pm, 15 August...
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1994 – The Rwandan Genocide
6 April 1994 – Kigali When a aeroplane carrying the President was shot down over Rwanda’s capital, Kigali, the government responded in brutal fashion. The ruling classes, dominated by an ethnic group...
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2000 – The Millennium Bug
1 January 1900 – Earth Technology can become obselete. That in itself doesn’t seem to be too contentious a statement. Just ask coopers, smiths and thatchers about how business has been going lately....
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2004 – The Facebook
4 February 2004 – Cambridge, MA Social media is… no… social media are everywhere. But one true platform rules them all. At least in the West. Facebook’s reach is rather remarkable compared to other...
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