Polluting the universe

Article Abstract:

It is unreasonable to think that outer space will be polluted by moving industrial activities from the Earth into space. The solar system is 16.5 million times bigger than the Earth-Moon biosphere. Since it took 150,000 years to pollute the Earth, to pollute the solar system would take many years.

Forecasts and trends, Column, Pollution, Solar system, Space pollution

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Seldon's psychohistory

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History as a science may undergo great changes in the future. Most current historians know little of the social, economic and biological reasons behind many of the historical events they study. Historians of the future may therefore have to undergo training in these and other disciplines.

Methods, Analysis, Innovations, Historical methods, Event history analysis, Historical models

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Been there, done that, but should we do it again?

Article Abstract:

There is much debate on whether governments should regulate new technologies and the businesses they spawn. A historical overview of the railroad, automobile, telephone, broadcasting and computer industries and the effects of government intervention on them are discussed.

Laws, regulations and rules, Technological innovations, Technology and civilization, Technology and society, Industry regulations, Government regulation of business, Trade regulation

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