Happy Thanksgiving everyone. It was about this time last year that we launched Blog Wyrm as simple experiment. We thought we would try to bring well-written, thought-provoking articles on a variety of subjects on a weekly basis. We expected it to be hard and, frankly, we were unsure how long we would be able to last. There were, of course, ups and downs. But in the 52 weeks that have passed, we’ve managed to publish 45 issues of content. That’s a record that we are proud of and we’re thankful for those who have kindly read our articles, for the technological and political freedoms that make self-publishing possible, and for the well-spring of ideas that we can draw on.
Taking center stage is this week’s offering in Common Cents. It shouldn’t be hard at this time of the year to talk economics – after all the success of the Pilgrims after a shaky start is due to free market forces and self-reliance. Unfortunately, the lesson of their near failure and ultimate success, which led to the first Thanksgiving, falls on far too many deaf ears.
One of those long-standing ‘chicken and the egg’ questions is how much does language influence thought and how much does thought influence language. Aristotle to Digital takes a look at this question from a new angle: how much does auto-completion effect how we search and what can that say about the aforementioned age-old question?
About Comics salutes the architects of the Marvel Cinematic Universe who seem to have turned a serious business shortcoming into a new opportunity for growth. What does all that mean? Hint: my Inhuman can beat up you Mutant..
Finally, Under the Hood begins a several part exploration of the similarities between classical vector analysis, a la Gibbs and Heaviside, and how it matches up with the newer language of differential forms.
Enjoy!