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Ingenuity Engines

August 6, 2020 by Simon Robinson 3 Comments

We were living in Houston when John H. Lienhard started broadcasting a novel radio series from the University of Houston. The Engines of Our Ingenuity is still a weekday National Public Radio program having been first aired locally on KUHF-FM Houston back in 1988. I used to listen to it as often as I could while commuting and I’ve often tuned to it when I’ve been back in Houston.

The format is simple. Each episode is a three minute story to illustrate how human creativity impacts culture. Today, there are over 3200 episodes on the website free to hear and/or read.

  • Sunflower, bee and a fish © Simon Robinson 2020
  • Peacock at buddleia feeding station © Simon Robinson 2020
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Filed Under: Fake Memoir Tagged With: animation, booklink, houston, innovation, john h lienhard, ken torrance, matt ridley, npr, patents, photos, radio

Truth Changes

May 22, 2020 by Simon Robinson Leave a Comment

When George Bernard Shaw wrote that ‘all great truths begin as blasphemies’ (Annajanska), he wasn’t concerned with innovations. Yet there may be a parallel that enables hindsight to adopt this phrase to another purpose.

Waiting for Shaw.
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Filed Under: Anchoritism Tagged With: felix hoffmann, gb shaw, heinrich dreser, innovation, max planck, national trust, nobel prize

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