After the American Century

Technology, politics and culture

April 30, 2009

Why No Quarantine for Travelers from Countries with Swin Flu Outbreaks?

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After the American Century This semester I have been teaching a course on disasters and culture. Eerily, each time we took up a new kind of...
April 17, 2009

Real Test of Obama Begins Now

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After the American Century President Obama has now been in office for three months or so, and his first hundred days will be over soon. Whil...
April 01, 2009

Is the Mortgage Crisis Being Solved?

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After the American Century According to the Financial Times, in the United States more than one out of every nine homeowners (11.9%) is in...
March 29, 2009

Danish Awareness of "Earth Hour" Dim

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After the American Century Across the world, in 88 countries, cities turned out their lights last night for one hour, starting at 20:30 loca...
March 28, 2009

Why You Should Turn Off the Lights Tonight

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After the American Century Turn off the lights for one hour, tonight. Why? (1) Because this is a way for people all over the world to demons...
March 21, 2009

The Bureaucratic Dream of Quantifying Research Results

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After the American Century I can see the attraction for bureaucrats and politicians of giving a numerical score to every book and articl...
March 07, 2009

General Electric Models the Past and Future

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After the American Century Back in 1980s I was something of an expert on the history of General Electric, having written a book about it. Si...

Shootings Plague Normally Placid Copenhagen

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After the American Century In Denmark one almost never gets a message from the American Embassy warning that a certain part of the country i...
March 02, 2009

Weird Home Computer Tax in Danish "Reform"

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After the American Century With the world's highest taxes, Denmark periodically goes through the ritual of pretending to lower and simpl...
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David E. Nye
Odense, Denmark
Author or editor of more than 25 books, including 12 with The MIT Press, and more than 225 publications in all. Honors include the Leonardo da Vinci Medal in 2005. Senior Research Fellow at the University of Minnesota. By-Fellow of Churchill College, Cambridge University. Professor Emeritus SDU, Denmark. Knighted by the Queen of Denmark in 2014. A bibliography and index to publications is available for free download at https://conservancy.umn.edu/handle/11299/219592
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