After the American Century

Technology, politics and culture

June 29, 2014

Government web pages

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After the American Century I often have the same experience with web sites set up by governments and monopolistic organizations suppor...
March 18, 2014

Is the Internet Shortening attention spans and undermining long term cultural memory??

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After the American Century I have been silent for longer than at any other time since this blog began in 2007. I might blame this on a...

On Becoming A Knight

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I was knighted in Copenhagen on Monday, 27 January. Such ceremonies are private, with no reporters or photographers allowed. Even family ...
January 02, 2014

The Longterm Perils of Fracking

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After the American Century Fracking is much in the news. This new way of extracting oil and natural gas is controversial because, while ...
December 21, 2013

NSA Violations Undermine the US Abroad: Is this Obama's Legacy?

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After the American Century This is the 400th blog entry for After the American Century . More revelations about the NSA's sn...
December 05, 2013

Education: Pisa Test Results, 2012

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After the American Century    Pisa rankings have been developed, based on extensive testing in 65 countries.   Students at age 15 ...
November 25, 2013

The Bay Song Book (1640) Auctioned for a record-breaking $14.2 million

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After the American Century   On 26 November Sotheby's auctioned off a copy of The Bay Psalm Book , which was the first book publishe...
November 09, 2013

Technology: The Machine in the Garden, 50th Anniversary

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  After the American Century Remarks made at MIT celebrating the fiftieth anniversary  of the publication of Leo Marx’s The Machine...
November 02, 2013

Education: Danish Universities Need to Learn from the International Competition

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After the American Century The Danish Ministry of Research, which funds university education, is determined to "reform." To ...
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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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