New World Reader

The New World Reader An Electronic Idealetter Statement of Purpose- NWR is an electronic publication for those people who think about the issues and ideas of science, philosophy, history, and religion. The special focus of NWR is the future of science and society. Our feature articles will deal with issues pertaining to how science and technology is shaping any aspect of human life. Moral and ethical problems associated with the advance of the human understanding of nature are of particular interest. NWR constantly asks the question: "Where is the human race going?" Our outlook is positive; we have an abiding hope that the next century w...

The New World Reader An Electronic Magazine of Future, Fiction, and the Human Condition June 1995 Vol. 1 * No. 7 This month's quote: "I hate television. I hate it as much as peanuts. But I can't stop eating peanuts." -- Orson Welles Contents- From the Editor: The Open Connection and Open Democracy Communications: More Reasons to Colonize Space--the debate continues Feature Article: The Vast and Violent Wasteland by Jack Lang Diagnostic Commentary: The Novel Experience by Thomas Newland Books: Danford Hall reviews "Four Arguments for the Elimination of Television" ___________ From the Editor: THE OPEN CONNECTION In last month's editorial,...

The New World Reader An Electronic Magazine of Future, Fiction, and the Human Condition May 1995 Vol. 1 * No. 6 This month's quote: "Mellontolatry, or the worship of the future, is a fuddled religion." --C. S. Lewis Contents- From the Editor: On the Possibility of World Government Communications Feature Article: "The Final Frontier" by Randal Duff Political Futures: Government by Pledge ___________ From the Editor: Are we ready for World Government? It is difficult to go very long without hearing something about the "global community." Those of us on the Internet can experience the global community just by frequenting the newsgroup of ou...

The New World Reader An Electronic Magazine of Future, Fiction, and the Human Condition April 1995 Vol. 1 * No. 5 Contents- From the Editor: The Critique of Science Communications: Feature Article: The Deification of Humanity Short Fiction: Diagnostic Commentary: 1995 Walker Percy Symposium Scientific Currents: Books: Science as Salvation by Mary Midgley ___________ From the Editor: The Critique of Science Paul R. Gross, University Professor of Life Sciences and Director of the Center for Advanced Studies at the University of Virginia, pointed out the two main problems that face science in his article in the February 1995 APS News entitl...

The New World Reader An Electronic Magazine of Future, Fiction, and the Human Condition March 1995 Vol. 1 * No. 4 Contents- From the Editor: A New Liaison for NWR Communications: Reader Robbed Feature Article: ÒThe Immutable World of ReligionÓ by Danford Austin Hall Scientific Currents: EinsteinÕs General Theory, The Top Quark Have you noticed..? Books: ___________ From the Editor: NWR Welcomes The Diagnostic Society The staff here at NWR is proud to announce a merger with The Diagnostic Society. This will mean the addition two new sections to the monthly line-up: Short Story and Diagnostic Commentary. These sections will be added whenev...

The New World Reader An Electronic Idealetter February 1995 Vol. 1 * No. 3 Contents- From the Editor: The Future of Fusion Power Communications ÒPublic Support of ScienceÓ by Jack Lang Scientific Currents: Biosphere 2, Comets and Chaos Books ___________ From the Editor: The Future of Fusion Power First, the News. Back issues of NWR are available via FTP from ftp.etext.org in the /pub/Zines/NewWorldReader directory. Check out our README there if you have any questions about this e-publication. The file also contains info about guidelines for submissions. In a few months we will begin maintaining a current index of NWR that wil...

The New World Reader An Electronic Idealetter January, 1995 Vol. 1 * No. 2 Contents- >From the Editor: The Future of Scientific Discovery Communications: Send us your comments. Feature Article: Top Quarks, Discovery or Invention Scientific Currents: The Large Hadron Collider Books: Tipler's The Physics of Immortality ___________ >From the Editor: The Future of Scientific Discovery Welcome to the second offering of NWR. The staff has collected a few interesting morsels for the hungry eyes of the starving Internet reader. The subject of this issue takes aim at the nature of scientific discovery. Are the objects of scientific inquiry real o...

The New World Reader An Electronic Idealetter November 1994 Vol. 1 * No. 1 Contents- What is The NWR? >From the Editor: The End of the World Communications Extreme Reductionism: Theories of Everything Looking Back Scientific Currents Books ___________ What is NWR? The idea for The New World Reader (NWR) was conceived exactly two years ago in November 1992 just after the presidential elections. I saw a need for a publication which considered not the current political issues, but current political ideas and how these ideas affect our lives. The theme of "change" in the last election caught my imagination and I began to think about what thi...