Tag Archives: tech
To quote John McMurty
“It may be thought that we have left out a basic field of analysis – the critique of technology as a prime mover of the globe’s palpable degenerations of live diversity and the life-ground…. [however], the money-sequence program behind the …
faster thinking affecting time perception?
One of the many unique and bewildering promises held by nanotechnology is the ability to ‘upgrade’ our brains. IE; make them faster, increase memory capacity. Since I first heard this notion, it’s gripped my imagination, it sounds so… sci-fi, yet …
paranoiac?
the impossibility of non-transparency on the internet?
People get very riled up about privacy issues online, and I always have to wonder, who are you hiding from? You, when you said your Facebook profile to ‘private’, what information are you protecting? And who are you protecting it …
oh the irony…
(twitter censorship?) That snapshot taken an hour after I posted this tweet: Strangely does not include any tweets that didn’t occur between 4 and 5 hours ago (except mine, in tiny writing, which only appears because it’s MY tweet, not …
so what happens if i don’t live forever? (also how i became an athiest [extremely abridged])
When I was in 7th grade my religion teacher told the class that it was ok to be gay, but that having gay sex was a sin. Tell any 12 year old kid he can’t have sex (well, the kind …
things are only impossible until they aren’t (TechnoCalyps)
I think history has shown that pretty clearly. I watched this documentary a little while back and I was pulling some clips so i thought i’d post it. If you don’t want to watch all three hours then you can …
First Person Experience of Body Transfer in Virtual Reality
This is very low tech, but actual full immersion virtual reality is more and more becoming a reality. It’s really interesting how easily these guys were made to identify with their virtual female bodies. I truly believe that right now, …
Lawrence Lessig: Re-examining the remix
This isn’t just about remixes, this isn’t just about copyrights, it’s about freedom to create and share ideas. This talk hits right to the heart of the issue… money, again, but more importantly it explores why this openness is important …
man is world’s first to leave hospital with artificial heart
“Arizona man Charles Okeke spent the last two years of his life connected to a 400-pound machine that functioned as his heart. Now, he’s able to shed that bulk thanks to the new “Freedom Driver,” a backpack-powered, totally artificial heart …
