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Category Archives: The Future
The Mister Burns Problem
Okay. This is another strange essay brought on by, in equal measures, pop-tarts, the death of Jerry Falwell, reading odd websites and doing laundry in the small hours of the morning. As stated elsewhere on this site, I believe that … Continue reading
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Utopia?
I believe some pretty sketchy things: I believe that the premise of strong AI is sound. I believe that artificial life is already here. I believe the premise of molecular nanotechnology is sound. I believe the premise of cryonics. I … Continue reading
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Education Stinks
Why is it that education seems so resistent to technological improvement?
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Yes, more stuff about accessibility
By way of Amor Mundi, I found a link to this really interesting site called, the Open Prothesthics Project. This is nifty to me on several levels. It ties into accessibility and assistive technology. It ties into open source engineering. … Continue reading
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The Emergence of Sapience from the Internet
A week ago I read a short story by Tad Williams about the spontaneous emergence of sapience from the Internet. It wasn’t really that good. Arthur Clarke did it many decades earlier and did it much better. Anyway, uninformed amateur … Continue reading
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We'll muddle through
After swapping out the power supply and CPU fan with higher quality models, one of my desktops is finally quiet enough to contribute to the SETI at Home. This project is a small way I can contribute to science without … Continue reading
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Bill and Ray call for security by obscurity
About a week or so ago Ray Kurzweil and Bill Joy condemned the publication of the genome of the virus responsible for the flu epidemic of 1918. Kurzweil in particular called for the genome to be censored. I’m not an … Continue reading
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Thinking about labor and education
Well it’s more than a month since I’ve said anything. Mostly this was writer’s block and other preoccupations. But to resume: It’s common now for labor to outsourced from countries with high living standards and strong regulation to countries with … Continue reading
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The Bet
And before you get the idea that it’s all glowing wonders and rose-tinted glasses here at the mighty, mighty Farlops Industries, let me say few words about an essay I read over at Worldchanging the other day. This planet is … Continue reading
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Fashion modeling and athletics are doomed
We pay some people very good money because their bodies have certain talents in running around in a field chasing a ball or jumping through hoops or some such nonsense. We pay others very good money simply because certain aspects … Continue reading
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