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The Brain is Not Computable
The Brain is Not Computable emergentfutures: A leading neuroscientist says Kurzweil’s Singularity isn’t going to happen. Instead, humans will assimilate machines. Brain? Or Mind?
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futuresagency: Achuar community speaks truth to power in the Amazon | No Straight Lines Gregor MacLennan works for an Amazonwatch an organisation that campaigns for the rights and lives of indigenous tribes living in the Amazon rainforest in Peru. MacLennan explains that huge tracts of the Amazon have been sold to international companies for mineral…
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check out what’s at borderpatrol.us
check out what’s at borderpatrol.us Border Patrol is the online manifestation of a video produced by digital media artist Ben Lerchin. The 12-hour-long video documents a ‘flight’ in Google Earth’s Flight Simulator mode along the border of the USA’s 48 contiguous states, beginning and ending just south of San Diego, CA. The section of the…
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Critical Arts Engineer
@digitalcoleman: It was interesting to watch a recent Golan Levin lecture today and reflect on what it is I do as an artist and as an educator. As a community we are trying to formulate terminology that positions this very technical practice within (or not) a postmodern/critical artmaking scope. At my university, as part of…
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You most likely need a thesaurus, a rudimentary grammar book, and a grip on reality. This latter means: there’s no free lunch. Writing is work. It’s also gambling. You don’t get a pension plan. Other people can help you a bit, but essentially you’re on your own. Nobody is making you do this: you chose…
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future-drama: ‘Libra’ — a 40 minute video about space colonies made by the libertarian group ‘World Research, Inc.’ in 1978, set in 2003. more info (Source: https://www.youtube.com/)
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archives-dada: Kurt Schwitters, Seite aus : „Schwarzes Notizbuch VI“, 1921-1923, Kurt und Ernst Schwitters Stiftung, Leihgabe im Sprengel Museum Hannover © Foto: Herling/Gwose
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The production arm of the publisher of my wife’s forthcoming book has admitted that it cannot predict the future and is opening a speculative decision market with play money issued to the players.
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nicchakim: Tortilla Flat by John Steinbeck
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image (via The Real Tomorrowland: Apple Stores Get Almost as Many Visitors as Disney’s Theme Parks – Alexis C. Madrigal – The Atlantic)