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samueldelany: “The really subversive thing about sci-fi is making you ask the questions about what you consider to be human, what you think is worthy of respect or love or the right to life,” Dorney says. “Delany’s early novels are written before Stonewall, before the gay rights movement had articulated itself…
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Instead of training people to become marketers or to write the next useless phone app, we’re going to support people who want to see through the media, and use it to wage attacks on the status quo, this is media studies for Occupiers. -Douglas Rushkoff on his new master’s program in Media Studies at CUNY-Queens…
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ibmconsulting: New water-based organic battery is cheap, rechargeable and eco-friendly David Szondy, gizmag.com Lithium-ion batteries have made portable, rechargeable electronics commonplace. Unfortunately, they do have some glaring drawbacks, including heat issues, being made with rare, toxic elements, and the fact the technology doesn’t scale up very well…
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Director Alex Rivera’s ‘Sleep Dealer’ Rises Again
Director Alex Rivera’s ‘Sleep Dealer’ Rises Again jonnyskov: Director Alex Rivera’s Dystopian Sci-Fi Film ‘Sleep Dealer’ Gets A Digital Re-Release Via Sundance Institute Artist Services. Director Alex Rivera ‘s dystopian A friend of mine and I saw this recently. The basic premise is a future where migrant workers stay in Mexico and do work in…
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The specific purpose of this post–perhaps I should have begun with the thesis–is to say something about both games and schools. In addition, I’d like to express a general message about the way we transmit values to the next generation. Are we doing it with intention? Do we take the time to think about the…
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futurescope: Beyond Blood – Emotional attachment and inheritance by algorithm ‘Beyond Blood’ imagines a legal system where algorithms take over the inheritance process during intestacy situations where the deceased has not left a will and the state has to distribute the estates. In his book Shaping Things, science fiction writer Bruce Sterling predicts that in…