Worth a read; there’s another side to it than the obvious Orwellian one, though you may still end up feeling (as I do) that the Orwellian risks outweigh any benefits, and the benefits should be sought through different means.
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Blacklisted in China—Misbehaving Scientists Poised for “Social” Punishment
Interesting.
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Hacking #agriculture could make more food for everyone.
We think of hacking as bending technology to our will. But some systems are biological, and we’re also starting to see more hacking in that area. This should excite science fiction fans used to with reading about cultures that work with biological tech,…
http://hackaday.com/2019/01/05/green-hacking-overclocking-photosynthesis/
Cyberpunk is here, chummers.
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They mostly look like regular glasses, but the lenses include a smart heads-up display powered by Vuzix’s custom software and Amazon Alexa.
Relatable.
Originally shared by Writers Write
When you take the advice to keep pen and paper next to your bed…
“I’m sorry to have organized such a… conventional convention,” Tom Swift said contritely.
A heartening case of scientists not being so excited that they can do something that they fail to stop and think about whether they should. The technique remains controversial, though.
Originally shared by Singularity Hub
Gene Drives Survived a Proposed UN Ban in 2018—What’s Next?
An alternative to the “technological unemployment” narrative you usually read.
I still think an automation tax to fund universal basic income is an idea worth exploring.
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AI Will Create Millions More Jobs Than It Will Destroy. Here’s How
Fresh on my review blog, my fifth annual list of the best books I read in the previous year. Not as many really great books as last year, but certainly some gems, including a few unexpected ones.
Via a private share. The excellent book Broad Band touches on this era of computer gaming in its examination of the contribution of women to the computer industry in general.
This guy is trying too hard to sound like his boss (“let’s dive into this exponential technology”), but it’s a good summary of the state of the play on a technology that’s often been portrayed in SF since an Asimov story in 1941.
Short version is that it’s currently prohibitively expensive to send up the large satellites that would be required, so we need the capacity to build them out of materials that are already in space.
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Why the Future of Solar Power Is from Space