I haven’t watched this yet, but I want to.
Originally shared by Larry Panozzo
40-minute interview yesterday with the greatest man on the planet.
Tunnels, Tesla, SpaceX, and the future.
#ElonMusk #Tesla #SpaceX #Hyperloop #TED
May
01
May
01
The article (and, indeed, the ethicists who are quoted) quite rightly raise the phenomenon of “rights inflation” -…
The article (and, indeed, the ethicists who are quoted) quite rightly raise the phenomenon of “rights inflation” – the current tendency to classify anything that one considers morally desirable as a human right.
I don’t know that their approach is necessarily the best one, but I do commend the fact that they’re starting to think about these issues. As the lead researcher says, in the closing sentence of the piece: “It’s always too early to assess a technology until it’s suddenly too late.”
Originally shared by Singularity Hub
4 New Human Rights for When Our Brains Are Hooked Up to Computers
Apr
30
This is an idea whose time is coming, but it requires that we value citizens over corporations.
This is an idea whose time is coming, but it requires that we value citizens over corporations.
Originally shared by Jane Rakali
May 1st is coming up, a day to share links and promote the idea of Universal Income worldwide. This article describes what it is, how it can be paid for and the benefits.
https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2017/01/why-we-should-all-have-a-basic-income
Apr
30
After some publication delays, my first professional sale, “Taking Pro,” is out in this anthology.
After some publication delays, my first professional sale, “Taking Pro,” is out in this anthology.
What happens when scientists who’ve taken their own pro-sociality treatment encounter a senator who’s only out for his own benefit?
Apr
29
Via Singularity Hub, a story from 27 April that sounds like it should have been published 26 days earlier.
Via Singularity Hub, a story from 27 April that sounds like it should have been published 26 days earlier. I’m profoundly skeptical that this approach is feasible, but if you waved your hands hard enough you could probably sell it in a story.
Apr
28
Linda Teppler might like this one.
Linda Teppler might like this one.
Originally shared by Arduino
FarmBot.io’s open source CNC machine is helping automate small-scale food production.
(via Make:)
Apr
27
The importance of this advance should not be eclipsed by the fact that the article blithely ignores: if you’re…
The importance of this advance should not be eclipsed by the fact that the article blithely ignores: if you’re turning CO2 into fuel in order to then burn it again, you are not, in the long term, reducing atmospheric CO2.
Originally shared by CM Stewart
https://futurism.com/new-breakthrough-work-finally-lets-us-trigger-artificial-photosynthesis/
Apr
27
Incredible.
Originally shared by ExtremeTech
Incredible.
https://www.extremetech.com/extreme/248380-new-prosthetic-arm-powered-bluetooth-brainwaves
Apr
27
Critique is hard to take, sometimes.
Critique is hard to take, sometimes. It’s also hard to give, or at least hard to give well. These are some good basics.
Apr
27
Notably missing from this analysis, because he doesn’t fit into the tropes: Lois McMaster Bujold’s Miles Vorkosigan,…
Notably missing from this analysis, because he doesn’t fit into the tropes: Lois McMaster Bujold’s Miles Vorkosigan, who isn’t cured (his disabilities grow worse through the series), doesn’t become notably resentful, doesn’t become a villain, and isn’t either sexless or, really, a sage.
It would be nice to have more examples – I know there are a few, but when the main go-to example that everyone mentions is a series that started in the 80s, we’re failing to pick up the gauntlet.
Originally shared by Walter Roberson
Mike Reeves-McMillan