A Business Model for Digital Creators? 1

The digital world demands a new business model.  Information is meant to be free to all.  Knowledge, which is what changes us and expands our universe, should not be a commodity.  But then how will the creative community live?

FuturICT's Crisis Observatory 5b: A New Deal On Privacy

The dangers and blessings of a connected world?  A "New Deal" on privacy is needed.

FuturICT's Crisis Observatory 5a: Data Mining, Reality Mining & Privacy

Have we inadvertently built a global time bomb, as our ad hoc global patchwork of devices make autonomous decisions based on their subjective interpretation of their surrounding world?

FuturICT's Crisis Observatory 4: Global Flight Simulator

We continue with FuturICT's proposal for a paradigm shifting initiative to bring the world together.

FuturICT's Crisis Observatory 3: Artificial Global Nervous System

How is top-down control the enemy of predictive systems?

Understanding Cancer Metastasis: Unmasking A Killer

We continue with understanding how metastasis occurs in its transformations in the body.

FuturICT's Crisis Observatory: A Computer Model Of The Entire World 2

We continue with FuturICT's Living Earth Simulator.

Understanding Cancer Metastasis 2

This is a continuation of an explanation of cancer metastasis.

Understanding Cancer Metastasis 1

A cancer cell is a pale cast of  thought, pregnant with desire,  packed with motive and reasoning  more murderous then all ill-intent!

FuturICT's Crisis Observatory: A Computer Model Of The Entire World 1

A knowledge accelerator turning massiva data into knowledge and technological progress called the Living Earth Platform?  This is the plan of FutureICT's Dirk Helbing.

Culturomics: Time Wave Zero, Web bot & Predictions 3b

How does Web bot stand up against the now more well known and government funded Culturomics?

Culturomics: Time Wave Zero, Web Bot & Predictions 3a

Terrence McKenna's Time Wave Zero, and the Web bot - were they precursors to Culturomics?

Culturomics: Computers that Predict The Future? 3

Libyan revolution predicted?  Bin Laden's location within 200 kilometers known?

Culturomics: Computers That Predict The Future? 2

Culturomics 2.0 - the new way to analyze the world.

Culturomics: Computers That Predict The Future? 1

Are there computer models that predict the turn of world events?  Can they predict the actions of large numbers of people? What are geocoding, tone mining, and network analysis?

Rachel Armstrong, Architecture & Synthetic Biology 4

Here's the conclusion of Dr. Armstrong's lecture: Hay on Wye Philosophy & Music Festival on Synthetic Biology & Architecture - Making 'Life' in the Laboratory.

Rachel Armstrong, Architecture & Synthetic Biology 3

We continue with the transcribed lecture delivered in June of 2011 By Rachel Armstrong in the Hay on Wye Philosophy & Music Festival on Synthetic Biology & Architecture - Making 'Life' in the Laboratory.

Rachel Armstrong, Architecture & Synthetic Biology 2

We continue with Dr. Armstrong's lecture on her unique view of the merging of urban architecture and synthetic biology.

Rachel Armstrong, Architecture & Synthetic Biology 1

What kind of relationship should we have with life?  Is it there for us to use like lego blocks to rearrange and design and own at will?  Is there another possible approach?

The False Illusion Of Safety: The Need For New Architecture 3

Should buildings become self-sufficient in regards to power and other areas?

The False Illusion Of Safety: The Need For New Architecture 2

Some proposals for a new kind of architecture that will live in harmony with nature and save cities from being overcome by it.

Internet & Books Share Same Critics 3

The pencil was attacked as a device that would ruin the writing of students when it was first introduced.  Just how important is the "smell" of books?

Internet & Books Share Same Critics 2

We continue with the common criticisms leveled at the Internet's proliferation in our society, life and schools.