Global Future 2045: Kurzweil The Acceleration of Technology in the 21st Century 3

Here is the conclusion of Raymond Kurzweil's lecture on the acceleration of technology at the Global Future 2045 Conference in Moscow.
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Global Future 2045: Kurzweil The Acceleration of Technology in the 21st Century 2

We continue with Raymond Kurzweil's lecture at the Moscow International Conference 2045.
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Global Future 2045: Kurzweil The Acceleration of Technology in the 21st Century 1

Raymond Kurzweil delivers an address to the Moscow International Conference 2045.
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Global Future 2045 International Congress 2/17-20/2012 Part 1

In February 17-20, 2012 in Moscow the Eurasian Center for Big history & System Forecasting, in the Institute of Oriental Studies & the Russian Academy of Sciences will sponsor its first initiative dealing with Cognitive sciences, robotics and modeling of living systems.
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LCD LSD - 5 Cyberdelic Xbox360 Video Games

Visionary psychonaut Terence McKenna once said the technological singularity would be like entering a new dimension of reality, and through the repeated dissolving and reconstitution of one's personality can we prepare for this paradigm shift. He did his psychedelics "preferably alone, in nature." But that was in 1999, and today in 2012 we have HD video games so bizarre, immersive, and visually stimulating they might just send you trippin'
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Why Some Form Of Transhumanism Must Come (UPDATED)...

Transhumanism will come, in some form - and soon.
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Book Review: Living Architecture by Rachel Armstrong

Thoughts on a new book from Rachel Armstrong, on a new and exciting frontier of architecture.
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The Origins of Facebook And Google 3

How are the agencies monitoring you and your statements?
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Does Technology Get In The Way In The Classroom? 2

Are teachers losing their students to technological distractions? (the middle school iPad experience)
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Does Technology Get In The Way In the Classroom 1?

Do technology and education mix well? Or is technology a distraction?  We will post two articles from two educators on this vital subject.  This is part one.

The Origins of Facebook and Google 2: The Cyber Price For National Security

How the government and law enforcement agencies view your online privacy.
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The Origins Of Facebook & Google 1

Is there any connection between Facebook, Google and the National Security Agencies of the United States?
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Reading And Writing Will Go... Wonderful! 3

It is time for us to leave reading and writing where it belongs. . . in the past, and lurch forward into our future.
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Reading and Writing Will Go... Wonderful! 2

Are reading and writing essential to culture?  Can we live without them as we now know them?
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Reading & Writing Will Go . . . Wonderful! 1

Are we headed to a world where reading and writing will fade as unimportant skills?  Some say yes and some say that this is good!
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SOPA & PIPA

This is where we stand.

Vitamin D ~ To Take or Not To Take

Curious as it might seem, it was. He was a short guy, reminded me of Danny Devito ,   about four feet nine, with a balding head and thick grey side burns. You would think from his facial profile that he had just emerged from a movie set. His skin was a whiter shade of pale, powdered for effect and the stubble of the five-o-clock shadow stood out in stark relief. He carried a great set of laryngeal chords though. A certain boom in his voice more than made up for his height and pallor.

Monica Anderson: Syntience, Inc. & Holistic Artificial Intelligence 4

Here is the final installment of our coverage of Monica Anderson's Artificial Intuition (AN).

Monica Anderson: Syntience, Inc. & Holistic Artificial Intelligence 3

We continue our series on Monica Anderson's Syntience proposal for Holistic Artificial Intelligence.

A Christmas Carol For The World

Is the Scrooge story still relevant to our modern society?  What can we as a race learn from it?

Monica Anderson: Syntience, Inc., & Holistic Artificial Intelligence 2

We continue with our coverage of the efforts of Monica Anderson of Syntience to revolutionize artificial intelligence.

Monica Anderson: Syntience Inc., & Holistic Artificial Intelligence 1

Monica Anderson has started a company - Syntience Inc., which sees the difference between reasoning and understanding.

Book Review: The Third Industrial Revolution: How Lateral Power Is Transforming Energy, The Economy, And The World

Jeremy Rifkin presents us with his vision of a third industrial revolution that is totally unlike the previous two.

The Myth Of "The Myth of the Paperless Office"

Will the office become paperless?  Yes!  In some areas it already is.

Book Review: Race Against The Machines

Are we on the verge of totally new social and economic paradigm brought about by the increasing power of computation in our machines?

Are Humans Ready to Undertake a Radical Evolution?

Are we close to a major transformation of humanity?  Are we going to change ourselves to the point that we would barely recognize ourselves?