"The two hardest problems in computer science are: (i) people, (ii), convincing computer scientists that the hardest problem in computer science is people, and, (iii) off by one errors." - Jeffrey P. Bigham
"The two hardest problems in computer science are: (i) people, (ii), convincing computer scientists that the hardest problem in computer science is people, and, (iii) off by one errors." - Jeffrey P. Bigham
Ted Nelson and Doug Engelbart come to dinner
Where is the equivalent of the open-source software movement, focused on climate change resilience? Where are the Richard Stallman or Linus Torvalds type figures, focused on the race to fully regenerative economies? What is the equivalent of Linux for renewable infrastructure?
After N.J. legalizes weed, these tech wizards want to grow tons of it here. With robots:
https://www.nj.com/marijuana/2019/04/after-nj-legalizes-weed-these-tech-wizards-want-to-grow-tons-of-it-here-with-robots.html Redefining the meaning of recreational robotics. #Robot
“Hyperscans” Show How Brains Sync as People Interact:
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/hyperscans-show-how-brains-sync-as-people-interact/ #NeuroScience
Chinese scientists have put human brain genes in monkeys—and yes, they may be smarter:
https://www.technologyreview.com/s/613277/chinese-scientists-have-put-human-brain-genes-in-monkeysand-yes-they-may-be-smarter/ #Biology #NeuroScience
Theory: Governance models that rely on/embrace ever increasing complexification (of processes/tech/knowledge) as a core attribute (e.g. tech & finance industries, intel-agencies), are bound to suffer from an ever decreasing rate of public participation (in decision making/agency).
If your global governance system is only barley intelligible & actionable if you have 10'000+ PhD's in the same building - it is by definition anti-democratic, anti-emancipatory, anti-egalitarian & dictatorial. And any "make the world a better place" intention won't change that.
Finally, governance systems that rely on ever increasing complexification have the "side-effect" of being brittle & non resilience: Increase in connectivity leads to an increase in resilience only to a point - after which more connectivity leads to a decrease in resilience.
"China Plans to Ban Cryptocurrency Mining in Renewed Clampdown": https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-04-09/china-plans-to-ban-cryptocurrency-mining-in-renewed-clampdown #Crypto #Politics
"National Development Reform Commission listed crypto-mining among a plethora of industries it intends to eliminate because they “seriously wasted resources” or polluted the environment".
Scientists reverse memory decline using electrical pulses: https://www.theguardian.com/science/2019/apr/08/scientists-use-electrical-pulses-reverse-memory-decline-ageing #NeuroScience
Theory: All systems are non-reformable, once their time has passed: Feudalism, Slavery, Colonialism - non abolished via reforms, but via collapse. Our current system - dominated by transnational techno-capital - will be no exception. The end is nigh! Rejoice! Seeds are germinating.
Konzept des Tages: Die Planetarische Zivilgesellschaft (planetary civil society)
As @Bopuc said: "AI is the triumph of the past over the future" or as @scruffymongrel said: "Smashing the territory with the map".
"Making the most of the ‘UN Decade on Ecosystems Restoration’: bioregional regenerative development as a deep adaptation pathway" - by @DrDCWahl: https://medium.com/age-of-awareness/making-the-most-of-the-un-decade-on-ecosystems-restoration-bioregional-regenerative-development-484119e763ee #Regenerative #ClimateChange
“From a certain point onwards there is no longer any turning back. That is the point that must be reached.” - Kafka
"Meeting with Jean Ziegler": Great discussion (1h 20min) with the Swiss sociologists & globalisation critic. A hero of mine: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Ziegler (DE only)
Theory: The spreadsheet (Excel etc.) has cause more damage to society than the atomic bomb: It enabled accountants, lawyers, economists & bankers to radically expand their power and scale their cold totalitarian logic to all aspects of human life & ecology.
While western "users" (replacement for legacy terms such as 'citizen' or 'human') are permanently hypnotised by vain technological conveniences which enable them to suffocate their existence in consumerism - consumerism is suffocating our planets eco-systems.