tag > Technology
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Regulatory Breakdown
All those screaming for more top down regulation as solution to wicked problems (AI, Econ, etc) clearly have not looked at the state of the regulator lately, which is globally in a historic state of disarray - fluctuating between bad clown show & full collapse 🤡
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Photonic computing uses light waves for data storage & processing
Among the most exciting areas of optical logic today are photonic neural networks, photonic neuromorphic computing, and quantum photonics: https://galileo-unbound.blog/2021/11/28/twenty-years-at-light-speed-optical-computing/ https://phys.org/news/2019-10-quantum-photonics.html
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Had a chat with an youth addiction counselor today. He revealed that the primary reason kids/teens/parents seek his help has shifted from drug addiction a decade ago to mobile phone and internet addiction today. He referred to this growing issue as a "family-shattering epidemic"
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The military-tech-industrial complex is currently outdoing itself in the dystopian Olympics, with a record-breaking amount of "Asshollery and Bullshit of a very refined form" . Bravo, guys!
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"Gear Acquisition Syndrome" (G.A.S.) - a psychological phenomenon that plagues musicians, audio engineers, and photographers, compelling them to obsessively amass technical equipment, often beyond their actual needs.
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Sam Altman from OpenAI VS Carter Burke, character from the movie "Aliens". "Templates"
Carter Burke is a representative of Weyland-Yutani, one of the mega-corps that runs the colonies outside the solar system. It consistently exhibits the worst aspects of corporate profiteering, seeming willing to sacrifice decency & human life in pursuit of profit.
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Does science actually deliver what is promises?
If the ultimate "claim to fame" and "right to exist" of western science over the past 200 years has been "it improves human life", wouldn't the vast majority of it be attributed to engineering innovations in sewage, sanitation and healthcare (primarily improving birth outcomes)?
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Fitt's List - from “Human engineering for an effective air navigation and traffic control system.” Report, National Research Council, Washington DC USA - by Fitts, P. M., et al. (1951).
Why the Fitts list has persisted throughout the history of function allocation
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250 years ago, English painter Joseph Wright captured audiences' fearful reactions to the latest technology in this painting. Back then it was a vacuum pump. Today it is AI.
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King Tubby's MCI console
In 1972 Tubby bought it from Byron Lee's Dynamic Sound studio (rumour has it that it originally came from Atlantic) and built a home studio in his mother’s bedroom at 18 Dromilly Avenue. Then he changed music.
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The "reality as machine" paradigm is a 19th century hangover, causing great havoc today. Embracing alternative paradigms, such as "Reality as Garden", leads to saner outcomes.
Image Source: "Chinese traditional medicine: an introductory overview"
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"I don't think the new electric fence is engendering the fear we intended"
