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Are We Living In A Computer SImulation?
How do we know if the world we know it isn't just a simulation running on some cosmic computer, where the Big Bang essentially ran the code, 'Start Program'. Our new infographic explores these concepts and the ideas behind them.
Monday, March 25, 2013
What does the future look like?
What does the future look like? (11 talks)
Visions of the future, on everything from cars to the Internet to the human species.
1. Ian Goldin: Navigating our global future
07:06
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| English: Kevin Kelly speaking at the Long Now Foundation about his new book, What Technology Wants. San Francisco, CA, 2011. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) |
2. Kevin Kelly: The next 5,000 days of the web
19:34
3. Juan Enriquez: The next species of human
18:50
4. Kirk Citron: And now, the real news
03:21
5. Rob Hopkins: Transition to a world without oil
16:40
6. Martin Rees asks: Is this our final century?
17:26
7. Nicholas Negroponte, in 1984, makes 5 predictions
25:23
8. Danny Hillis: Back to the future (of 1994)
19:10
9. Larry Burns on the future of cars
09:12
10. Aubrey de Grey: A roadmap to end aging
22:45
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11. Stewart Brand on the Long Now
23:23
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| English: Stewart Brand at his home in Sausalito, California, USA. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) |
Wednesday, January 9, 2013
Film Explores The Technological Singularity
Wolens' film looks at the sweeping impact of technology on human existence and the implications of the technological Singularity using interviews with subject matter experts and clever animations.
For the film, Wolens interviews: Ray Kurzweil, Leon Panetta, Richard A. Clarke, Bill McKibben, David Chalmers, Christof Koch, Aubrey De Grey, Ralph Merkle, Brad Templeton, Cynthia Breazeal, Marshall Brain, Glenn Zorpette and others.
As Wolens describes in the interview, the process of making the film led him on a journey of self-discovery as well. While he initially "drank the Kool-Aid" of the singularitarian movement, he came to recognize the deeper nuances of the implications as he interviewed his subjects.
As I interviewed these scientists and technological leaders, I started to see holes in some of the arguments. I began questioning the philosophical and moral implications. The promise of this new future began to lose its luster. If smarter-than-human computers were created, how would they treat their human creators? Would everyone have the means to augment their intelligence or just the rich? What would happen if something went wrong with these super powerful technologies and destroyed everything on the planet? Or if these powerful technologies got in the wrong hands and were maliciously used? Maybe the Singularity wasn’t such a good idea.This thinking also shaped the way Wolens constructed the film. While he could have cut the interviews in a way to put forth his own opinions on the subject, his format lets the viewer reach their own conclusions.
Monday, January 7, 2013
Tommorow' World Infographic from the BBC
The BBC Future recently published an infographic looking to the future — 2013 to 50 years to 100 years out. Using predictions from thinkers, scientists and pundits, the graphic also outlines the odds of the events taking place.
The graphic's predictions range from the serious to the fanciful, from the exciting to the petrifying.
To set up the odds on how likely these predictions will occur, the designers of the graphic asked the special bets department at British betting firm Ladbrokes to give their odds on each item.
The graphic's predictions range from the serious to the fanciful, from the exciting to the petrifying.
To set up the odds on how likely these predictions will occur, the designers of the graphic asked the special bets department at British betting firm Ladbrokes to give their odds on each item.
Source: 33rdsquare.com
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