Posts by Michael Garfield
Transhumanism ... here we come ~
DARPA, on the back of the US
Transhumanism ... here we come ~ DARPA, on the back of the US government’s BRAIN program, has begun the development of tiny electronic implants th...
Transhumanism ... here we come ~ DARPA, on the back of the US government’s BRAIN program, has begun the development of tiny electronic implants th...
The blockchain future...
But the blockchain technology which
The blockchain future... But the blockchain technology which underpins it cannot be uninvented. It has already begun to worm its way into every aspec...
The blockchain future... But the blockchain technology which underpins it cannot be uninvented. It has already begun to worm its way into every aspec...
The backlash against Glass is a result of what I call
The backlash against Glass is a result of what I call foregrounding—when a new technology makes some pre-existing aspect of society more visible and...
The backlash against Glass is a result of what I call foregrounding—when a new technology makes some pre-existing aspect of society more visible and...
If robots are proven capable of sparing human lives, sacrificing
If robots are proven capable of sparing human lives, sacrificing the few for the good of the many, what sort of monster would program them to do other...
If robots are proven capable of sparing human lives, sacrificing the few for the good of the many, what sort of monster would program them to do other...
George coins the term ‘holomelancholia’ to describe ‘the
George coins the term ‘holomelancholia’ to describe ‘the inevitable disappointment of virtual worlds.’ ‘Mark my words,’ he adds. ‘It’l...
George coins the term ‘holomelancholia’ to describe ‘the inevitable disappointment of virtual worlds.’ ‘Mark my words,’ he adds. ‘It’l...
For those -deliberately naïve, poorly educated or just plainly
For those -deliberately naïve, poorly educated or just plainly foolish- who consider surveillance & control technologies, as well as the socio-politi...
For those -deliberately naïve, poorly educated or just plainly foolish- who consider surveillance & control technologies, as well as the socio-politi...
...Launching a new crowdsourced psychic meteorology we could use
...Launching a new crowdsourced psychic meteorology we could use to predict significant cultural events and other disturbances in the Force. The app ...
...Launching a new crowdsourced psychic meteorology we could use to predict significant cultural events and other disturbances in the Force. The app ...