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Is technology a democratizing force?

Submitted by Paul Tiffany (not verified) on Tue, 06/16/2009 - 17:42

Does technology favor democracy?  MSNBC's The Rachel Maddown show covers the role of social networking in the developing Iranian situation:

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A Cosmist Blogifesto

Submitted by Paul Tiffany (not verified) on Thu, 06/11/2009 - 09:06

Thanks to Michael Anissimov for the news: Dr. Ben Goertzel just published the working draft of a new book, A Cosmist Manifesto, accessible here for free as a series of blog posts.  I treat Dr. Goertzel's perspectives most seriously, and encourage everyone to check his writings and speeches.  I have yet to read this work, and will provide feedback there, as I encourage others to do.  That Dr. Goertzel, whom I hold in the highest esteem, is choosing to use this medium provides an opportunity to communicate with him constructively on his ideas. 

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The Open Source Sensing Initiative

Submitted by Paul Tiffany (not verified) on Mon, 06/08/2009 - 23:42

Today, the Foresight Institute's VP Chris Peterson launches a new project "with the goal of bringing the benefits of a bottom-up, decentralized approach to sensing for security and environmental purposes."

 

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If we're gonna own GM, let's *own* it

Submitted by Paul Tiffany (not verified) on Mon, 06/08/2009 - 10:21

Jaime Kitman of ForeignPolicy.com asks, "what kind of car company are we trying to build?"  No matter your politics, that we now own General Motors is fact.  If our interest is to hold or sell, it is stll in our best interest, as American taxpayers, to ensure  GM's success. 

 

We must think innovatively about this development as an opportunity.  How can we create value for our investment, given the novel stake we each share? 

 

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Why our 'amazing' science fiction future fizzled

Submitted by Paul Tiffany (not verified) on Fri, 05/29/2009 - 21:04

CNN's John Blake writes today about our attitudes, over time, toward technology and the future.  The article makes an interesting read for two reasons:

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On the origin of "Teme"

Submitted by Paul Tiffany (not verified) on Thu, 05/28/2009 - 14:47

The Teme Foundation takes it's moniker from a beautiful idea by Susan Blackmore.  Her TED talk is a fabulous introduction to Dawkin's memetics:

 

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Teme is friendly

Submitted by Paul Tiffany (not verified) on Mon, 05/25/2009 - 02:13

The Teme Foundation is undergraduates for undergraduates. Teme's founders believe the unrelenting enthusiasm and empathy of the world's future leaders must be a clarion call in fight against existential threats. Ours, unlike any other generation, matured in the dawn of the computer age. Our relationship to technology is one fundamentally different from that of our ancestors. Irradiated with technological influence, we are our grandparents' mutant tech support superheros.

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