Grains of Sand (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
... Our collective challenge in dealing with the Internet is to nurture these kinds of progress. -- Steven Pinker If the new world brought about by digital technologies is to enhance Darwinian effects in human affairs, then digital culture will devour itself, becoming an ouroboros that will tighten into a black hole and evaporate. Unless, that is, the Pirates can become immortal through...
Boing Boing (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
... thoughts, Brockman invited other bright folks to respond, including the likes of George Dyson, Steven Pinker, John Perry Barlow, Doug Rushkoff, and Nick Bilton. Here's a taste of Schirrmacher, from "The Age of the Infomavore": We are apparently now in a situation where modern technology is changing the way people behave, people talk, people react, people think, and people...
India Uncut (Free subscription) | 02/11/2009
... Mwenda takes a new look at Africa . Hans Rosling shows the best stats you’ve ever seen . Steven Pinker on the myth of violence . Dan Dennett on dangerous memes . Really, there are so many wonderful TED Talks that picking out a handful of favourites seems sacrilegious. See them all ! The India Uncut Blog © 2007 Amit Varma. All rights reserved. Visit: India Uncut * The IU...
3quarksdaily (Free subscription) | 01/11/2009
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