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fluid identities
Been reading a lot lately about incorporating technology into our persons. And no longer just in niche blogs or hard-to-reach places of the internet, although it's still definitely there as well. But also on NPR, and the New York Times. It's becoming more difficult to ignore. People are starting to pay attention to this Change ( Read more... ) -
explanation of gchat squee
So the reason I was squeeing was this: we have to *think* less and less about *how* we're conveying a message, and so can concentrate more on the message itself. I view all technology as a change in the way we communicate (communication being the giving and receiving of information, not talking about our feelings, though it can be that too). And ( Read more... ) -
What is Transhumanism?
What is Transhumanism ( Read more... ) -
Official
I think it will officially be the Future when my phone doesn't send me Twitter updates when I'm within reach of my laptop, which is running Twhil.
I have the audio for the Singularity discussion. I have have issues with conversion and uploading as I did not originally record the file, but hopefully it will be up by 8:30p tonight. -
Perception
Haven't updated in awhile here. Have a lot of other places to cover, please do let me know if you rely on this for your notifications.
Next meeting will be Nov 7th at 7p at Kaladi Brothers on Data v Sensory Perception:
Main question: how does our use of engineered interfaces affect our relationship with traditional sensory input ( Read more... ) -
Singularity
So the meeting on the Singularity will be next Friday (info to that is linked here along with all the stuff from last meeting). The topic is the Singularity. I'll be out of town to take my LSATs the following morning. And honestly, I'm kind of happy about that ( Read more... ) -
cyborgs
There are many different viewpoints on where to draw the line about when a living being becomes a cyborg. On one end of the spectrum you have people like Haraway who believe that any use of a tool as an extension of self is fulfillment of the term "cyborg." Others, like Chorost, feel that there must actually be a melding of decision-making ( Read more... ) -
Oxygen and Opaque
I suppose I should probably take a moment to explain these terms, as it's what our meeting is about on Friday ( Read more... )