Why music file sharing & pirating hasn’t impacted the music business… makes sense to me. As a DJ / audiophile (not aggro), “stealing”music is of no use to me. Most of what I listen to is rare or (more…)
The Coming Age of Transparency & Accountability – Why talking “Privacy” is simply Nero Fiddling
This is very curious. Everyone is concerned about the notion of “privacy”, *except* when they don’t think it applies. Is it hard for people to understand that transparency & accountability obliterate (more…)
Robots at war: the ethics of military drones, cyborgs, and nanobots
Fascinating stuff. The link goes to the Atlantic article: Drone-Ethics Briefing: What a Leading Robot Expert Told the CIA: Last month, philosopher Patrick Lin delivered (more…)
Google’s Search Algorithm is relatively autonomous
Skynet jokes aside, this thing is basically autonomous and will likely become relatively self aware due to data exhaust. The quote at the bottom is hard to comprehend for me. Discuss the implications (more…)
So… are jobs obsolete?
Simply brilliant and thoughtful article. There’s PLENTY of jobs for high skilled people. Robots and tech is killing union jobs for unskilled labor, the internet has made thousands of types (more…)
Organic food has no health benefits, study says, & FREE STICKERS! =)
One of my favorite lines in history was a response to the Economist article in the letters section of the magazine. That organic is ridiculous, and “something as prosaic as buying an apple denotes your social class and education level”. Pro-Organic people were so dogmatic. Oh well… they’ll brush it off and not learn any lessons. That’s what liberals always do.
Privacy Wednesday! Al-Qaida are playing video games to mask their planning, & a Minority Report PreCog Style Santa Cruz pre-crime caper!
For a friend… I need to develop my stance on privacy a little more. Â I think that my stance is that it is vital to address what it is, it’s nature, and how it is part of something much bigger and more (more…)
Netflix’s Rate Hike, and what they really mean
Netflix is speaking in tongues, and speaking in code. One friend was floored, one friend mused that Netflix (more…)
The End of Facebook and the Coming Social Media Bubble
So… your point on my Fishbits FB was sanguine (he said “why do you talk so bad about FB while posting so much?). Â However, where you said I had posted 20 some odd posts since early June, I hadn’t actually (more…)
Data is Now. Aggregate data overload, and unlocking it for the future.
You can find so much here at DATAVIS. This, I believe is the most significant and accessible way for people to understand what is happening here… it’s not just visualizing, but mapping data with controls (more…)