Wednesday, October 05, 2005

Why You Should Know About The Digital Revolution

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The computer revolution, the information revolution. You hear talk within the media about some revolution that is supposed to change everyth...
Thursday, July 28, 2005

The Dangerous Convergence of Technology and Warfare

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Technology decentralizes power; military, political, economic, media, energy... all of it. Because once a medium becomes digitized, it must ...
Monday, July 11, 2005

The Acceleration of Global Violence

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There is an ugly economy to violence. It's cheaper to destroy than build, and to take by force than negotiate. And within every segment ...
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Thursday, June 30, 2005

Half of Test Subjects Never Suspected They Were Talking To A Computer

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A clever twist on the Turing Test using a popular chatbot and some creativity . Roughly half of the test subjects never suspected they were ...
Wednesday, June 22, 2005

Insights Into The New "Tech Bloom"

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Michael Meiser has incredibly lucid insights into the new "Tech Bloom" . The rise of tagging and open source editing such as Wiki...
Monday, June 20, 2005

Computers Will Become Vastly Simpler To Use

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Marshall Brain is an ongoing source of great, well articulated ideas. I really like his "as simple as possible but no simpler" wri...
Friday, June 17, 2005

When Politics Is Driven From The Bottom Up

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As information technology evolves, new ways of spreading information spontaneously emerge. Inevitably, "mass media" becomes decent...