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So There's This Thing Called Technological Determinism

So There's This Thing Called Technological Determinism

Does technology shape society or do our cultural, political, and economic values determine how we use technology? Will AI, robotics, and other emerging technologies such as wearable and implantable devices change humanity beyond recognition? Did DARPA develop the Internet beyond its humble beginnings knowing that data collection, mass media control

A Supply Chain Story

A Supply Chain Story

Hi. You're reading this on an electronic device. You're probably addicted to it as are most other people by now. In order for you to continue reading, watching, playing, listening to the endless stream of content delivered to your electronic devices a significant, non-trivial, mostly-hidden-from-view number

The Cyborg Agenda

The Cyborg Agenda

I'll begin with this general statement of fact (which may or may not be totally factual) describing the present human condition according to Tsubion (my alter ego who has been known to go off the rails sometimes)... Humans are cyborgs, human-machine hybrids, transhuman entities, hivemind biological robots, living

the great awakening

The Human Blob

I like to think of people as individuals but, without doubt, the collective known as the human species has evolved into something more than a grouping together of individual bodies and minds. We have become what I now call... The Human Blob. If I had to define what we have

Acceptance

Not that long ago, your phone, your car, your home, your office were not spying on you. Well, maybe your phone was just a little, and most likely your neighbors too, but if your government wanted to surveil you 24/7 it would have to manually place a guard in

Waiting in a queue with shopping carts

How Long Does It Take To Automate A Supermarket?

A long time ago... in the days before Convid... a funny little man named Ray liked to give talks (the same talk over and over again actually) about the future of mankind. Many applauded his vision and welcomed his idealistic, optimistic proposals because they delivered a sorely needed injection of

Artificial Intelligence - The Biggest, Scariest Boogeyman Of Them All!

Artificial Intelligence - The Biggest, Scariest Boogeyman Of Them All!

Picture a circus performer spinning plates. The tension builds as one of the plates begins to wobble. The circus performer runs across the stage to give the wobbling plate a sharp twirl, just in time. The plate is saved and spins faster than the others now. The crowd oohs and

Smart Cities - Where The Happy Shiny People Live

One day, not too far in the future, everyone will be happy and shiny and they'll live in very safe Smart Cities where the needs and wants of the inhabitants will be met by a loving, caring, all-powerful, all-seeing AI. Imagine a city designed and run by the