This video is BBC’s special broadcast as part of the “Horizon” series. It features an engaging narrative that introduces various ideas about the singularity and human enhancement.
Words themselves are becoming antiquated. Rarely enough do we even find an arrangement as worthy as these: Today, Homo sapiens is faced with a rapid modification of his environment, a transformation for which he is the involuntary collective agent. I am not implying that our species is threatened with extinction or that the “end of the [...]
With new technology comes new possibilities to execute technique. If we look to the trend of advents in internet protocols, we see how particular innovations in the information technology domain resulted in tremendous transformative effects in social, economic, and political arenas. The TCP/IP protocol allowed for the identification of independent computers, and for the transfer [...]
During the past few weeks, while I’ve engaged in deep research of new trends in internet marketing and social media for my own entrepreneurial initiatives, I’ve also been keeping track of much of the on-line media involved with the Obama campaign. Of all the great promotional videos that have emerged–my favorite has been this one [...]
All that we say and do over the next few decades will … become mythologized onto the very atoms of a glimmering hyper-diamond–brilliantly cut with the multifaceted perspectives of a shared human legacy of immeasurable value.
After many months (and after 4 years since my original blog post – “I dream of Informatics“) of seeking out “the perfect” blog platform and design theme, I have finally launched … I’ve imported my previous (somewhat sad and unruly) “blog” from blogger.com, and will also now commence in importing the vast backlog of notes, [...]
I have compiled an organized collection of my “photos” from exploring and researching Second Life over the past 2 years, including a comprehensive list of ecological and sustainability initiatives within Second Life: Check this link: http://michaelgaio.com/photos/secondlife
I had a dream fragment last night involving the Odeyssey system — the first home video game console. Background: as I was growing up in the 1980′s I spent many hours and many quarters at the video game arcade. One of my earliest ambitions was to open and own the “coolest” video game arcade. Sometime [...]
See a Flash-based map that presents comprehensive information on the importance of biodiversity to human health. This was a joint project with Harvard University’s Center for Health and the Global Environment, the Buckminster Fuller Institute, Free Range Graphics, and myself as the Flash interface designer and programmer. See the Biodiversity map: www.earthscope.com/chge And crack the [...]
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