| Why We CAN Trust MachinesIt’s a shame that machines have developed such a bad reputation, because they don’t really deserve it. All their faults have been inherited from humans. |
| Tablet ExplosionThis year is going to see a revolution. Its impact will be profound. But nobody really expected it.
The sudden feasibility of "e-readers" and tablets, and their expanded applications, are set to have a largely unexplored impact. Previously expensive and not as usable as real books, they have finally come of age, giving us cheap technology that is as readable as a piece of paper. |
| Virtually HumanWhat will we become when VR removes our primitive animal urges? |
| Sacrificing Your LifeIf presented with the option of biological immortality, would that increase or reduce your willingness to sacrifice yourself? |
| The Key to AutomationSo many tasks can be automated to free up our time. Yet the myth that we're waiting for AI continues to perpetuate itself. |
| A World With No Money?Can harnessing free energy, along with automation, provide the essentials for everyone, removing our need for money and freeing us up to focus on creativity and science? |
| Turning VR Inside OutInstead of trying to create reality virtually, what if we embed virtuality into reality? |
| The End of the WWW?How the way we deal with the internet could be the beginning of the end for the web as we know it. |
| Virtual Going Out is the New Going OutIt seems that in these times of economic decline, people don’t want to forgo the luxuries that they’ve grown accustomed to over the years, so are choosing to indulge themselves in a virtual manner instead. There’s certainly a lot to be said for staying home surrounded by cheap entertainment compared with going out and being ripped off and mugged. Could this be the future? As Virtual Reality improves, we’ll be finding it replacing more and more of the “Real Life” things we currently take for granted. |
| Otherland MMOG!An game of the AMAZING Otherland series of books is being made! For those that don't know what Otherland is about, watch the video.
More here:
http://www.tadwilliams.com:9080/bbs/viewforum.php?id=22 |
| Living Longer - A World of Wisdom?Any race that cures death will end up with a very old, wise and experienced society. What sort of implications this could have on their world? |
| Just Another Death?As a society, we still see death as inevitable. As a result, there is just no respect for human life. |
| Virtual UnrealityVirtual worlds are created by us – so why limit ourselves to reality? We could create entirely new realities. By realising that we are free of the rules of real life, the doors are open to incredible new possibilities. In many ways, virtual worlds already provide us with glimpses of alternate realities. |
| How to Destroy HumanityNuclear weapons are sooo 20th century. If you want to bring annihilation to the planet for not conforming to whatever depraved idealism you aspire to, there will soon be many much more interesting ways to do it. |
| A Galactic Internet?What applications and knowledge could such a powerful internet that spreads across the galaxy, or even the universe, bring us? |
| Singularity 'Rapture for Nerds'Science Fiction Author Warren Ellis has written a short blog attacking supporters of the Singularity idea which has caused some ripples in Transhumanist circles. The blog "The NerdGod Delusion" is misinformed and full of non-sequiturs (comparison to scientology illustrates a distinct lack of understanding of both the Singularity and Scientology), but, I believe it is important to take note of his comments. |
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