Crude Simulations
The Human Connectome Project is going deep and then deeper. It is allowing one to “Navigate the brain in a way that was never before possible.”
iVoting
A new app with a political bent has hit the cyber streets.
Glory in the Highest (Part One)
What's your position on making love? Do you regard it as one of the nicer fringe benefits of being alive? Or are you more inclined to see it as a central proof of the primal magnanimity of the universe? I'm more aligned with the latter view. Imagine yourself in the fluidic blaze of that intimate spectacle right now. . . Part One of a three-part series.
Samasource: Giving Work
Is it really possible to run a successful business enterprise that also helps people in need? Moreover one that transcends borders, bypasses governments, and circumvents the rules set by economists in order to create sustainable growth for those who need it most? Founder and CEO of Samasource, 26-year-old Leila Chirayath Janah, certainly thinks so.
Behind the Fake Report of Jeff Goldblum’s Death
A
friend of mine received an e-mail from Global Associated News reporting the death of Jeff Goldblum. She forwarded it on to others, including a
reporter, without realizing the story originated at FakeAWish.com.
Of Campfires and Computers
From language to advertising to technology, all of our experiences are mediated to some degree. We need to be more mindful of what constitutes authentic experience. It's vital that we participate more fully in the stories of our time and our lives.
Writing Source Code for Democracy
Our form of democracy is essentially a product of cutting-edge 18th century technology. If we re-wrote the Constitution from scratch, how would we use computers and the Internet to collaborate, manage our resources, and govern ourselves?
The New Narrative
Artist and designer Jonathan Harris takes a novel approach to web development that utilizes
dynamic, intuitive systems to reveal the connections we have with one
another and the world around us.
Personal Democracy Forum Speech
A video of the opening "invocation" I did for the Personal Democracy Forum last week, and a preview of some of the concepts coming in my next book, Corporatized.
Radical Interdependence and Online Telepathy: How Twitter Helps Us Find One Another
Things will
change forever when people all across the globe realize that they can
effectively organize without big corporations, the church or the
government and that a new
level of power to the people is FREE for the taking.