Global Brains & Singularities: Cadell Last & Michael Garfield Debate The Technopocalypse
Cadell Last is an evolutionary anthropologist at the Global Brain Institute and producer of the PBS Digital Studios series The Advanced Apes. We discussed the possibility that our entire planet is waking up as a single super-intelligent organism, and the consequences – both light and dark – for both humankind and the whole biosphere…
Think Again: Intelligence
Here are seven premises that have allowed a secret intelligence community costing the US taxpayer as much as $100 billion dollars a year to exist without being held accountable for systemic and specific failures.
The New Digital Order: Nefarious Nerds and Machines of Loving Grace
The Internet still holds promise as a tool for positive political, social, and even evolutionary transformation. Yet like all tools, it can be used to help or harm, create or control, empower or imprison.
Facebook Privacy
As you may already know, Facebook has changed their privacy rules for the umpteenth time. In response, a status update has gone viral that users think will protect them from inappropriate content theft. I offer an improved version of the statement.
Spy Files Leaked
WikiLeaks reveals a growing worldwide network of surveillance.
They Know Where You’ve Been
Big Brother may not be so far away: Apple and Google have been tracking your movements for months.
Caught In The Web
New personal recognition software allows you to ID people on the spot. [Video]
Wireless Tracking Without Warrants
The US Justice Deptartment is pushing for the legal right to track mobile phones without a warrant.