Book: From Sun Tzu to Xbox
An interesting new book about the relationship between games and military thought : “Stretching from 3000 BC to today, this book investigates how military cultures and the evolution of games have been...
View ArticleDale Carrico on deliberative development
from amormundi.blogspot.com/2006/07/rethinking-democracy-among-experts.html : “A demand for more deliberative development is exactly as central to my own version of technoprogressive politics as is...
View ArticleSwedish “pirate party” launches a commercial darknet
“Today, the Swedish Pirate Party launched a new Internet service that lets anybody send and receive files and information over the Internet without fear of being monitored or logged. In technical...
View ArticleDale Carrico on transhumanism
 From amormundi.blogspot.com/2006/07/posthuman-terrains.html “I have long thought that when Aristotle defined “man” [sic] as the “political animal,” this formulation constituted a fledgling kind of...
View ArticleUser generated content and gaming
“I love the fact that thanks to organizations like Valve, Maxis, and Bioware, user-generated content is attracting tremendous attention from industry and media alike. Still, coverage typically revolves...
View ArticleCollaborative robots
from the New Scientist “Teams of robots that can remotely tap into each other’s sensors and computers in order to perform tricky tasks have been developed by researchers in Sweden. The robots can, for...
View ArticleJamais Cascio interviewed on MemeTherapy
 From : www.memetherapy.net/10/jamais-cascio-on-technology-and-politics/ MT: Do you think political blogging/smart mobs are poised to start having a serious impact on the decisions being made by...
View ArticleOlivier Malnuit’s ten commandments for the liberal communist
Here are these ten commandments according the french Technikart journalist: (source: amormundi.blogspot.com/2006/04/zizek-on-tech-bloom.html) 1. You shall give everything away free (free access, no...
View ArticleCancer: cooperation is good also for the bad guys
(discovered via www.kurzweilai.net/news/) From www.newscientist.com/Â : “An analysis of how cells in a tumour cooperate has provided a unique insight into the evolution of cancer, and may lead to new...
View ArticleUpdate on Robert Anton Wilson’s condition, according Douglas Rushkoff
From Douglas Rushkoff’s blog: Â “Thanks to your spontaneous generosity, we raised over $80.000 on behalf of Robert Anton Wilson in less than a week. This means he can be taken care of by family at home...
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