Archive for the “philosophy” category
Consequences of bot-mediated reality
by Luke Rodgers on September 17, 2008
I have a lot of catch-up listening to do with regards to The Long Now Foundation’s excellent Seminars About Long-term Thinking (SALT) lecture and podcast series. I’m a charter member of the Foundation, which gets you a sweet membership card (…)
Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the way We Make Things
by Luke Rodgers on September 9, 2008
Without exaggerating, I can say that this is probably the most important book I’ve read in a long time. And that’s not for lack of “important” books on my bookshelf. Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things is (…)
Hyperempowerment? Really?
by Luke Rodgers on August 6, 2008
In a recent issue of the Edge newsletter, I came across the transcript of a speech delivered by “digital ethnologist” Mark Pesce at the 2008 Personal Democracy Forum, titled “Hyperpolitics (American style)” that presented some interesting ideas on how the (…)
In case we didn’t already know that GW Bush’s presidency was a joke…
by Luke Rodgers on August 1, 2008
Bush says “goodbye from the world’s biggest polluter” and pumps fist in air.
Pandora’s Hope, by Bruno Latour
by Luke Rodgers on July 22, 2008
After having been fairly impressed by Laboratory Life, another book by Bruno Latour, co-authored with Steve Woolgar, I picked up Latour’s Pandora’s Hope without much hesitation when I saw it in a used bookstore. This was at a time, I (…)
The fundamental nature of intelligence
by Luke Rodgers on June 25, 2008
I came across an interesting request the other day from a DARPA consultant who was seeking input from the slashdot/computer geek community on projects that were pushing the boundaries of “neuromorphic computing” (better known as AI).
Among the goals of the (…)
Some thoughts on the coming of everybody
by Luke Rodgers on June 6, 2008
Clay Shirky discusses his new book, Here Comes Everybody, at the Harvard Law School’s Berkman Center for Internet and Society.
Very interesting guy. But I have to take issue with his main point, which seems to be that group action just (…)
Income inequality and happiness
by Luke Rodgers on May 2, 2008
Two interesting and somewhat related items of interest on income inequality and happiness/well-being.
First, a collection of short essays from various Canadian writers (economists, political scientists, philosophers) from the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA), entitled, Why Inequality Matters in 1,000 (…)
