future
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Warm among ice
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1 min read
A typical day (especially the last few years) invokes more pessimism than positivity. If freedom is living without anxiety, there seems to be little hope in sight. The vortex of bad news dwindles our daily experience into a tiny nothingness. All the while, the elements of a meaningful future disappear into the mist. But live…
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Are we still alive?
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2 min read
Somewhere upon the way of evolution, humans lucked out. We developed language. And we grew hands and fingers that allowed us to manipulate our environment. But a bigger brain didn’t make us smarter or more conscious than our other animal friends. Neanderthals had larger brains than humans, as too do dolphins and whales to this…
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My now is your now
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1 min read
Humans are entropic; we die the minute we’re born. Our lives are limited by time. But life goes on. It keeps ticking away. NASA discovered seven Earth-like planets that no one reading this will ever see. Machines are starting to take over jobs. The AI revolution will do everything from making music to curating it.…
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Gamed and uattended
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1 min read
Beyond the robot. Waiting for the robot. The question of who does what won’t matter when the automata yield the paintbrush, teach Castilian Spanish, dance, and write best-selling romance novels. Even if this is all simulation, the gamers from above played their part in permitting the unscripted. Like hungry pigeons, we were just picking up…
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Variations on a human theme
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1 min read
We’re all variations on a human theme, containing multitudes. Some of the variations are more versatile than others. The brain’s wiring is more amenable to uncertainty than chasing exactitude. The rare breeds prefer to keep the ball in the air, playing the piano with no end in sight. Time is constant, and so is their…
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Time keeps on slipping into the future
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1 min read
Time is moving at warp speed. But is it time or our habits that permit time to slip into the future? Today’s perception is irreality. We spend more time looking into our devices than we do looking up at the world. What seems like 2 minutes pecking at the phone turns into 20 minutes of…
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[bha size=’120×120′ variation=’01’ align=’alignright’]Smart devices are getting smaller and smaller. The Xenxo S-Ring (Kickstarter) could be the latest in wearable tech to turn your hand into a phone, operate as a flash drive, act as a credit-card for on the go payments, track your steps, and more. It’s a Bluetooth enabled remote control for your…
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Tomorrow’s World: Children in 1966 predict what the world will be like in the year 2000
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1 min read
Well-spoken, cynical, and eerily accurate, in 1966 these kids predicted what life would be like in the year 2000. Their predictions include: The rise of robots and job loss due to automation The threat of nuclear war Globalization and the destruction of cultures (note: they couldn’t have foreseen the backlash) Population and overcrowding Genetically modified…
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Drone to the rescue
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1 min read
Lifeguards deployed a drone to save two struggling teenage swimmers stranded in rough seas off the coast of Australia. This is apparently the first time drone technology carrying a flotation device has rescued swimmers. While drones are commonly known for selfies (i.e. dronies), Amazon deliveries, firing missiles, and spying but they can also do some…