1
Oct
2009
‘proper’ books
I got a bit of a telling off from Andrew when I was talking to him last week for not having any proper books on my list. There were some, but I just forgot to put them in.
The Naïve Set Theory is from the library and is a beautiful pre 1977 version with gold blocked text on the cover, and is for the course I’m about to do (starting tomorrow night – so I’ll probably post up my homework).
The General Systems Theory seems to be out of print, but I’ve got what I think it a first edition from a web bookshop.
They are going to make a bit of a dent in my time compared to the other pop-science that is on that list!
23
Sep
2009
the world in 2050
This is a recording of last night’s Intelligence Squared talk entitled ‘The world in 2050′. The quality is a little echoey, and it is extremely long, but I’m still getting comfortable with the nuances of this Livescribe pen.
The talks are pretty fast paced, and there is a lot of visual work that you’ll miss just from the recording, but it will tide you over until you get to the video – hopefully soon on the 21st Century School website. There is a blog post there already.
2
May
2009
GCR videos are up
The Future of Humanity Institute has just posted the videos from the Global Catastrophic Risks Conference conference that they had in Oxford last year.I missed it, so I’m pretty excited about getting to see these. I’m working my way through the accompanying book, so hopefully the videos will clarify things thati’m struggling with in the text.Below are links to video files of some of the lectures. Read the rest of this entry »
3
Mar
2009
microsoft’s vision of the future
There is a lot of interesting stuff in here that seems reasonably plausable, seeing how far we’ve come in the last 10 years.
The majority of things in this video are based on new hardware, none of the software seems all that far fetched. I wonder if it’s because we aren’t ready for suggestions about significant UI advances, or if they don’t predict that things will change much?
However it’s important to remember that this is made by the office team, and as such there are a whole load of things that they aren’t especially bothered about. It’d be interesting to see how a matching video made by a variety of governments would look.
2
Mar
2009
Are Violent Video Games Adequately Preparing Children For The Apocalypse?
which side of the debate do you fall on?