Using Technology to Deepen Democracy, Using Democracy to Ensure Technology Benefits Us All
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Using Technology to Deepen Democracy, Using Democracy to Ensure Technology Benefits Us All
"Devoted to highly rhetorical nitpicking, but it is fun to read." -- Chris Mooney
"Rather close but correct reading." -- Evgeny Morozov
"Mean, but true." -- Annalee Newitz
"Pretty breathless, but I guess it had to be said." -- Bruce Sterling
"An essential reality check for those who are too entranced by transhumanism to notice the sordid reality behind the curtain." -- Charlie Stross
5 comments:
Somebody's been to the gym... but why do I get the feeling he's compensating? And who wants to spoon all night with a cheese grater?
I think he's already lost his head over somebody else!
(And yes, why the hell do robots need six-pack abs and
striated pecs?)
Off topic:
I have combed through many of the posts on this blog, and I have not found many of your posts dedicated to space exploration/colonization. Do you think that serious deliberation about heading off-world belongs in the same context as Robot Gods, etc, or do you think that is actually legitimate?
Intuitively, to me, space exploration/colonization belongs in an entirely different strata from the more, how should I say it, hyperbole-laden topics such as transhumanism, since there are actually well-respected people (e.g. Stephen Hawking, Freeman Dyson, or really anybody working for NASA) who say that our only hope for a future is to get off of this planet/get out of the solar system. Anyway, I'm just curious as to what your thoughts on this topic are.
P.S. No, I would most certainly not hit it. Personally, I like my bits not flayed.
> why the hell do robots need six-pack abs and
striated pecs?
And what looks like a **navel**, I only just noticed!
(Well, I suppose he's supposed to be a Borg, or something.)
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