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Upgraded and adapted from the Moot to yesterday's post , "Esebian" asks: Wouldn't you say today's state of the concept...

An analysis of the history of technology shows that technological change is exponential, contrary to the common-sense “intuitive linear” v...

Kashmir Hill at Forbes : The home automation market was worth $1.5 billion in 2012 according to Reuters; there’s been an explosion in produc...

I write quite a lot here at Amor Mundi about the damaging and deranging impacts of futurological discourses on sensible deliberation about ...

I have written lots of pieces ridiculing the ridiculous futurological stylings of transhumanoid George Dvorsky, especially since he was offe...

"We got hacked by the hacker we hired to hack? That's unpossible!" #NSABrainTrust Will we be saved from total information a...

I've been too teachy-weedy for much blogging lately, and that is likely to remain true for a bit. The end of one summer intensive sessio...

Via Pharyngula , h/t -- JimF , some especially apt words on people who pine after perpetual life from the last interview of the mainly marve...

The metaphor of the "mixed economy" is absolutely mystifying. The idea of sustainable, consensual equity-in-diversity, of democ...

Upgraded and adapted from the Moot , from an ongoing exchange with a self-declared champion of aristocracy: It is true that important kno...

It will come as no surprise to Amorous Mudyites that a high-profile (in a big fish, small pond kinda sorta way) transhumanoid trio is castin...

Also published at the World Future Society . In a recent conference promoting not only their latest gizmos but their company's animati...