Monday, September 26, 2011

New history.

Sorry, another comment on something I saw on TED by Adam Ostrow this time. He was talking about that soon there will be 1 BILLION people globally on social media. And they have one thing in common. All will die!
He hypothesizes about the implications that will mean since we know that anything posted will last forever, somewhere. I thought about how profound that is and can be in my interests such as history and family history. Imagine having access to our ancestors from 100,200 years ago. Imagine our children, ggggchildren having access to our videos logs centuries in the future. I don't think, for the most part, it will affect our daily lives much. Sort of like a reality show having numerous cameras documenting our every move. After desensitizing ourselves to their presence they no longer exist, virtually.
Sometimes though having too much information is more dangerous than a scarcity. So creating a clarity for them in the future will be a mirror of what we have now to work through. After all reacting history, for Winston Smith, was a full time occupation.
Just something more for some of us to contemplate!

Sunday, September 25, 2011

peterradzio: Botany of desire

peterradzio: Botany of desire: Are you smarter than a plant? A different look at plants through their 'eyes' with Dr. Pollan. http://pbs.org/botanyofdesire/

Botany of desire

Are you smarter than a plant? A different look at plants through their 'eyes' with Dr. Pollan.
http://pbs.org/botanyofdesire/

Saturday, September 24, 2011

Ed Boyden: A light switch for neurons | Video on TED.com

Ed Boyden: A light switch for neurons | Video on TED.com
Fanciful thinking or predicting the future?
Helping the blind to see, the epileptic to control seizures, uploading and downloading memories.
Wonderful, fascinating scary stuff!
But, science fiction has become science fact once or twice before!
Hasn't it?

Joshua Walters: On being just crazy enough | Video on TED.com

Joshua Walters: On being just crazy enough | Video on TED.com
Where else on the web would you get a presentation such as this? It portrays the true awesomeness of TED
and similar venues.
We still have the option of watching it or turning it off depending on our comfort level.
But in my libertarian state of mind issuance of the message is as important, or sometimes, more.
The beauty and stability of a free society:CHOICE!

Thursday, September 22, 2011

Start distancing Canada from UN | Editorial | Opinion | Toronto Sun

Start distancing Canada from UN | Editorial | Opinion | Toronto Sun
The UN is an extension of the failed League of Nations when America was still astute enough to recognize a leftist globalist scam for what it was.
It is not a place for peaceful discourse but along with WHO, World Bank and others places developed to global domination.

Person of Interest

A new show called "Person of Interest" starts tonight. I'm sure a true statist will tape this series and watch it every waking moment. This is 1984 on steroids. Apparently a computer can watch, log and predict human actions before they happen! Sounds great doesn't it?
As of this moment humans haven't fared so well to thwart any human misdeeds as they happen let alone before. Not even Philip Dru as imagined by Colonel House could have conjured up this vision of tomorrow. It's going to be a great show for me because of the premise. I just don't know if I'll be watching good science fiction or impending science fact!