by Ken JP Stuczynski | Jun 19, 2012 | Philosophy & Ethics, Society & Culture, Technology & Futurism
This TED talk shows how robotics teach us lessons, such as questioning, improvising, pivoting, and practice. And with it comes deep philosophic questions of “telepistemology”.
by Ken JP Stuczynski | Jun 12, 2012 | Politics & Law, Society & Culture
This TED Talk reminds me of my friend and artist Brian Nesline, who makes murals of buildings and logos from a composite of people’s faces. However, the artistic use in the video is more than pride or novelty, but activism for peace and tolerance on a...
by Ken JP Stuczynski | Jun 8, 2012 | Science & Pseudoscience, Society & Culture, Technology & Futurism
This Friday Follow-up is regarding yesterday’s article and video, “Our Cyborg Future” and asks the question if we are becoming a very different species, as quickly as a couple generations.
by Ken JP Stuczynski | Jun 7, 2012 | Philosophy & Ethics, Science & Pseudoscience, Society & Culture, Technology & Futurism
I’d say this is an upcoming yet fringe topic. And then I’d recall all the hours I played Deus Ex. Then I’d recall the movie I starred in that dealt with a post-net future with cyborgs and non-cyborgs trying to find their collective peace in building...
by Barry Fagin | Jun 4, 2012 | Science & Pseudoscience, Society & Culture
{Colorado Springs Gazette, May 31st 2012} Why do smart people believe dumb things? Why do bad ideas from Playboy Bunnies breed like rabbits? Dr Luc Montagnier, the co-discoverer of HIV, won the 2008 Nobel Prize in Medicine. I’d say that means he’s a pretty smart guy....
by Barry Fagin | May 21, 2012 | Philosophy & Ethics, Politics & Law, Society & Culture
{Published in the Colorado Springs Gazette, 3-20-08} Prostitution should be legal. A woman’s body is her own. It does not belong to her church, although she may choose to consecrate it to God. It does not belong to her husband, although she may choose to share it with...
