by Fulano de Tal | Nov 14, 2012 | Psychology, Society & Culture, Technology & Futurism
How to carry on worrying but still learn to ‘love’ the interweb [[Tovarich]]/comrade: are you sitting comfortably? Good, then we’ll begin… Astute followers of de Tal’s blogs [who may have achieved double figures as we speak] will have noticed an understandable...
by Ken JP Stuczynski | Oct 16, 2012 | Politics & Law, Society & Culture, Technology & Futurism
The week’s TED Talk touches on a lot of subjects, from the effects of new communication technology on society (usually predicting world peace and getting other, unintended consequences such as revolution and other social change), to the contrast of open-source...
by Ken JP Stuczynski | Aug 7, 2012 | Business & Economics, Education, Society & Culture, Technology & Futurism
This is another fine example of a TED talk that demonstrates how necessity in developing nations allows for innovative, affordable solutions for even the poorest communities. And sometimes it’s built on the scrap from the rest of us …
by Ken JP Stuczynski | Jul 31, 2012 | Politics & Law, Technology & Futurism
Today’s TED Talk explores the implications of the data that is stored by our (mobile) phone companies. After the Arab Spring revolutions, I never would have thought of the negative ramifications of using personal technology for free speech and assembly.
by Ken JP Stuczynski | Jul 10, 2012 | Science & Pseudoscience, Society & Culture, Technology & Futurism
In this TED Talk, we find out how criminals are usually one step ahead of our own peaceful and lawful use of technology, and technology has already enabled the impact of one upon millions to go from theory to ease. It’s scary stuff. And it makes me think that...
by Ken JP Stuczynski | Jul 5, 2012 | Politics & Law, Technology & Futurism
According to this article, just as the defining crusade of Congressman and Presidential candidate [[Ron Paul]] is auditing the [[Federal Reserve]], his son, Congressman [[Rand Paul]] is waving the flag of Internet freedom. However, there appears to be two disparate...
