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11 years ago @ grinding.be - The Year of the Drone,... · 0 replies · +1 points

Thank you!

12 years ago @ grinding.be - Mass Effect 3 copies t... · 0 replies · +1 points

Not sure which part was the joke, Ted... but all comments are always welcome here.

No idea why comments got disabled on that post, but that's been rectified; pretty sure our commenting system is haunted.

12 years ago @ grinding.be - Time travellin' with W... · 0 replies · +1 points

Thanks Ted! Glad you agree.

Yes to Bruce Sterling, no to Bill Gates thanks ;0

12 years ago @ grinding.be - Bruce Sterling @ Sympo... · 0 replies · +1 points

Bah! They've pulled them all from their Vimeo channel. I'll keep an eye out for their eventual reappearance.

12 years ago @ grinding.be - Inside Job (How they s... · 0 replies · +1 points

Finally, you can 'buy' it on iTunes here: http://www.apple.com/itunes/charts/movies/inside-... and elsewhere I'm sure.

12 years ago @ grinding.be - Inside Job (How they s... · 0 replies · +2 points

Before you can solve a problem you must clearly describe it. This is what the documentary does. As you say, it's well-made.

One can deduce that the first step in such a solution is to separate Government and Business.

Identify problem area, fix, re-start, observe, repeat.

12 years ago @ grinding.be - Inside Job (How they s... · 0 replies · +1 points

now this clip is actually put on YouTube by SonyPictureClassics http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eKHKfcT9pCI

12 years ago @ grinding.be - Inside Job (How they s... · 0 replies · +1 points

Here's another link to it on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iFfTcAcGjcU

and a key scene on Vimeo (How They corrupted the study of Economics): http://vimeo.com/20170617

13 years ago @ grinding.be - thoughts on the Transc... · 2 replies · +1 points

I will check out Technocalyps too, thanks for bring it my attention.

re: AI - Ray explicitly says he hopes to resurrect his dead father using this tech AND that humanity will co-evolve with tiny machines inside them AND that GodLike AIs will appear. I have always been a proponent of the continued co-evolution of man and the tools he creates, it's where GodLike AIs will have Human Concerns that I am explicitly challenging.

re: biological evolution - what I'm saying is that current genetic research seems to indicate that it's very far from static. Also, afaik, they've yet to explain the Flynn Effect. Add to this the fact that syllogistic reasoning is the direct product of literacy (of the word) & I think it's reasonable to infer that without adding machines to the body another Mental Advance may soon (or perhaps already has?) result from this new Literacy (of the Computer/SocialNetwork/Google sphere) - a new mental module installed into humanity, if you will.

13 years ago @ grinding.be - Bruce Sterling's SXSW ... · 0 replies · +1 points

Ah! Thanks

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