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New Book: An Irreverent Singularity Funcyclopedia, by Mondo 2000’s R.U. Sirius.

Posted by Rob Chamberlain in 3D printing, alien life, automation, big data, bionic, bioprinting, biotech/medical, complex systems, computing, cosmology, cryptocurrencies, cybercrime/malcode, cyborgs, defense, disruptive technology, DNA, driverless cars, drones, economics, electronics, encryption, energy, engineering, entertainment, environmental, ethics, existential risks, exoskeleton, finance, first contact, food, fun, futurism, general relativity, genetics, hacking, hardware, human trajectories, information science, innovation, internet, life extension, media & arts, military, mobile phones, nanotechnology, neuroscience, nuclear weapons, posthumanism, privacy, quantum physics, robotics/AI, science, security, singularity, software, solar power, space, space travel, supercomputing, time travel, transhumanism

Jan 4
2015

Quoted: “Legendary cyberculture icon (and iconoclast) R.U. Sirius and Jay Cornell have written a delicious funcyclopedia of the Singularity, transhumanism, and radical futurism, just published on January 1.” And: “The book, “Transcendence – The Disinformation Encyclopedia of Transhumanism and the Singularity,” is a collection of alphabetically-ordered short chapters about artificial intelligence, cognitive science, genomics, information technology, nanotechnology, neuroscience, space exploration, synthetic biology, robotics, and virtual worlds. Entries range from Cloning and Cyborg Feminism to Designer Babies and Memory-Editing Drugs.” And: “If you are young and don’t remember the 1980s you should know that, before Wired magazine, the cyberculture magazine Mondo 2000 edited by R.U. Sirius covered dangerous hacking, new media and cyberpunk topics such as virtual reality and smart drugs, with an anarchic and subversive slant. As it often happens the more sedate Wired, a watered-down later version of Mondo 2000, was much more successful and went mainstream.”

Read the article here >https://hacked.com/irreverent-singularity-funcyclopedia-mondo-2000s-r-u-sirius/

Legal Consulting Firm Believes Artificial Intelligence Could Replace Lawyers by 2030

Posted by Rob Chamberlain in architecture, automation, big data, business, complex systems, computing, cybercrime/malcode, disruptive technology, economics, encryption, engineering, ethics, finance, futurism, geopolitics, governance, government, human trajectories, information science, innovation, internet, law, law enforcement, military, neuroscience, philosophy, policy, privacy, robotics/AI, science, security, software, strategy, supercomputing, transhumanism, transparency

Jan 3
2015

Quoted: “Tony Williams, the founder of the British-based legal consulting firm, said that law firms will see nearly all their process work handled by artificial intelligence robots. The robotic undertaking will revolutionize the industry, “completely upending the traditional associate leverage model.” And: “The report predicts that the artificial intelligence technology will replace all the work involving processing information, along with a wide variety of overturned policies.”

Read the article here > https://hacked.com/legal-consulting-firm-believes-artificial…yers-2030/

QUESTION: Reality Is A Consensual, Consensual, Conditionalized, And Assimilated Hallucination? By Lifeboat Foundation’s Andres Agostini — Amazon — LinkedIn

Posted by Andres Agostini in disruptive technology, economics, education, futurism, lifeboat, philosophy, physics, science

Jan 3
2015

QUESTION: Reality Is A Consensual, Consensual, Conditionalized, And Assimilated Hallucination?

THIS IS NO DOGMA, BUT AN EXTREMELY IMPORTANT P.O.V.

As I have mentioned elsewhere, beyond everything else, I am also an evidence-based researcher and to that end I must study tons and tons of literature.

In the United States, there is a nice thing. When someone is remarkable, his or her I.Q. is measured and made public.

Dr. Hamel is, as per my understanding, America’s I.Q. #25. He was the CEO to Strategos and currently is Professor Gary Hamel, PhD. at marvelous London Business School. Hamel pays a great deal of attention to REALITY and the quote below, excerpted in the White Swan book, is used by him frequently.

VERBATIM:

“… [He] tells a wonderful little story about how he came to recognize this deep truth: On the third day of a conference at a Buddhist center, I asked people why they put their palms together several times a day. THE BUDDHISTS BELIEVE THAT THE WORLD IS AN ILLUSION, BUT WE HAVE TO GO ALONG WITH THE ILLUSION FOR EFFICIENCY REASONS. When they put their hands together it is a semicolon, an acknowledgment that whatever they may think is going on right now is largely a fabrication of their own mind…”

SOURCE: http://amzn.to/1rPYHEZ

SPECIAL MENTION REGARDING THE PHOTO:

Every person in the embedded photo is of my highest regard, both by their respective intellects and, as well, as by their corresponding justness and generosity.

ABSOLUTE END.

Authored By Copyright Mr. Andres Agostini

White Swan Book Author (Source of this Article)

http://www.LINKEDIN.com/in/andresagostini

http://www.AMAZON.com/author/agostini

https://www.FACEBOOK.com/heldenceo (Other Publications)

http://LIFEBOAT.com/ex/bios.andres.agostini

http://ThisSUCCESS.wordpress.com

https://www.FACEBOOK.com/agostiniandres

http://www.appearoo.com/aagostini

http://connect.FORWARDMETRICS.com/profile/1649/Andres-Agostini.html

https://www.FACEBOOK.com/amazonauthor

http://FUTURE-OBSERVATORY.blogspot.com

http://ANDRES-AGOSTINI-on.blogspot.com

http://AGOSTINI-SOLVES.blogspot.com

@AndresAgostini

@ThisSuccess

@SciCzar

Kaalagyan: Farsighted-Future Investigation And Reoriented Research By Drashtara, Andres Agostini!

Posted by Andres Agostini in business, complex systems, economics, education, engineering, existential risks, futurism, physics, science

Jan 1
2015

Kaalagyan: Farsighted-Future Investigation And Reoriented Research By Drashtara, Andres Agostini!

AN INDIAN CIVIL ENGINEER, VEDIC SAGE AND SANSKRIT SCHOLAR WROTE,

“…White Swan [ http://amzn.to/1tH7Fpl ]; yes White Swan! In Sanskrit‚ we have an adage-HAMSA KSHEERA NYAYAM — meaning Swan and the Milk Example! What does this mean? It is believed that Swan accepts milk portion only from out of the mixture of Milk and Water! [….] I am honored to compare this Vedic Analogy with Mr. Andres Agostini’s WHITE SWAN — I do know whether Andres kept this Vedic term. While titling his Great foreseeing of the Future! [….] Needless to say that Andres is a foreseer; DRASHTARA! He illumines the present science and technology and heightens the future Metascale heights, yet he says that he does know what could be in 2045! [….] In Sanskrit the Vedantic Sages call Andres «… a DRASHTARA …» and as such he is set out to re-channelize the R&D&I effort’s direction and pathway by applied scientists in dire straits, thus re-illuminating them in the unaccounted-for dynamic driving forces in order for scientists to return to the right path [….] THE UNIVERSE IS A LEGENDARY VERSE AND I MUST ADMIT WITH MY LIMITED KNOWLEDGE OF THE PAST TO FUTURE, THE EVOLUTION IS THE GREATEST REVOLUTION IN ALL ASPECTS; KNOWN BECOMES NON EXISTENT AND UNKNOWN BECOMES THE MOST ADORED AND PREFERRED TOOL OF THE PRESENT TOOL FOR AFFLUENCE IN SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNOLOGICAL FAST TRACKS! I admire Andres at every meticulous step in his narration citing and acknowledging his indebtedness to his peers! My knowledge of Science and Technology is limited to appreciation of the facts of the future! I am no match to Andres Agostini’s knowledge, but have the firm belief that Andres Agostini’s forethoughts of the future are the as true as Sun and Moon! [….] It is a prevailed I casually came across this page and must say I am a gainer in knowledge! [.…] THERE IS IGNORANCE IN KNOWLEDGE AND SO TOO KNOWLEDGE IN IGNORANCE BECAUSE THE MORE ONE LEARNS; MUCH MORE HE/SHE FEELS MORE HE/SHE MUST LEARN! [….] PEOPLE LIKE MR. ANDRES AGOSTINI ARE ALWAYS SOUGHT AFTER TO EDUCATE THE THIRSTY FOR KNOWLEDGE OF THE FUTURISTIC DEVELOPMENTS! [….] WISDOM AND KNOWLEDGE ARE DUAL ENTITIES OF THE MIND! Needless to say drawing from the expressive impressions of previous births to forecast the futuristics of the incoming generations called in Sanskrit as KAALAGYAN! (in Sanskrit, ‘… knowledge and awareness with farsightedness of eternal future times…’) [….] Whatever we call genes/genetic in modern scientific terminology! As usual Mr. Andres Agostini, with his habitual farsightedness has inherent KAALAGYAN to disclose whatever the future holds for the future! I wish Mr Andres Agostini all the great results for the future he is investigating! [….] SOMETIMES I HAVE THE PREMONITION, HAVING READ SEVERAL OF MR ANDRES AGOSTINI’S PUBLICATIONS, THAT HE BELONGS TO PRE-VEDIC PERIOD IN FORESEEING THE FUTURISTIC HAPPENINGS! HE IS TOTALLY DEDICATED IN HIS STUDIES: WIDTH AND DEPTH! HIS ZEAL SURMOUNTS MOUNT EVEREST! …”

— Mr. Grama Keshava Ananthram

TO THIS END AND AS A CONSEQUENCE, A NOTED JOURNALIST FROM INDIA COMMENTED,

“ … I absolutely agree with your opinion that MR ANDRES AGOSTINI is a great visionary of our time. His findings forewarns us about the future. IGNORING THEM IN FORMULATING POLICIES FOR THE FUTURE OF OUR PLANET IS LIKE WALKING THE CLIFF EDGE BLINDFOLD. Yes, the unique intuitive power that MR AGOSTINI is endowed with, must have been the result of good Karma of past several births …”

— Sukanta Rout

ANDRES AGOSTINI’S CLOSING REMARKS ON HIS INTELLECTUAL MANIFESTO:

“ … Andres is no longer a captive to history.
Whatever he can imagine, he can accomplish.

He is no longer a vassal in a faceless
bureaucracy, He is an activist, not a drone.

He is no longer a foot soldier
in the march of progress.

He is a Technological Revolutionary! … ”

ABSOLUTE END.

Authored By Copyright Mr. Andres Agostini

White Swan Book Author (Source of this Article)

http://www.LINKEDIN.com/in/andresagostini

http://www.AMAZON.com/author/agostini

https://www.FACEBOOK.com/heldenceo (Other Publications)

http://LIFEBOAT.com/ex/bios.andres.agostini

http://ThisSUCCESS.wordpress.com

https://www.FACEBOOK.com/agostiniandres

http://www.appearoo.com/aagostini

http://connect.FORWARDMETRICS.com/profile/1649/Andres-Agostini.html

https://www.FACEBOOK.com/amazonauthor

http://FUTURE-OBSERVATORY.blogspot.com

http://ANDRES-AGOSTINI-on.blogspot.com

http://AGOSTINI-SOLVES.blogspot.com

@AndresAgostini

@ThisSuccess

@SciCzar

FUTURISM UPDATE (January 02, 2015) — Mr. Andres Agostini, Amazon, LinkedIn

Posted by Andres Agostini in futurism

Dec 31
2014

FUTURISM UPDATE (January 02, 2015) — Mr. Andres Agostini, Amazon, LinkedIn

PHYS.ORG: Thermodynamic analysis reveals large overlooked role of oil and other energy sources in the economy http://phys.org/news/2014-12-thermodynamic-analysis-reve…ooked.html

PHYS.ORG: Scientists identify patterns of RNA regulation in the nuclei of plants http://phys.org/news/2014-12-scientists-patterns-rna-nuclei.html

PHYS.ORG: Unique Sulawesi frog gives birth to tadpoles http://phys.org/news/2014-12-unique-sulawesi-frog-birth-tadpoles.html

WHITE SWAN BOOK: Patient stem cells used to make dementia-in-a-dish; help identify new treatment strategy http://medicalxpress.com/news/2014-12-patient-stem-cells…tment.html

WHITE SWAN BOOK: 3-D culture system for pancreatic cancer has potential to change therapeutic approaches http://medicalxpress.com/news/2014-12-d-culture-pancreat…ntial.html

FUTURE OBSERVATORY: New technologies harvest energy from movements, sound and more http://phys.org/news/2014-12-technologies-harvest-energy-movements.html

FUTURE OBSERVATORY: Dubai awaits snow-making Heart of Europe transplant http://phys.org/news/2014-12-dubai-awaits-snow-making-heart-europe.html

WHITE SWAN BOOK: Study finds possible alternative explanation for dark energy http://phys.org/news/2014-12-alternative-explanation-dark-energy.html

DER SPIEGEL: Obama Envoy John Allen: No ‘Short-Term Solutions’ for Stopping Islamic State http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/us-envoy-warns-no-…10880.html

MOSCOW TIMES: Oliver Stone Interviews Yanukovych for Documentary on U.S. ‘Coup’ in Ukraine http://www.themoscowtimes.com/news/article/oliver-stone-inte…14013.html

MOSCOW TIMES: Economic Turmoil Threatens Putin’s Grip on Russia http://www.themoscowtimes.com/news/article/economic-turmoil-…13996.html

REUTERS: Abbas signs onto International Criminal Court after U.N. loss http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/12/31/us-palestinians-is…ZN20141231

REUTERS: Ambac sues Bank of America over Countrywide mortgage bonds http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/12/31/us-bankofamerica-a…YO20141231

REUTERS: Oil ends on a low after halving in 2014 as OPEC stands aside http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/12/31/us-markets-oil-idUSKBN0K905620141231

REUTERS: U.S. jobless claims rise, but labor market still firming http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/12/31/us-usa-economy-une…RK20141231

REUTERS: Analytics-based U.S. tech firm Inovalon files for IPO http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/12/31/us-inovalon-ipo-idUSKBN0K81N720141231

REUTERS: Low-risk ‘worm’ removed at hacked South Korea nuclear operator http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/12/30/us-nuclear-southko…J620141230

REUTERS: India’s capital sets new rules for Uber, other taxi operators http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/12/30/us-uber-india-rule…S520141230

REUTERS: Wall St. lower but finishes year with solid gains http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/12/31/us-markets-stocks-…P420141231

REUTERS: Boeing appears to hit 111 of 787 deliveries for 2014, tops target http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/12/31/us-boeing-787-deli…4L20141231

ISRAEL’S HOMELAND SECURITY: Anthrax – the next attack is only a matter of time http://i-hls.com/2014/12/anthrax-next-attack-matter-time/

ISRAEL’S HOMELAND SECURITY: A newer version for China’s Wing Loong UAV http://i-hls.com/2014/12/newer-version-chinas-wing-loong-uav/

ISRAEL’S HOMELAND SECURITY: Kaspersky Lab Launches Online Radar for the Most Dangerous Cyberthreats http://i-hls.com/2014/12/kaspersky-lab-launches-online-radar…erthreats/

WHITE SWAN BOOK: Wi-Fi could let robots roam around the ISS http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg22530023.500-wifi-coul…KRzNntSLZc

WHITE SWAN BOOK: Russia boasts best mental agility at World Mind Games http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn26735-russia-boasts-be…KRzcntSLZc

WHITE SWAN BOOK: The piste at the end of the universe http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg22430000.800-the-piste…verse.html

WHITE SWAN BOOK: Storm warning: Can crystal-gazing predict the weather? http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg22430001.200-storm-war…ather.html

NATURE: Ebola raises profile of blood-based therapy http://www.nature.com/news/ebola-raises-profile-of-blood-based-therapy-1.16625

NATURE: Large-scale discovery of novel genetic causes of developmental disorders http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/vaop/ncurrent/full/nature14135.html

NATURE: Anticoagulant antidotes start yielding Phase III promise http://www.nature.com/nrd/journal/v14/n1/full/nrd4527.html

NATURE: FDA approves first bispecific http://www.nature.com/nrd/journal/v14/n1/full/nrd4531.html

POPULAR SCIENCE: Watch This Drone Helicopter Take Off At Sea http://www.popsci.com/watch-drone-helicopter-take-sea

POPULAR SCIENCE: How LEDs Are Going To Replace Our Lights. Decades-old technology, now making streets brighter for less http://www.popsci.com/why-leds-are-conquering-lighting

POPULAR SCIENCE: Contact Lens Sees Eye Disease Before It Strikes. Early warning system is a sight for sore eyes http://www.popsci.com/early-warning-system-eye-disease

POPULAR SCIENCE: How Can A Commercial Airplane Just Disappear? The loss of AirAsia QZ8501 marks the second time a major aircraft has vanished without any warning this year http://www.popsci.com/how-unusual-it-commercial-plane-cease-communication

POPULAR SCIENCE: Inside The New Stealth Arsenal. A top secret class of autonomous drones is changing the way war is waged http://www.popsci.com/inside-new-stealth-arsenal

WALL STREET JOURNAL: BitBeat: 2014 Will Be Bitcoin’s Auld Lang Syne, Someday http://blogs.wsj.com/moneybeat/2014/12/31/bitbeat-2014-will-…e-someday/

FORBES: Tech 2015: Block Chain Will Break Free From Bitcoin To Power Distributed Apps http://www.forbes.com/sites/anthonykosner/2014/12/31/tech-20…uted-apps/

TECHCRUNCH: NYC May Integrate Apple Pay, Bitcoin, PayPal For Parking Tickets http://techcrunch.com/2014/12/31/nyc-may-integrate-apple-pay…g-tickets/

BUSINESS INSIDER: What It’s Like Inside Elon Musk’s ‘Reality Distortion Field’ http://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-reality-distortion-field-2014-12

FORBES: How Much Equity Did Elon Musk Get From Investing In Tesla’s Series A? http://www.forbes.com/sites/quora/2014/12/29/how-much-equity…-series-a/

FORBES: Elon Musk’s Hyperloop Will Revolutionize Transportation — But That’s Only The Beginning http://www.forbes.com/sites/stevenkotler/2014/12/26/elon-mus…tll-bring/

WHITE SWAN BOOK: Elon Musk’s reusable rocket could land in 2015 http://www.bizjournals.com/orlando/morning_call/2014/12/elon…-2015.html

LINKEDIN: Homer Simpson on NASA and Bart Simpson on Book Of Five Rings and the Noda Secret https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/homer-simpson-nasa-bart-book-…agostini-1

LINKEDIN: SELLING! Getting Apple, Amazon, Microsoft and Fortune-500s to Uninterruptedly Buy From You! https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/selling-mr-andres-agostini-am…=prof-post

LINKEDIN: CORRECTLY FORESEEING? https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/20141203020027-34427457-c…eader-card

LINKEDIN: A Chat with StarTrek Captain James T. Kirk, the A.I. Incumbent? https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/20141202005900-34427457-a…eader-card

LINKEDIN: How Come Artificial Intelligence is Burning Your Hands? https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/20141126011822-34427457-m…eader-card

LINKEDIN: The Swiss Prescription! https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/20141127021523-34427457-t…eader-card

LINKEDIN: Getting Apple, Amazon, Microsoft and Fortune-500s to Uninterruptedly Buy From You! Amazon, Apple, Berkshire Hathaway Corporation, Mitsubishi Motors, Honda, Daimler-Chrysler’s Mercedes-Benz, Toyota, Royal Dutch Shell Oil Company, Google, Xerox, Exxon-Mobil, Boeing, Amazon, Procter & Gamble, NASA and DARPA, Lockheed Martin, RAND Corporation and HUDSON Institute, Northrop Grumman Corporation, GEICO, Microsoft, etc. https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/20141119210301-34427457-g…eader-card

LINKEDIN: Marilyn Monroe in London and Continuous Performance Improvement https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/20141018220154-34427457-t…eader-card

LINKEDIN: Dr. Strangeloves, the Military-Industrial Complex, Royal Dutch Shell, Skunkworks, and Omniscient: Futuring, Strategizing and Advanced Planning and Execution via Scenario-Planning Methodology by Top Global Corporations and The Technically-Minded Practitioners and Incumbents! https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/20141018015730-34427457-d…eader-card

LINKEDIN: The Advice Bill Gates Gave Us 15 Years Ago… And Made Him a Superbillionaire in the Process! https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/20140927125400-34427457-t…eader-card

LINKEDIN: The 24 Commandments of Resiliency! https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/20140906214412-34427457-t…eader-card

LINKEDIN: Why do Humans Have Anatomical Limbs For? https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/why-do-humans-have-anatomical…=prof-post

LINKEDIN: QUESTION: Humans or Animal? And the Human Factor! https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/question-humans-animal-human-…r-agostini

LINKEDIN: When you go to Rome? https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/when-you-go-rome-mr-andres-ag…t_res_name

LINKEDIN: Why do Humans Have Bodily Skin (Epidermis) For? https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/why-do-humans-have-bodily-ski…=prof-post

LINKEDIN: Corporate Reconnoitering? https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/corporate-reconnoitering-amaz…=prof-post

LINKEDIN: The Simpson Gals https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/simpson-gals-mr-andres-agosti…=prof-post

LINKEDIN: Actuarial Sciences Suffice? https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/actuarial-sciences-suffice-am…eader-card

ABSOLUTE END.

Authored By Copyright Mr. Andres Agostini

White Swan Book Author (Source of this Article)

http://www.LINKEDIN.com/in/andresagostini

http://www.AMAZON.com/author/agostini

https://www.FACEBOOK.com/heldenceo (Other Publications)

http://LIFEBOAT.com/ex/bios.andres.agostini

http://ThisSUCCESS.wordpress.com

https://www.FACEBOOK.com/agostiniandres

FUTURISM UPDATE (January 01, 2015) — Mr. Andres Agostini, Amazon, LinkedIn

Posted by Andres Agostini in futurism

Dec 31
2014

FUTURISM UPDATE (January 01, 2015) — Mr. Andres Agostini, Amazon, LinkedIn

TECHCRUNCH: The Grid Uses Artificial Intelligence To Design Your Websites For You http://techcrunch.com/2014/10/08/the-grid-uses-artificial-in…s-for-you/

WHITE SWAN BOOK: US and European visions of connected objects at Odds https://lnkd.in/e_kBdXV

MAX PLANCK INSTITUTES: Science guided by ethics – on the responsible use of scientific freedom and dealing with scientific risk https://lnkd.in/eFviPPr

MAX PLANCK INSTITUTES: New blood stem cells thanks to interferon gamma http://www.mpg.de/8820107/blood-stem-cells-interferon-gamma?…rch_topic=

MAX PLANCK INSTITUTES: Robot on board. The robot “Athena” carries new impulses for robotics research in its luggage http://www.mpg.de/8811828/athena-robot?filter_order=L&research_topic=

WHITE SWAN BOOK: This Man Is Building a Warp Drive in His Garage http://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/gadgets/tech-news…warp-drive

ENGINEERING: PlexiDrone is ready to change commercial aerial photography http://www.engineering.com/DesignerEdge/DesignerEdgeArticles…raphy.aspx

ENGINEERING: A “Sweet” Take on Self-Healing Polymers http://www.engineering.com/DesignerEdge/DesignerEdgeArticles…ymers.aspx

ENGINEERING: Designing Smart Metering for Utilities? Consider System-on-Module for Power Line Communications http://www.engineering.com/ElectronicsDesign/ElectronicsDesi…tions.aspx

ENGINEERING: Renewable Energy and Protecting the Grid from Terrorism and Natural Disasters http://www.engineering.com/ElectronicsDesign/ElectronicsDesi…sters.aspx

ENGINEERING: Talking Life and STEM Education with Bill Nye http://www.engineering.com/Education/EducationArticles/Artic…l-Nye.aspx

SCIENTIFIC AMERICA: Rapidly Warming Oceans Set to Release Heat into the Atmosphere http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/rapidly-warming-oc…A_Facebook

ABSOLUTE END.

Authored By Copyright Mr. Andres Agostini

White Swan Book Author (Source of this Article)

http://www.LINKEDIN.com/in/andresagostini

http://www.AMAZON.com/author/agostini

https://www.FACEBOOK.com/heldenceo (Other Publications)

http://LIFEBOAT.com/ex/bios.andres.agostini

http://ThisSUCCESS.wordpress.com

https://www.FACEBOOK.com/agostiniandres

FUTURISM UPDATE (December 31, 2014) — Mr. Andres Agostini, Amazon, LinkedIn

Posted by Andres Agostini in futurism

Dec 30
2014

WHITE SWAN BOOK: 10 Threats Worse Than Artificial Intelligence http://www.informationweek.com/mobile/mobile-devices/10-thre…id/1318210

WHITE SWAN BOOK: KURZWEIL: Human-Level AI Is Coming By 2029 http://www.businessinsider.com/ray-kurzweil-thinks-well-have…014-12

BUSINESS INSIDER: The FBI Is Investigating Whether US Banks Are Launching Cyberattacks Of Their Own http://www.businessinsider.com/fbi-investigates-us-bank-hacks-2014-12

SAW SONY HYPER ATTACKED? WAIT FOR (A) INTERNET OF EVERYTHING AND (B) GE’S INDUSTRIAL INTERNET OF ROBOTIC THINGS. BBC NEWS: Politician’s fingerprint ‘cloned from photos’ by hacker https://lnkd.in/eib2STq

YOU WANT THE CONVENIENCE OF THE WEB, SUPER-AUTOMATION AND THE HACKERS SMARTER THAN YOU. WALL STREET JOURNAL: Japan Airlines Reports Hacker Attack. Airline Says Information of Up to 750,000 Customers Possibly Stolen https://lnkd.in/en7pGZv

COMPUTERWORLD: Hacker uses an Android to remotely attack and hijack an airplane https://lnkd.in/epdWNWR

THE ECONOMIST: Who lies behind the latest cyber attacks on JPMorgan Chase? https://lnkd.in/e5Tj28Y

Slouching tiger: Xi Jinping needs bold 2015 as China’s economy slows. For much of the last two millennia China was the largest economy in the world, and at the end of 2014 it retook its place at the top, surpassing the United States years before almost anyone expected. https://lnkd.in/eQRhPtt

REUTERS: Growth in China’s gross domestic product (GDP) is expected to slow to 7 percent next year from a forecast 7.3 percent this year https://lnkd.in/e5h7EKr

WALL STREET JOURNAL: China’s Economy Shows More Weakness https://lnkd.in/e3Hxide

NEW YORK TIMES: Europe Braces for Economic Fallout as Greece Heads to Early Elections https://lnkd.in/e5YtMVV

WALL STREET JOURNAL: Quantitative Easing Won’t Lift Europe’s Economy. London is packed with young Europeans doing entry-level jobs. They’ve fled labor markets tied up by red tape. https://lnkd.in/emX-_dS

WALL STREET JOURNAL: European Economic Errors for the U.S. to Avoid. The story of the Continent’s moribund economy began long before the European Central Bank was founded. https://lnkd.in/excnMVY

BLOOMBERG BUSINESSWEEK: Dimon Says Europe Economy to Drag for Decade as China Hits Goals https://lnkd.in/ePji6u8

Bloomberg View- China Steps In as World’s New Bank https://lnkd.in/e2pv-JJ

Forbes- China’s Now The World Number One Economy And It Doesn’t Matter A Darn https://lnkd.in/eYbXHZw

Forbes- Thoughts On The Global Economy Heading Into 2015 https://lnkd.in/exV_8e2

Fox News- NASA’s ape-like RoboSimian set for DARPA robot challenge https://lnkd.in/emzfffm

Gizmag- New sea turtle robot could extend missions by charging its own batteries https://lnkd.in/edyTfbf

FIRST, THEY ASSIST. THEN ROBOTS DO IT, UPGRADE THEIR BEST OFFICES AND SELF-REPLICATE THEMSELVES AND NOT TO ASSIST ANYONE BUT THEMSELVES WHILE EXERCISING ROBOTIC SELF RELIANCE. BBC News- Robot-assisted surgery gains ground https://lnkd.in/eiqjTbC

DARPA: ElectRx Has the Nerve to Envision Revolutionary Therapies for Self-Healing https://lnkd.in/ehtqc_G

DARPA: Pay Dirt: Turning Deadly Chemical Agents Into Harmless Soil https://lnkd.in/egX5DvW

THE ECONOMIST: How realistic is it for computer hackers to interfere with aircraft while they are in the air, a phenomenon known as cyberjacking? http://www.economist.com/blogs/gulliver/2014/11/hacking-aircraft

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The Blockchain is the New Database, Get Ready to Rewrite Everything

Posted by Rob Chamberlain in architecture, automation, big data, bitcoin, business, complex systems, computing, cryptocurrencies, cyborgs, defense, disruptive technology, economics, education, encryption, engineering, finance, futurism, genetics, geopolitics, governance, government, hacking, hardware, human trajectories, information science, internet, law, military, mobile phones, nanotechnology, neuroscience, open access, open source, philosophy, physics, privacy, robotics/AI, science, scientific freedom, security, singularity, software, strategy, supercomputing, transhumanism, transparency

Dec 30
2014

Quoted: “If you understand the core innovations around the blockchain idea, you’ll realize that the technology concept behind it is similar to that of a database, except that the way you interact with that database is very different.

The blockchain concept represents a paradigm shift in how software engineers will write software applications in the future, and it is one of the key concepts behind the Bitcoin revolution that need to be well understood. In this post, I’d like to explain 5 of these concepts, and how they interrelate to one another in the context of this new computing paradigm that is unravelling in front of us. They are: the blockchain, decentralized consensus, trusted computing, smart contracts and proof of work / stake. This computing paradigm is important, because it is a catalyst for the creation of decentralized applications, a next-step evolution from distributed computing architectural constructs.