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Jul 30, 2017
Awesome awe: The emotion that gives us superpowers
Posted by Shailesh Prasad in category: media & arts
Awe is so powerful it alters your sense of self, connects you with humanity and boosts your mind and body. And there’s a surprising way to get more of it.
By Jo Marchant
HAVE you ever been stopped in your tracks by a stunning view, or gobsmacked by the vastness of the night sky? Have you been transported by soaring music, a grand scientific theory or a charismatic person? If so, you will understand US novelist John Steinbeck’s response to California’s giant redwood trees, which can soar more than a hundred metres towards the sky. “[They] leave a mark or create a vision that stays with you always,” he wrote. “From them comes silence and awe.”
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Jul 20, 2017
Autonomous Cars: The Ultimate Job Creator?
Posted by Johnny Boston in categories: automation, business, driverless cars, drones, futurism, media & arts, robotics/AI, transportation
In our last film, we explored how the introduction of autonomous, self-driving cars is likely to kill a lot of jobs. Many millions of jobs, in fact. But is it short sighted to view self-driving vehicles as economic murderers? Is it possible that we got it totally wrong, and automated vehicles won’t be Grim Reapers — but rather the biggest job creators since the internet?
In this video series, the Galactic Public Archives takes bite-sized looks at a variety of terms, technologies, and ideas that are likely to be prominent in the future. Terms are regularly changing and being redefined with the passing of time. With constant breakthroughs and the development of new technology and other resources, we seek to define what these things are and how they will impact our future.
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Jul 19, 2017
If you were a tree — By Xin Liu and Yedan Qian | MIT Media Lab
Posted by Odette Bohr Dienel in categories: environmental, ethics, innovation, media & arts, virtual reality
“This work is based on our belief that VR offers new methods for storytelling and engagement.”
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Jul 16, 2017
OMNI Magazine Back in Print This Fall — By Stubby the Rocket | Tor.com
Posted by Odette Bohr Dienel in categories: innovation, media & arts, science
Jul 15, 2017
Let’s Do the Science: The Epstein Drive
Posted by Sean Brazell in categories: media & arts, science
Examining the science behind the Epstein Drive as portrayed on The Expanse. Careful for general spoilers! Add your comments, observations and be sure to use this week’s hashtag!
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Jul 15, 2017
A Beautiful Vision of What’s Beyond – The Work of Erik Wernquist
Posted by Andreas M. Hein in categories: entertainment, media & arts
Earlier Work
Wernquist early short film “Wanderers” explored many of the same themes about humanities nature to explore and experance, built around beautiful images of space and the cosmos and narration built around an expert from Carl Sagan ‘s “Pale Blue Dot.”
Wernquist described the film as:
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Jul 14, 2017
Click Here for Happiness
Posted by Johnny Boston in categories: biological, bionic, computing, electronics, entertainment, fun, internet, media & arts, mobile phones
Technology can be wonderful. But how do you keep track of yourself when technology allows you to be everywhere at once?
In this film Prof. Yair Amichai-Hamburger (director of the Research Center for Internet Psychology at the Sammy Ofer School of Communications) argues that even though technology allows us to reach out and connect more easily than ever before, if we don’t ever take a step back, we can lose track of our humanity in the process.
Jul 13, 2017
Will Self-Driving Cars Kill Your Job?
Posted by Johnny Boston in categories: automation, business, driverless cars, drones, futurism, media & arts, robotics/AI, transportation
Self-driving cars are pretty cool. Really, who wouldn’t want to spend their daily commute surfing social media, chatting with friends or finishing the Netflix series they were watching at 4 am the night before? It all sounds virtually utopian. But what if there is a dark side to self-driving cars? What if self-driving cars kill the jobs? ALL the jobs?
In this video series, the Galactic Public Archives takes bite-sized looks at a variety of terms, technologies, and ideas that are likely to be prominent in the future. Terms are regularly changing and being redefined with the passing of time. With constant breakthroughs and the development of new technology and other resources, we seek to define what these things are and how they will impact our future.
Jun 29, 2017
For Moogfest, Michael Stipe, Lonnie Holley, and Transhuman Futurists Commune Down South
Posted by Zoltan Istvan in categories: food, life extension, media & arts, transhumanism
This is the oldest and largest art magazine by circulation in the world. For the first time, it has #transhumanism in its search engines. A main task of mine all these years has been spreading that word and concept. My talk at #Moogfest on the Immortality Bus is covered a bit in this story.
L ast month, as bidding was underway at Sotheby’s for what would prove to be a stratospheric Jean-Michel Basquiat sale, Lonnie Holley, a 67-year-old artist who was born in Birmingham, Alabama, and has worked for decades in various folksy and homegrown modes, was preparing to take the stage at a sports bar in Durham, North Carolina. He was sitting at a table in the back, in a place that stank of burgers and beer. An audience of a few dozen had convened for the occasion, though it was hard to distinguish between Holley fans and regular denizens of the Bullpen, a joint next door to the stadium for the beloved local minor-league baseball team, the Durham Bulls. Night-game lights were bright outside. Televisions above the bar showed the Bulls making easy work of the Gwinnett Braves, in town for a weekend series from Georgia. The air was thick and languid in the way it tends to be on a deep, hot Southern summer night.
Holley is a hero to some: as an artist, he has made formidable paintings and sculptures that have been collected by the Souls Grow Deep Foundation and exhibited by museums and institutions all over, and as a musician, he has forged an unforgettable sound with a stirring voice and stewing electronics. For all his accomplishments, though, Holley remains underappreciated—certainly not as known in the worlds of either art or music as he should be.
