The Note for May 2013 This is the first edition of a series of monthly essays, commenting on the observable catalytic underpinnings of our experience of value as conscious agents of a collaborative society. To subscribe, please click here and send an email with the subject line: “Count me in”
Between 1927 and 1983, the architect and philosopher Buckminster Fuller wrote and spoke often about the logic of a cumulative and self-accelerating ephemeralization of the products of all encounters between human knowledge and technology. As Fuller explained in his book Critical Path, when Magellan’s crew completed the first maritime circumnavigation of the globe, the journey had […]
Entre 1927 y 1983, el arquitecto y filósofo Buckminster Fuller escribió y pronunció una y otra vez sobre la lógica de efimeralización cumulativa y autoacelerante de los productos del encuentro entre el conocimiento y la tecnología humanos. Como explicó Fuller en su libro Critical Path, cuando el barco de Magallanes cumplió la primera circunnavegación del […]
There is a new bicameral Carbon Fee coalition in the House and Senate. The coalition is led by Rep. Waxman, Sen. Whitehouse, Rep. Blumenauer, Sen. Schatz & their respective staff, and they are asking for public comment. Here are the four questions upon which the legislators are seeking particular guidance: What is the appropriate price […]
There is, in the fields of artificial intelligence, cognitive science and robotics, a burning question: can machines be taught to understand what we call “truth”, and then to discern it from amongst a cosmos of possibilities, according to their programmed, and evolving, understanding of the concept? In Tempe, Arizona, earlier this month, the Future Tense […]
Watch where you are going! It’s simple advice, given to every child and which immediately comes to mind whenever someone obviously slams into us as we walk in the street or in a crowded train station, shop or airport. We expect all other drivers to watch where they are going, so we can be relatively […]
The movement to address and resolve the mounting global crisis resulting from pervasive climate destabilization is not born of utopian fantasy; it is about dealing with and addressing reality, and doing it to the best of our abilities. We have the technology now to go 100% fuel free, but we are trapped in a vicious […]
