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POPS Scientists: Humans and machines will merge in future The end result would be a new form of "posthuman" life with beings that possess qualities and skills so exceedingly advanced they no longer can be classified simply as humans. Bostrom declined to predict an exact time frame when this revolutionary biotechnological metamorphosis might occur. "Maybe it will take eight years or 200 years," he said. "It is very hard to predict."
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POPSVirtuality and reality 'to merge' "In virtual worlds we do real romance, real learning, real business. Virtual reality is real reality." He added: "Games are the cutting edge of what is happening - we are going to spend more of our time in virtual reality environments. "Fully emergent games is really where we want to go. We will do most of our learning through these massively parallel interactions." "Play is how we principally learn and principally create," he said.
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POPSThe Bottom is Not Enough I call myself an editor first, and author second. I think the top-down function of editors -- to select, prune, guide, solicit, shape, and guide the results from the crowd -- is essential to excellence... It's taken a while but I think we've learned that while top-down is needed, not much of it is needed. Editorship and expertise are like vitamins. You don't need much of them, just a trace even for a large body, and too much will be toxic, or just pissed away. But the proper dosage of intelligent control will vitalize the dumb hive mind.
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POPSTHE TECHNIUM AND THE 7TH KINGDOM OF LIFE A Talk with Kevin Kelly: KEVIN KELLY is Senior Maverick at Wired magazine and author of the best-selling "New Rules for the New Economy," and the classic book on decentralized emergent systems, "Out of Control." He is currently editor and publisher of the popular Cool Tools, True Film, and Street Use web sites.
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POPSETech 2006: Danah Boyd and G/localization Fascinating presentation by Danah Boyd of the UC Berkeley School of Information. She's studying MySpace and has significant insights into the make up of online communities. One thing to think about: "accidental interactions" and how it relates to Clipmarks -- I love the different (sometimes random) ways I connect with other clippers. She also spoke about Craigslist/Flickr/MySpace and their evolution. All three had/have... * passionate designers and users * organic growth * public personalities * an emergent culture Also... Designing through Embeddedness: 1. Passion is EVERYTHING 2. Protect from burn-out 3. Diversify your staff 4. Enable and empower, don't control 5. Do not overdesign! 6. Integrate designers and customer support 7. Stay engaged with the community 8. Document cultural evolution Danah's site: http://www.zephoria.org/t
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