What about progress?
How material progress and social progress are interconnected

Archive for June, 2008

Well, I suppose we can put our brains in robots.

June 11, 2008

WE WILL HAVE THE OPTION
Before we have the option of harvesting from a clone, before we are taken over by robots, before our generation is gone, we will have the option.
Something that will not take long to develope will be the introduction of life-preserving robots.  The opposite of becoming a “vegetable” while close to death, the mind [...]

Artificial Intelligence

June 11, 2008

So another myth: A.I. Oh Will Smith, he tends to seek out the end of the world. There are again, countless movies that entail robots developing not only thoughts, but also emotion, and organization. I Robot, The Matrix, A.I.,  and now even disney has bought in with an animated kid’s movie based off of a [...]

Viral pandemic

June 11, 2008

We’ve all seen at least one movie, for they’re not uncommon (I am Legend, 28 days later, Resident Evil) where a human invents a disease, and because of the interconnectedness of our society everybody is exposed and is contaminated.  These movies go on to outline the effects of the disease being a savage need to [...]

I love technology, but not as much as you, you see

June 3, 2008

In its essence technology is progress. It is the development of the human race’s ability to provide for itself and create new institutions.  Every invention, creation, evolution in our society is considered modern technology, it is considered progress. It is the movement forward, it is the material security we strive for, it allows for us [...]