Video: Visions of the Gamepocalypse, Possible Futures, Waking Up, Thinking, and Creating a Better World

Jesse Schell: Visions of the Gamepocalypse Hosted by The Long Now Foundation This is a provoking and entertaining presentation. After the short video called “Pixels” prior to the presentation, Jesse Schell starts off with what if life becomes, not Orwellian, but Huxleyan (Brave New World) where pleasure achieved through technology grips the whole lives of …

Worth a Look: Popular Science Better than WIRED

Popular Science Wipes the Floor with WIRED Magazine Latest issue highlights: Internet in the Ether (airwaves abandned by TV could beam high-speed Internet everywhere) Out of Thin Air (a little oxygen is all a zinc-air battery needs to become a powerhouse RENOVATING AMERICA (specifics across transportation, water, power, telecom, and sewage. Phi Beta Iota: Our …

2008 Annotated Bibliography ELECTION 2008 – Lipstick on the Pig (Full Text Online for Google Translate)

Annotated Bibliography[1] Robert David STEELE Vivas Chapter in ELECTION 2008: Lipstick on the Pig (Earth Intelligence Network, 2008) Anti-Americanism, Blowback, Why the Rest Hates the West Betrayal of the Public Trust Biomimicry, Green Chemistry, Ecological Economics, Natural Capitalism Blessed Unrest, Dignity, Dissent, & the Tao of Democracy Capitalism, Globalization, Peak Oil, & “Free” Trade Run …