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Future Salon – Future of Health: Adam Bosworth, Christine Peterson, and...
I attended my first Future Salon this evening and heard Adam Bosworth, Christine Peterson, and Faheem Ahmed give presentations. The salon was held at the SAP campus in Mountain View. Christine...
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Jersey Shore is better than cat burning
I met a friend for a chat this evening and we walked down Piedmont avenue having the aristocrat vs commoner argument. I am not sure I fully understood his position, but it seemed to be that something...
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Paleo future
No, the title of this post is not meant to refer to Paleo Future the blog about futures that never happened. Though every futurist will want to check that blog out and see what other predictions went...
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I am not kidding: Your brain will probably get hacked.
I vacillate between optimism and pessimism when I consider the trajectory of human history. On the one hand I am sympathetic to the optimists like Steven Pinker and Matt Ridley. They are able to show...
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New website for my blog: The Oakland Futurist
I decided to rename my blog to “The Oakland Futurist” and move it off of wordpress.com so that I can have more control over it and customize it more easily. Gretchen designed it so I decided to...
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Kurzweil at the Commonwealth club: How to Create a Mind
At The Oakland Futurist: http://oaklandfuturist.com/kurzweil-at-commonwealth-how-to-create-a-mind/
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Deutsch: Where’s the AGI? Goertzel: Give it time. Me: Inductive-what-now?
http://oaklandfuturist.com/deutsch-wheres-the-agi-goertzel-give-it-time-me-inductive-what-now/
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American Gut Study on Indiegogo
http://oaklandfuturist.com/american-gut-study-on-indiegogo/
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Quantified Self: What am I tracking and why?
http://oaklandfuturist.com/quantified-sel-what-am-i-tracking-and-why/
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My coverage and commentary on 2012 Humanity+ conference
I am about halfway through my notes from the 2012 Humanity+ conference: http://oaklandfuturist.com/2012-humanity-day-1-part-4-fred-stitt-online-education/
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