Links for 19-03-2008
Metaverses and the human identity crisis; anti-drug antibodies; Singularity 101 …
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1 – Kevin Kelly — Humanity’s Identity Crises
“The faster and greater our lives become mediated — the more time we spend communicating through technology — the more urgent this question of “what is real” becomes. How do we tell the difference, if any, between realities and simulations?”
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“… institutional measures aimed at tracking people are prone to being hijacked by proponents of the universal security agenda, but at the same time, if there are any hidden flaws in their design, it’s ridiculously hard to fix once the system goes live .
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3 – Invention: Anti-ecstasy antibodies
“By binding to drug molecules, the antibodies prevent them from reaching tissues like the heart and brain, and mark the compounds for clean up by the body.” Mandatory drug testing? No problem!
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“… just as our model of physics breaks down when it tries to model the singularity at the center of a black hole, our model of the world breaks down when it tries to model a future that contains entities smarter than human.”
