Here is a list of a few articles and presentations that I will release in posts throughout the next day week that I have found really important in considering some of the promises and perils related to technology and new media. Will skew more towards the positive, considering what I do and what I will present.
An essay by longnow.org board member Brian Eno on thinking long-term, and a video of their executive director Alexander Rose
Author, entrepreneur and my favorite bomb-thrower Andrew Keen debates Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales on Web 2.0.
Esther Dyson talks about managing your presence online, and about how the internet has changed life for her.
Julian Dibbell travels to China for The New York Times and reports on gold famers (people playing World of Warcraft and selling their work to Westerners)
Philip Rizk (philiprizk.org), Wheaton graduate kidnapped by Secret Police, in an interview with the NY Times after his release.
Jay Martin of martinbionics.com discusses the future of prosthetic limbs.
World Builder, a video on a speculative future use of virtual worlds.
Mark Slouka laments the scientism of the new Hadron Supercollider.
Kevin Kelly
- The Next 1,000 Years of Christianity (Q Conference)
- What Does Technology Want? (TED Conference)
