Efficient simulation of mind will win the technological race with efficient replacement of body Space transportation, teleportation, human resettlement into a better body – all these things are both too primitive and too complicated. They are going to disturb the… Read More ›
Some thoughts on possible obsolescence in the Media Studies Triangle, Ontario Media Literacy Program “In 1988, Ontario became the first educational jurisdiction in the world to mandate media literacy as part of the English curriculum”, reports the “Media Education: Make… Read More ›
A library in Picton organized the DiscARTed Art show It was a cozy evening event organized by a local library in a small town. Anyone who wished to participate had been encouraged to pick up discarded books from one of… Read More ›
As Gigaom informs, touch screen devices will soon learn new finger movements. We still have so few options for interactions with gadgets, experts complain. (“How to take mobile gestures to the next level: use pitch, yaw and “the claw””, by… Read More ›
Why the Internet guru Clay Shirky eventually banned the Internet in class. (A distorted precis, comments, and notes on the margins of Shirky’s reflection.) New media evangelist Clay Shirky has recently prohibited students’ use of digital devices in his class…. Read More ›
An orchestra differs from an ensemble in that it includes a management function – the conductor. Members of a small ensemble consisting of two or three people tune up by reacting to each other directly. As the ensemble grows in… Read More ›
Over lunch one day an acquaintance of mine criticized my theory of response. “Not everyone writing on the Internet is doing so in order to get a response,” he said. “Take me, for example – I have a blog about… Read More ›
How many authors have there been on Earth throughout all of history? No one knows the precise number, though if you really tried to come up with a figure, you’d probably conclude the following: across the entire history of humankind,… Read More ›
McLuhan wrote that the tools shape not only users and their needs, but the entire environment as well. Thus, the automobile has given rise to several industries, and a network of highways and roadside infrastructure, including motels, supermarkets, etc. Arguably,… Read More ›
The Greek soccer player Samaras was in the penalty area, preparing for a corner kick, when he saw himself on camera. He took a look at the stadium screen and involuntarily began to rearrange his tumbled hair. Football? What football,… Read More ›
Human as Media 