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Will social software change public services?
This is an article that ask right question! And the answer is without doubt 'yes!'. And the reason is because social software, or new communication technology is on its way to fundamentally change how humanity organize itself. It starts to organize that which haven't been organized yet. And then the new emergent structures will 1) compete for how efficient and effective each need can be fulfilled and 2) change how individuals think about organizing. This change will in many cases make traditional models obsolete.
Graph Database Systems - Great Interview With Emil Eifrem Of Neo4j
via blip.tv
Listen to Emil Eifrem of Neo4j to tell us in a super easy and entertaining way about the different database system models and what's special about Neo4j.
I've met with Emil couple of times and written about Neo4j earlier.
Emil will also be joining us at LeWeb so don't miss a chance to have a chat with him.
Cat Consciousness
I have been viewing cats and their behaviors for the past 2 years and find them very fascinating. What would life be like through their body and eyes? It would be more limited than a human's in terms of: memory, creation & utilization of technology, imagination, creation beyond biological reproduction which is involuntary, etc. I admit that I envy the seemingly simpler lives that cats live. They are never worrying about the future since they are always experiencing the present moment. It would be nice to have a cat vacation once in a while.
Perhaps there is a way to become a cat if one truly understands them enough. I am not talking about just becoming a cat behaviorly but also physically. Form follows function. First the internal mental and emotional realities of the human must transform and then the physical body will follow. This means that DNA/genetics follows the higher master of thought. On top of that, a time acceleration field would need to be manifested around one's human body to make the shape shifting process become instant. You know, this field would turn 1 typical year into one second. I feel this time acceleration field would automatically be created if one's thought was powerful and focused enough. Oh yeah, forgot to mention that before the time acceleration field, one would have to basically have immortal cells. If one accelerates a time field around their body to the point of 10 years passing by in 1 second then this person or parts of this person's body will age instantly. That would obviously be disastrous.
Well I do not see how anyone is going to master shape shifting as long as they spend their days preoccupied with worrying about the future, making money and chained to their computers. Someday it will happen though.
This article is pretty interesting and scary:
Even if it is a hoax, virtual shape shifting is still scheduled to happen on mass scale by technological means. Its just a matter of time. I am sorry to say that I can imagine humans hooked up to a Matrix like VR computer and experiencing the cat simulator. It is so scaringly with in the realm of near possibility. I will also say that I would rather see humans achieve shape shifting by spiritual/mental means.
I like that the movie is set in 2154
Yesterday at the bookstore I browsed through Avatar: An activist survival guide, and saw some screencaps depicting the future Earth. The idea is that by that time, Earth had become used up and was decaying. There's a pic of an overflowing dumpster to convey this.
So, when I go see Avatar next month, I'l be there not only for the 3-D & hovering mountains, but to glimpse the mid-22nd Century.
Socialnomics (Social Media ROI?!)
"You can't buy attention anymore. Having a huge budget doesn't mean anything in social media.
The old media paradigm was PAY to PLAY. Now you get back what you authentically put in. You've got to be willing to PLAY to PLAY."
TEDxToronto - Peter MacLeod - 9/10/09
via youtube.com
"I'm working with the Institute of Public Administration of Canada to host the first major conference this March in Ottawa to begin imagining and planning Canada's Sesquicentennial in 2017. If you need an idea of the magnitude of this anniversary, it's basically akin to running two or three concurrent Olympics — for a year. So it's a big deal and its going to require a lot of work if we want it to turn out better than the snooze that was Canada's 125."
The Ambient Life
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I'm seriously looking forward to the Magic Highways of the future!
via kottke
Highly specialized pleasure vehicles with every convenience of home!? Cargo rockets!? Nuclear tunnel melters!? Cantilevered mountain highways?! ...Man, the days when driving and highways were - literally - paving a path to our Utopian future.
Today, of course, highways are mainly the bane of urban and suburban living. Most people I know will avoid freeway driving during rush hour if they can avoid it.
Looking back at this artifact, the vision and imagination that inspired the highway landscapes of the future remain impressive. In some ways it is sad to see how much less ambitious society is today, though I suppose it is also that we are less gullible, too. We can't help it; look at the trouble we have just repairing the Bay Bridge: 20 years after Loma Prieta, an $8 billion price tag, and we still can't get it right. Oh well, maybe one day... in the future!
