Archive for the ‘notes on words’ Category

something rather than nothing
01/15/2012

“Science doesn’t necessarily have to get in the way of spiritual fulfillment. The real story of the universe is far more interesting than any myths or fairy tales that people wrote thousands of years before they even knew the Earth went around the Sun.” Lawrence Krauss (video)

the four horsemen
01/14/2012

On the 30th of September 2007, Richard Dawkins, Daniel Dennett, Sam Harris and Christopher Hitchens sat down for a first-of-its-kind, unmoderated 2-hour discussion. (video)

Humanity 2.0
01/13/2012

“Humanity 2.0 is an understanding of the human condition that no longer takes the ‘normal human body’ as given.” Steve Fuller (video)

sun to me
07/30/2010

“The Dying Earth speculates about what happens to humanity in a far-future age when the sun is slowly dying and the planet is plunged into cold twilight.” io9 (video)

A Scanner Darkly: the posthuman controlled
07/18/2010

Richard Linklater’s adaptation of Philip K. Dick’s 70s classic condenses the protagonist into a stunning montage of conflicting thoughts and shifting identities. (video)

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