I just watched a very scary video on TED.com. Jesse Schell talks about the prospect of games invading every aspect of our lives, turning humans into meaty versions of The Sims. I am very skeptical about some of his forecasts. It sounds ludicrous to have computerized cereal boxes—even if the technology becomes sufficiently cheap—if only […]
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In this interesting TED talk, Nick Bostrom tackles hummanity’s biggest problems — from a very original point of view. Nick Bostrom is a transhumanist. As he defines in his “Transhumanist FAQ“, Transhumanism is a way of thinking about the future that is based on the premise that the human species in its current form does […]
