Several years ago New York Times media futurist, Nick Bilton, described our need to take in ever growing amounts of information in three sizes: bytes, snacks and meals. While I’ve used that framework for many years, I’m wondering if there is a new addition: the blur. Those are the hundreds of headlines I scroll through quickly several times a day on Twitter, Facebook. Linkedin, Medium, Google Alerts, curated eblasts/newsletters, and now via personalized news…
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Our Future Is Reassuringly A Long Way Off.
June 12, 2016 No Comment 70 ViewsBladerunner was and still is one of my most favorite movies; I recently had the absolute pleasure of watching Ex Machina (which I heartily recommend); and in the spirit of Deus Ex (about to be released), I saw this clip you’re about to watch. In light of this weeks topic, and, though robotic is not strictly digital, here is a clip of some hilarious (and not so) fancy footwork from the front lines of digital/ai/reality. Let the comic relief begin: “They cannot stop us. They cannot…
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