… The fundamental belief called genetic determinism essentially means that our lives, which are defined as the physical, biological and emotional characteristics of our behavior, are fully controlled by our …
artificial intelligence: the Golem of the 4th industrial revolution
You might remember it, or maybe not. There is a method in statistics, quite simple and widespread, so much so that it is often taught even in high school. It …
On/off
“One thing we know, that we know nothing.” This should be the motto of biotechnologists, if – as “scientists” – they were honest towards the populations that fund them. But …
Metabolism?
“Metamaterials” are artificial materials with not only a designed composition but also a designed molecular structure. As such, they display behaviors that are completely unknown (at least to common experience), …
about paradigm shift… again
Saying that capitalist relations of production and consumption are dominant, essentially across the entire planet by now, constitutes a truism. This is an obvious observation, at least for those who …
cern: the giant microscope
It is said that the large industrial exhibitions that moved through European and American cities from the middle of the 19th century onwards were, among other things (or perhaps primarily), …
Through the prayers…
If you show up “unprepared,” the great bouncer at the gates of the after-live will find a problem with your papers and you may end up in some limbo state, …
Everything is a lie…
If you had any anxiety (and why wouldn’t you?), some anguish about what is happening with the Universe (at least that which cosmologists and astrologers swear is “existent”), then the …
digital grey plague
One of the reasons fascism is gaining ground is because it is considered a closed case, a phenomenon that belongs to the domain of history and not a dynamic condition …
the cyberlibertarian ideology and digital commons
a manifesto for cyberspace… “Oh, you governments of the Industrial World, you who look like exhausted and obsolete giants of flesh and metal, I come from Cyberspace, the new home …
Remember, or not
Why does the way we remember (like all living beings, after all) draw so much attention from scientists? If you ask them and they bother to answer, you’ll get a …
from online to onlife: engineering everything
History and Machines Can we perceive the ongoing parade of modern technological applications and wonders as something beyond a mere sum of “good and bad human inventions”? Can we perceive …