This excellent Why we can’t break free from our TV overlords article echoes How Much Longer Will We Tolerate the Outrageous Cost of Television? and The iPanel, 4G Internet, and the Unfolding Drama of the Post-Commercial Broadcast Age – both of which I’ve cited this last week. Clearly, there is a groundswell of rebellion out there with the cable companies…
This from Techvibes – substitute Canadian for any other nationality. Who chose this insane and inane model—one that invades privacy, wastes time, and subjects the average Canadian adult to over 14,000 minutes of commercials per annum? advertisingAmanda LangBroadcastCanadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commissioncommercialsherbert hooverinternetiTunesNationalpeter mansbridgeradioTelevision
This from The Atlantic – kindly sent my way by Richard Symonds. Artificial intelligenceB.F. SkinnerChomskyCognitionCognitive neuroscienceCognitive sciencecomplexityconsciousnessDavid MarrEmbodied cognitionJohn McCarthyMassachusetts Institute of TechnologyNoam ChomskyPhilosophy of mind
Just published! Cognitive Systems Research Vol. 21, March Stigmergic dimensions of online creative interaction Jimmy Secretan Stigmergy in human practice: Coordination in construction work Lars Rune Christensen Stigmergic self-organization and the improvisation of Ushahidi Janet Marsden Emergence in stigmergic and complex adaptive systems: A formal discrete event systems perspective Saurabh Mittal Cognitive stigmergy: A study…
Abstract of article to be found here. Also check out Mog Stapleton’s paper. To accept that cognition is embodied is to question many of the beliefs traditionally held by cognitive scientists. One key question regards the localization of cognitive faculties. Here we argue that for cognition to be embodied and sometimes embedded, means that the…
Here’s an obituary by the ever excellent Jane O’Grady. CognitionCognitive neuroscienceconsciousnessDavid ChalmersfunctionalismJ. J. C. Smartjack smartNeurophilosophyneuroscienceNinian SmartPhilosophyPhilosophy of mindPhysicalismType physicalismUtilitarianism
Eight different but compelling versions of this gospel/spiritual song: Sister Fleeta Mitchell and Rev. Willie Mae Eberhard Frank Proffitt Tuba Skinny (at one of my favourite places in all the world, The Spotted Cat) Meschiya Lake (on the streets of NOLA) Rhythm Junkies Elsah Willie Nelson Robert Plant ElsahFrank ProffittgospelMeschiya LakeRhythm JunkiesRobert PlantSister Fleeta MitchellspiritualTuba…
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Stuart Hameroff speculates on consciousness as a fundamental part of the universe. Though I’ve read Penrose’s The Emperor’s New Mind and Shadows of the Mind, I’ve never read any Hameroff beyond interviews and documentaries. Wishful thinking perhaps . . . Speaking of consciousness Toward a Science of Consciousness is coming up, this time in India. BodyconsciousnessdeathJournal of Consciousness StudiesPenroseQuantum mechanicsReligionReligion…
Any day now, the papers comprising volume 21, a special issue on stigmergy, should become available. In the meantime check out the papers in their “in press” status. Stigmergic dimensions of online creative interaction Jimmy Secretan Stigmergy in human practice: Coordination in construction work Lars Rune Christensen Stigmergic self-organization and the improvisation of Ushahidi Janet…
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