The haves and the have-laters
Kevin Kelly’s take on how technological development plays into the future of poverty and inequality – and why he’s not worried about unequal access to… Read More »The haves and the have-laters
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Technology marches towards the poorest
I recently listened to a talk given by Iqbal Quadir, founder of Grameenphone, at the Long Now Foundation in 2008: In the early nineties I… Read More »Technology marches towards the poorest
Computers marching towards us
Computers have been on a steady march toward us. At first, computers were housed in distant air-conditioned basements, then they moved to nearby small rooms,… Read More »Computers marching towards us
Why “Driverless Crocodile”?
Fair question. It began as a joke as the title of a shared googledoc, then became a domain name when I “did it now” and… Read More »Why “Driverless Crocodile”?
What if it was free?
What if your the thing you do could be free? If the cost of all your inputs dropped to nothing – what would you charge? If… Read More »What if it was free?
A chip in everything: build me, share me
Or what about a chip in every Lego brick, or every nail? Build me You tell your AI what you’re building later, and it crawls… Read More »A chip in everything: build me, share me
A chip in everything: find me
Here are the sorts of things that might happen when there’s a chip in everything, and all the things we own can talk to each… Read More »A chip in everything: find me
Atoms are the new bits
Bonus goal for 2019: 3D-print something. Chris Anderson at the Long Now Foundation on the New Industrial Revolution (full video).
The new possible
My sister (let’s call her Sharky) bought me a book for Christmas. Sharky lives in Argentina. She bought the book from a shop in the… Read More »The new possible
Deep literacy: Kevin Kelly on more than reading
… producing books with ease on Gutenberg’s press did not fully unleash text. Real literacy also required a long list of innovations and techniques that… Read More »Deep literacy: Kevin Kelly on more than reading