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High Tech Low Life Documentary

Active Wirehead — Fri, 26 Jun 2015 06:32:00 +0000

In 2006, there were roughly 110 million Internet users in China and the first official phase of China’s censorship barrier, commonly referred to as “The Great Firewall,” had been evolving for almost a decade and was finally completed. By 2008, the number jumped to 298 million users and rumors of young resourceful Chinese netizens circumventing […]

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Transhumanism

Active Wirehead — Mon, 16 Mar 2015 09:52:00 +0000

Transhumanism – beyond human Noun – Pronunciation: /tranzˈhjuːmənɪzm/ Definition: The belief or theory that the human race can evolve beyond its current physical and mental limitations, especially by means of science and technology. People interested in the transhumanism movement have the desire to live longer, healthier and become more intelligent. They want to engineer the human evolution by themselves and enable more control of […]

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Are we living in a dystopian world already?

Active Wirehead — Wed, 25 Feb 2015 09:19:00 +0000

Are we living in a dystopian world already? hen you’re ready to rise up, you’ll rise up. All the power you need is in your hands. Now look around you, our financial systems have been hijacked by a generation of thieves. Whilst your working harder and harder for less and less – the game is […]

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>WHAT IF CYBERPUNK?_

Active Wirehead — Tue, 24 Feb 2015 04:49:00 +0000

The future is already here but it’s just not very evenly distributed. —William Gibson In the early ‘80s, a new genre of science fiction appeared. A genre emancipated from the old utopian vision of his predecessors, prospecting on an ultra-technological dark and raw future without goals or ideals or heroes: the cyberpunk genre. After the shock of Ridley […]

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The Venus Project

Active Wirehead — Thu, 08 Jan 2015 00:25:00 +0000

The Venus Project by Jacque Fresco Perhaps the modern interpretation of the word “utopia” is to blame when the Renaissance man and futurist Jacque Fresco says … he doesn’t want to call his life work, The Venus Project, a utopia. However, this visionary idea of a future society has many characteristics in common with the […]

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We love surveillance

Active Wirehead — Mon, 05 Jan 2015 16:44:00 +0000

For some time now it has been clear that we are facing the greatest surveillance scandal the world has ever seen. The perpetrators lie and cheat and betray our trust and build their very own evil empire and we just look away. The state ignores the state’s own laws. And why? The truth is self-evident: […]

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Internet: It’s The New Heroin!

Rancid Tech — Sat, 03 Jan 2015 03:04:00 +0000

If you pick up any medical journal today you will find yourself bombarded by an onslaught of new wave mental disorders ranging from Bi-polar, to schizophrenic, to depressive, to even lethargy and fatigue. All of which of course have been chopped up, renamed, sub categorized, classified, and made politically correct. Possibly the newest wave entry […]

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Humans Need Not Apply

Active Wirehead — Mon, 29 Dec 2014 08:42:16 +0000

The future where humans need not apply thanks to robot automation isn’t as rosy as often predicted. The film focuses on the topic of robots’ rapidly increasing usefulness through human society, discussing how automation will lead to a future where “humans need not apply,” in regards to their occupations. Workers who fought technology that […]

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The Benefits of a Universal Currency

Tilghan — Thu, 18 Dec 2014 17:39:14 +0000

Imagine you’re a businessman on a trip around the world. You begin your journey at LAX in Los Angeles with a cup of coffee while you wait to board your flight to Narita. Upon arriving in Tokyo you hail a cab to a local restaurant, eat some lunch, and walk to your meeting. You rest […]

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Augmentation and AI: Food for Thought

Tilghan — Wed, 10 Dec 2014 16:40:05 +0000

It is said that history repeats itself. However, this is not to say that humanity is in a time loop that restarts every twenty years. It is more a statement that as we progress as a society, new situations come to light that can often run parallel to past scenarios of a similar nature. With […]

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