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Books, over ebooks

[Once new, new york] Was challenged about the virtues of the old-style paper books over eBooks. Just give you this hint (warning: if you’re one of these victims, you may not be interested). #3 in particular is one which is often overlooked. See, e.g., the first lines of the quote in this piece. There was … Continue reading “Books, over ebooks”

A few bits of hope, a lot of redundancy

[Perfectly doable, for a machine/computer, very soon. Barça harbour.] Along flew a tweet on this insightful piece. Providing some leftover bits of hope that there will be a humanity that can sustain itself, in various marginal ways. Glad that we don’t need to be drones (and other links) ‘anymore’… As long as we can outpace … Continue reading “A few bits of hope, a lot of redundancy”

No coin

[Bank towering over daily affairs? Nopes!] OK, a final (?) note then on Bitcoin et al. Because we haven’t discussed the non[?]-currency equivalents yet. Austrian Freigeld, Swiss (very succesful, still very much operational) WIR and Dutch Noppes (nothingnadas), that sort of stuff. And now, there’s Qoin, working internationally. Because Noppes “… didn’t deliver the required … Continue reading “No coin”

You Own The Future

[From the brewery, towards the future] The second ‘Book By Quote‘ then (An attempt to subjectively summarise a book by the quotes I found worthwhile to mark, to remember. Be aware that the quotes as such, aren’t a real unbiased ‘objective’ summary; most often I heartily advise to read the book yourself..!) So, this time: … Continue reading “You Own The Future”

Anticipating nothingness

[Your guess.] Just read a post on Anticipatory Computing. Like it, though maybe not a full Belieber: For one thing, the picture contains the limitations of the idea: It has this block Understanding the World, and within that Understanding the Human. But let’s not get ahead of ourselves. The idea presented, on the surface looks … Continue reading “Anticipating nothingness”

Bit coin: Money bytes sovereignty

[Berlin again, tucked away, much underrated] Bitcoin’s hopping up and down in ‘real’ currency terms and everyone is happy to declare it all a pyramid game. It is, but so is any other currency issued on the promise of maybe some future repayment in … the same or another currency. The underlying value of any … Continue reading “Bit coin: Money bytes sovereignty”

Is ID you?

[Guess the location] Your digital ID becomes your pseudo-identity becomes who you are (considered to be), more than your actual you. Your actual you, your innate identity, the one you discovered when only a couple of years old, will no longer be of interest to the world once your digital identity has all that the … Continue reading “Is ID you?”

Interlude: Sing ularity / along

The thought just popped up: What if we’re all already beyond the singularity point, and the transient intelligence of human life has already taken over ..? No-one is capable of changing the world’s affairs anymore, and it would take all people together to get that done, but getting all people together (including motivating them to … Continue reading “Interlude: Sing ularity / along”

First Predictions 2014

[Unfamiliarly, from the West] What’s up, 2014? The end is nigh, of 2013. Can we predict what the big business / infosec hype of 2014 will be ..? No. There’s no predicting the unknown. The somewhat-known will not stand out enough. The known… boring! The knows are the fall of Fubbuck, maybe Tvitter (both to … Continue reading “First Predictions 2014”