We lit up the world

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Electricity was "high tech" less than 135 years ago.
We lit up the world.
We built communications technologies.
We changed the human relationship to each other.
We changed the human relationship to our universe.
So - there is no such thing as "this is how we have always done things"
Because this is all new territory for the human experience.
There is no box. There has never been one.

"Humans: For first we use machines, then we wear machines, then we become machines.
  Machines: First we serve humans, then we augment humans, then we are humans."
We march together towards Human 2.0


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Becoming Grounded

Being Grounded Visonaries
Of course you feel disconnected. You are.
Of course you don’t know where you are going, you don’t.
Of course you’ve lost your vision, you no longer see.
Here are three simple fixes.

BEING DISCONNECTED
Your brain is a remarkable device. It is a biological computer,
millions of years in the making. There are over 10
billion cells in your brain, with trillions of interconnected
synapses. The entire machine of your mind weighs on
average, about three pounds. It is a controlled explosion
of chemicals and electrical activity that result in YOU.

Many generations ago we looked at the sky (more about
this in “Being Blind”) and we made the decision that we
had to understand what we saw. During our trip down
the long road of civilization, we began to wrap ourselves
in creature comforts, as is natural, and is our want to do.
One of the comforts that we now take for granted, however,
literally disconnected us from the earth. Some of
us are disconnected the large majority of our lives. And
we wonder why we begin to feel insane. Here’s what we
did: we wrapped our feet in insulating materials - shoes,
and never took them off. It’s time to be reconnect to the
planet and hence, the universe. Take your shoes off. Take
your socks off. Once a day, walk in the grass, the sand,
the snow. Once a day for just a few minutes, refl ect on
your connectedness to the whole. Your brain longs for
the serenity of being. Allow your brain to get grounded.
Get re-grounded.

BEING LOST
Some believe that the human race as we know it today
has existed for over 150,000 years. Think about this for
a moment. That means that if you are wise enough to
know your great, great, great grandparents names (and
you certainly should know these), then you are still
missing the names of about 5,000 generations of your
ancestors. You know nothing about them, yet you are the
direct DNA product of their existence. There is an old
Scottish saying that goes like this: “How can you know
where you are going if you don’t know from whence you
came?”. If you tire of feeling lost, then learn who you
are by learning who brought you here. Understand your
parents lives. Understand your grandparents lives. Look
at the world from their eyes. Go back, re-construct your
family history. Find love and compassion. You will be
astonished at what you fi nd. There are hardships there
that you could never manage to survive. Or could you?
There is love and caring in your own blood that has traveled
for a hundred thousand years. Try not to be short
sighted, look to the long view. What will truly matter in
10 years? 20 years? 1,000 years? What will your descendants
remember of you?
Become Found.

BEING BLIND
Seldom do we look beyond our immediate boundaries.
Most of us are lost in the self indulgent moment, trapped
in the “what’s in it for me” frame of mind. Narcissism
is the disease of our time. Recognize it. Grow beyond
it. I mentioned earlier about our ancestors looking to
the sky. When was the last time you gazed at the stars
in absolute wonder? Once a week (or every evening if
you can) watch the stars. Admire the planets. Bask in the
reflection of the moon. Think about who you are, who
you want to be, and how unique you are in this universe.
Think about how utterly small you are, and then think
about how tremendously important you are, and can be.
Gain a sense of perspective. Make a difference.
Look up to see.

So, here are my three simple rules:
- Get re-grounded with the earth.
- Become found in your own family.
- Look up to see the universe and your place in it.

Life is not cheap. It took the energy production of the
entire universe to produce intelligent life on this planet.
We will truely be “civilized” when we realize that life is
the most precious stuff in the universe. It’s time to quit
killing.


"Humans: For first we use machines, then we wear machines, then we become machines.
  Machines: First we serve humans, then we augment humans, then we are humans."
We march together towards Human 2.0


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Basic human rights.

These are basic human rights: food. shelter. health. warmth. education. companionship - these compose what we think of as "freedom". All of human invention escalates from here. Always has, always will.

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  Machines: First we serve humans, then we augment humans, then we are humans."
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Sustaining Human Continuance

My time thinking, and I've had a lot of reflection, I see some things clearly, and others not so much. But what I do see clearly, I realize that individual lives have meaning, but these meanings pale in comparison to the greater scheme. The personal trials and tribulations - in the flow of time, are but ripples in time. What matters is the continuance of humanity. We are a unique species. We are important to the universe. For what reason or rhyme, fate and destiny will tell. But important we are. I believe this. The next 50 years are critical to our survival. We may not make it. Take action.

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  Machines: First we serve humans, then we augment humans, then we are humans."
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The March towards Human 2.0

 

I have modified my famous quote with a new line, acknowledging the march towards Human 2.0.

 

 "Humans say: First we use machines, then we wear machines, then we become machines.

   Machines say: First we serve humans, then we augment humans, and then we are humans."

"Humans: For first we use machines, then we wear machines, then we become machines.
  Machines: First we serve humans, then we augment humans, then we are humans."
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Mind Matters: God in the technological future

Dr. Michael Mason, chair of the department of Religion discusses the role of God in a future where humankind has godlike powers.
http://youtu.be/8s9mdbxqSvE

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Right brain? Left brain? No, it's the same brain.

"Is a flower the same thing to an artist, as to a scientist? How about to a dog, or a bee? Is a flower still a flower when smelled by a cat? What if the cat can only define it with a meow? Is a flower then, “meow”? Does beauty only have one face? One eye? One definition? If so, which will it be?"

My answer:
The artist and the scientist are one in the same. We have two brains, our left and our right. It is up to us to use both of them. The artist is fascinated with the world, the scientist attempts to understand it. With both brains in motion, we achieve a wonderment that is decidedly human.
And that makes all the difference.

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Mind Matters with Dr. Art Silverblatt - Part Two

The second part of the interview with Dr. Silverblatt, world scholar and known expert in the impact of emerging technologies on society and culture.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hrcpUupfoYs&feature=c4-overview&list=UUNvaYqdVNY9L48aYTMECl_A

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Mind Matters with Dr. Art Silverblatt - Part One

I was honored to have the world recognized Dr. Art Silverblatt, Professor of Communications and authority on Media Literacy as my guest. 

We are re-engineering the world as we speak.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=unIXPs0tGJo&feature=c4-overview&list=UUNvaYqdVNY9L48aYTMECl_A

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music is the cosmos waking up

The mathematics of the universe is embedded in the music of the soul.


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Ubiquitous. Everywhere, in everything. We are extending the neural net of our brain.

It won't be "SkyNet" it will be "UsNet" - the network will be us.

http://www.technologyreview.com/view/516486/todays-phones-and-tablets-will-die-out-like-the-pc/?utm_campaign=newsletters&utm_source=newsletter-daily-all&utm_medium=email&utm_content=20130627

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Robots in Space. The new frontier.

 I predict that our robot friends will understand and embrace our 30,000 year friendship with "mans best friend" dogs. "'Bot's best friends".

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VcuFk-QK5CM

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The Origin of Mathematics, or “How music gave us the stars”

I have developed a theory on the origins of mathematics.

Or at least, I think I developed it, my Google searches have not resulted in any similar thoughts, so I’d appreciate any commentary on this topic that folks have or discover.

I started by thinking about music.

One of the radio stations I listen to (KDHX.org – an incredibly interesting and eclectic public radio station) was interviewing a musician. I apologize that I do not recall his name. During the interview the musician mentioned that music is really composed of a lot of physics and math. From vibration and frequency, to the physical impact of air density and eventually including the math of music notation - which is full of ½ notes, ¼ notes, rests  (you get my point). It takes a lot of math to make music, even if you are not aware of it.

What I then started wondering about was the origin of the human experience with music. Music seems to have been with us since the dawn of our consciousness. The earliest known flutes date from 35,000 to 43,000 years ago. And these are the flutes that survived. The human voice has been with us all along (approximately 150,000 years) and we probably have been singing the majority of that time. Many suspect that instrumental music in some form (drums, hollow logs, vibrating gut strings, bone flutes) has been around since the very beginning, but evidence of these instruments has simply vanished, back into the earth.

Therefore, we seem to have been making music since our inception. Perhaps even before Homo Sapiens (us) with the human lines that came before us and even with our cousins, the Neanderthal. Music is part of what makes “us”, it really is part of our DNA.

Humanity, then, it seems, is not the toy maker, but the music maker.

So here’s my theory – since Music is based upon mathematics, it was Music itself that configured the human mind to conceive of mathematics to begin with. It re-engineered our brains (as all technology does) to understand the fundamental characteristics of the universe (what better way than with harmony, eh?). Music led us to perceive the mathematics that constitute the fabric of space and time itself. We did not “invent” math, we “discovered” it, and Music was the ship that got us there.

And once we discovered the universe of math, we re-engineered the world. Math is in everything we do - - it’s in our houses, our cars, our communications, our medicine, our energy our space station, our economy, our moon and Mars exploration and anything else you can think of that has a technology basis to it. Math allows us to peer into the heavens and understand the stars. And one day, math will take us to the stars as well.

I wonder what kind of music we will be playing along the way?

"Across the Universe" by the Beatles?

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Mind Matters 4 - Social Media: re-enginnering how we communicate

Episode 4 of Mind Matters - the impact of social media on interpersonal communications and the perception of "privacy" and "self identity".

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ObyTxdT9-uQ


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Mind Matters 3 - Cloning

 The third in the series, Mind Matters - Cloning
Discussion on the impact of humans genetically controlling our own DNA destiny.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jkePrmJ6qTY&feature=em-upload_owner


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Mind Matters 2

 Second in the series of 1/2 hour shows on the impact of emerging technologies on our society and culture.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5SnXLFGkogw&feature=youtu.be


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Indiegogo Crowd Funding appeal

Come help me fund an ongoing video / web / app dialog about emerging technologies, the advent of Human 2.0 and it's impact on society and culture.
This is your future.
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More Human than Human.

"Commerce is our goal here at Tyrell. More human than human is our motto. Rachael is an experiment, nothing more. We began to recognize in them a strange obsession. After all they are emotionally inexperienced, with only a few years in which to store up the experiences which you and I take for granted. If we gifted them a past, we'd create a cushion, a pillow for their emotions and consequently we can control them better." (Tyrell)
"Memories. You're talking about memories." (Deckard)

The Blade Runner Universe is near.

http://www.technologyreview.com/featuredstory/513681/memory-implants/

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Mind Matters - Part One

"Mind Matters" is a half hour show which inspects the impact of emerging technologies on society and culture from a variety of perspectives.

This first edition views the rapidly evolving world through a conversation with Michael Carper - philosophy professor.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdTs0TkRimU


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Webformation you should be monitoring.

WorldFuture Conference 2013: Exploring the Next Horizon
http://www.wfs.org/worldfuture-2013-exploring-next-horizon

World Future Society
http://www.wfs.org

MIT Technology Review
http://www.technologyreview.com/

Kurzweil AI
http://www.kurzweilai.net/

3D Printing
http://www.shapeways.com/

Nasa - the final frontier.
http://www.nasa.gov/

The Space Elevator
http://lunarscience.nasa.gov/articles/the-space-elevator-concept/


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