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.

"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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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.
Kim

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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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What is reality?

What is reality?

Stop, sit down, take a deep breath and think.

Who are you?

What is this universe?

What is this thing we call “reality”?

According to Newtonian physics, we are a cog in the machine.

According to Quantum Mechanics, we are a fluctuation in the space /  time continuum.

What is interesting, is that we seem to be both.

So, what is reality?

What does it mean to be human? 

And are these different questions?

Yes they are.

In the trials and tribulations of our daily human connected strife, we loose sight of the fact that we are more than the components of our immediate lives. We seem to be the ghosts in the machine. 

And that, I believe, is a good thing.

Kim


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A Future Moment Part 3

Where are we going?
There are five possible scenarios for the future of humanity. Which one do you think will be the likely outcome?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9AOnn5OWOjk&feature=youtu.be 


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A Future Moment Part 2 -

Future Moment Part 2 -
Technology Changes us, it always has.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPgAmsbf3M4&feature=youtu.be


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