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Metaverse Roadmap Report
"... it's the first attempt to synthesize current and emerging social, economic and technological trends around virtual worlds, immersive networks, and ubiquitous information."
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 1 User, more info saveNew Computer Model Predicts Crowd Behavior
"The goal of this project is to develop a reusable and behaviorally-founded computer model of pedestrian movement and crowd behavior amid dense urban environments, to serve as a test-bed for expe
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 1 User, more info saveOutsourcing the Future
"So are we headed to a world where the only stable jobs are those that absolutely require hands-on contact -- health maintenance, grooming, and the like? Or to one where wages even out across the
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 1 User, more info save‘World Without Oil’: Alternate Reality Game With a Cons ...
"World Without Oil asks what would happen if we ran out of oil on April 30, 2007. The month-long alternate reality game, aimed at raising awareness of and promoting discussion about oil dependenc
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 1 User, more info saveWhat If the Singularity Does NOT Happen
"Important note for those surfing this talk out of context :-) I still regard the Singularity as the most likely non-catastrophic outcome for our near future." Precis/slides from Vernor Ving
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 1 User, more info saveNeurotechnology and Society (2010-2060)
"By viewing recent history as a series of techno-economic waves ushered in by a new low-cost input, it is possible to see that neurotechnology will lead to substantial economic, political, and so
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 1 User, more info saveComparing AI’s Failures with Ubicomp’s Visions
Via Captain Bruce, a link fest that I haven't yet taken the time to go through thoroughly - but it looks like it is loaded with goodies.
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 1 User, more info saveHere's looking at you, kid
What will the future hold for the first-borns of 2007? The Toronto Sun talks to Schroeder and Sawyer (and others) for some heavy futurism. Put my name down for an implanted computer!
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 1 User, more info saveJames Gunn on the power of science fiction thinking
"I believe SF thinking has the potential to save the world, not in specific ways [...] but in the more important general ways. So it isn't any one thing, but our human outlook that can save the w
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 1 User, more info saveNanotechnology and the Developing World: The Regulatory ...
Worldchanging, as always, has the reasoned and sensible skinny on regulating an exciting but potentially hazardous new industry.
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 1 User, more info saveOpen Taxonomy
Jamais Cascio muses on the potential of 'open source scenario planning' - this first installment asks what exactly it means to be 'open'.
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 1 User, more info saveTomorrow Makers
...where Jamais Cascio talks about 'artifact creation' as a promotional tool for futurism in the 'noughties. Food for thought.
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 1 User, more info save