by Charles Cameron | Aug 16, 2016 | Monitor
[ by Charles Cameron — Mad Scientist asks, John Robb responds] . Today’s call and response comes to me via two blog posts that followed one another in my RSS feed — in the reverse order to the one I read them in. I’ve straightened that out so...
by Charles Cameron | Jun 25, 2016 | Monitor
[ by Charles Cameron — setting aside my personal interest, there’s a humanitarian / religious angle here ] , The atrocities described in the lower panel add urgency to the medical development described in the upper panel: Sources: Kurzweil AI, Wearable...
by Charles Cameron | Oct 26, 2015 | Monitor
[ by Charles Cameron — architectural history as a question in philosophy — Palmyra ] . Future? A jailed activist’s 3-D models could save Syria’s history from ISIS https://t.co/4YjbSuaOwB pic.twitter.com/K8daGICoUW — WIRED (@WIRED) October 21, 2015...
by Charles Cameron | Oct 17, 2015 | Monitor
[ by Charles Cameron — the moral arc of history from Billie Holliday via MLK to Obama — and beyond, who knows? ] . Our topic here is foresight — prediction, prophecy, prognosis, projection. ** The Legatum Institute today tweeted a Pew Research...
by Charles Cameron | Oct 1, 2015 | Monitor
[ by Charles Cameron – omnium gatherum — USMC predicting 2045 — is 2031 The End? — Saudis. friend or foe? ] . Splitting hairs, atoms, black swans? I’m thinking of Lise Meitner as I view the Marine Corps’ ambitiously titled Security...
