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"The impact of technological change on culture, learning, and morality has long been the subject of intense debate, and every technological revolution brings out a fresh crop of both pessimists and pollyannas. Indeed, a familiar cycle has repeat itself throughout history whenever new modes of production (from mechanized agriculture to assembly-line production), means of transportation (water, rail, road, or air), energy production processes (steam, electric, nuclear), medical breakthroughs (vaccination, surgery, cloning), or communications techniques (telegraph, telephone, radio, television) have appeared on the scene. The cycle goes something like this. A new technology appears. Those who fear the sweeping changes brought about by this technology see a sky that is about to fall. These "techno-pessimists" predict the death of the old order (which, ironically, is often a previous generation's hotly-debated technology that others wanted slowed or stopped). Embracing this new technology, they fear, will result in the overthrow of traditions, beliefs, values, institutions, business models, and much else they hold sacred. The pollyannas, by contrast, look out at the unfolding landscape and see mostly rainbows in the air. Theirs is a rose-colored world in which the technological revolution du jour is seen as improving the general lot of mankind and bringing about a better order. If something has to give, then the old ways be damned! For such "techno-optimists," progress means some norms and institutions must adapt-perhaps even disappear-for society to continue its march forward. Our current Information Revolution is no different. It too has its share of techno-pessimists and techno-optimists. Indeed, before most of us had even heard of the Internet, people were already fighting about it-or at least debating what the rise of the Information Age meant for our culture, society, and economy."

does Kurtopia need someone to mow the lawn?

no, but we do need someone to take our throm-dib-u-lator apart though

Further reading in GitHub "The open-source programming world has a lot to teach democracy, says Clay Shirky. In this fascinating talk from TEDGlobal 2012, Shirky harkens back to the early days of the printing press. At the time, a group of "natural philosophers" (who would later adopt the term "scientists") called the Invisible College realized that the press could offer a new way to share and debate their work. However, because printing books would be far too slow for this purpose, they came up with a new invention - the scientific journal."

Further reading in GitHub "The open-source programming world has a lot to teach democracy, says Clay Shirky. In this fascinating talk from TEDGlobal 2012, Shirky harkens back to the early days of the printing press. At the time, a group of "natural philosophers" (who would later adopt the term "scientists") called the Invisible College realized that the press could offer a new way to share and debate their work. However, because printing books would be far too slow for this purpose, they came up with a new invention - the scientific journal."

"Por : Redaccion 02-Apr-2015 17:38 - El debate sobre el Acuerdo Transpacífico de Asociación Económica en el Congreso de Estados Unidos es el mayor impedimento para que este se haga realidad. Y no son los republicanos, sino los demócratas, quienes cuestionan el megaproyecto de la política exterior de Barack Obama."

"Por : Redaccion 02-Apr-2015 17:38 - El debate sobre el Acuerdo Transpacífico de Asociación Económica en el Congreso de Estados Unidos es el mayor impedimento para que este se haga realidad. Y no son los republicanos, sino los demócratas, quienes cuestionan el megaproyecto de la política exterior de Barack Obama."

"Some people claim that Linux is finally ready for the masses. Whether that's true is open to debate."

"Working memory capacity is highly correlated with general intelligence, however the exact relationship is the subject of some debate."

"Europa va mal. La percepción de muchos ciudadanos es que la Unión Europea no solo no resuelve sus problemas, sino que los agrava. Desde que estalló la crisis financiera en 2007 y la del euro en 2010 los mandatarios europeos han dado prioridad a sus esfuerzos para resolver los problemas de los bancos. La creación de la Unión Bancaria prácticamente ha monopolizado los debates durante los dos últimos años. "

This paper presents the rationale for treating Contested Collective Intelligence (CCI) as a significant and distinctive dimension of the broader Collective Intelligence design space for organizations. CCI is contrasted with other forms of CI, and building on research in sensemaking, and the modeling of dialogue and debate, we motivate a set of requirements for an ideal CCI platform. We then describe a social, semantic annotation tool called Cohere, which serves as our working prototype of the CCI concept, now being deployed in several communities. p. 2

"El experto de la Universidad de Zaragoza Pedro Arrojo destapa con argumentos las consecuencias de la gestión privada de los suministros urbanos."

Techdirt will go beyond the talking points & fear mongering to bring facts to the debate - and we'll go even further, creating an ad campaign that reaches millions to better educate everyone about the importance of encryption. 95%funded so far23days left $9,504raised so far Back this work *This project will only be funded if $10,000 is raised by Mar 26th, 8:52pm CET

"Entre las líneas rojas de las negociaciones en curso entre los partidos políticos con opciones de gobierno no ha aparecido la cuestión del Tratado Transatlántico de Comercio e Inversión que viene negociándose entre Estados Unidos y la UE (TTIP), un tema también ausente en los grandes debates de la campaña electoral."

""Nuestra misión en un principio fue investigar cómo podíamos rescatar la humedad del aire para transformarla en agua y mira lo que hemos creado". Enrique Veiga es el inventor de este proyecto, un generador de agua potable que puede abastecer a pequeñas aldeas en medio de climas tan extremos como el desértico. ¿Invento del siglo? "

"¿Qué ofrece cada una? David Eneko Ruiz de Gauna⎮El Salmón Contracorriente⎮4 de junio de 2015 Ante el actual contexto socioeconómico las demandas de la población por mejorar las condiciones han puesto en primer plano a todas aquellas propuestas económicas alternativas a la economía capitalista. Entre todas las existentes se hayan dos que han conseguido tener un gran apoyo popular: La Economía Social y La Economía de Bien Común."

"¿Qué ofrece cada una? David Eneko Ruiz de Gauna⎮El Salmón Contracorriente⎮4 de junio de 2015 Ante el actual contexto socioeconómico las demandas de la población por mejorar las condiciones han puesto en primer plano a todas aquellas propuestas económicas alternativas a la economía capitalista. Entre todas las existentes se hayan dos que han conseguido tener un gran apoyo popular: La Economía Social y La Economía de Bien Común."

"When does the wisdom of crowds give way to the meanness of mobs? In the 1990s, Jaron Lanier was one of the digital pioneers hailing the wonderful possibilities that would be realized once the Internet allowed musicians, artists, scientists and engineers around the world to instantly share their work. Now, like a lot of us, he is having second thoughts. Mr. Lanier, a musician and avant-garde computer scientist - he popularized the term "virtual reality" - wonders if the Web's structure and ideology are fostering nasty group dynamics and mediocre collaborations. His new book, "You Are Not a Gadget," is a manifesto against "hive thinking" and "digital Maoism," by which he means the glorification of open-source software, free information and collective work at the expense of individual creativity."

Still 30-below! lol

it's a balmy -11 now, breaking out the beach shorts tomorrow

"PROGRAMA PROVISIONAL ¿Cultura o barbarie? Diez propuestas al borde del abismo Jueves, 5 de noviembre de 2015 Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía Mañana 10:30-12:00 h. Mesa institucional Intervienen: José Luis Acosta, presidente de la Sociedad de General de Autores y Editores (SGAE). Basilio Baltasar, director de la Fundación Santillana (área cultural). Fernando Carro, presidente de Bertelsmann España y miembro del Comité ejecutivo. Laura Halpern, directora de la Fundación Jesús Serra Ignacio Polanco, presidente de la Fundación Santillana. Pere Portabella, presidente de la Fundación Alternativas. 12:00-12:30 h. Pausa 12:30-14:00 h. El papel de las políticas y el Estado Modera: Luz Sanchez-Mellado, periodista de El País. Intervienen: Carmen Alborch, ex ministra de cultura y senadora. Juan Cruz, adjunto a la dirección de El País para Cultura y Babelia. Santiago Eraso, director de contenidos de Madrid Destino. Rosina Gómez-Baeza, presidenta de Factoría Cultural, Vivero de Industrias Creativas. Enric Juliana, periodista de La Vanguardia. César Antonio Molina, escritor y director de la Casa del Lector. 14:00-16:00 h. Almuerzo Tarde 16:00-17:30 h. Decálogo: exigencias y urgencias Modera: Joana Bonet, articulista de La Vanguardia. Intervienen: Antonio María Ávila, director ejecutivo de la Federación del Gremio de Editores. Jesús Cimarro, presidente de la Federación Estatal de Asociaciones de Empresas Productoras de Teatro y Danza de España. Ramon Colom, presidente FAPAE (Confederación de Productores Audiovisuales Españoles). Patricia Gabeiras, directora de Legal Music Producciones Vocal en la Junta Directiva de la Asociación de Promotores Musicales. Isidro López-Aparicio, artista plástico y miembro de la UAAV, Unión de Asociaciones de Artistas Visuales. Profesor de Bellas Artes de la Universidad de Granada y del Instituto Superior de Investigación para La