Surveillance is about power– rarely safety or security
Contents contributed and discussions participated by Ed Webb
BBC News - Is a rented friend a real friend? - 0 views
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Er, OK.
Psychogeographical Survival In The Sentient City - PSFK - 2 views
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Is it art? Is it a game?
Many 'extinct' species still alive, biologists say - CNN.com - 2 views
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A rare bit of good news on biodiversity and species survival.
Are we raising a generation of nincompoops? - Boston.com - 3 views
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This is an example of a common and pernicious version of technophobia - the idea that overreliance on new tech disempowers and renders stupid a new generation. Does it have any credibility?
The Imagination Age: Why Everyone Should Read William Gibson's "Zero History" - 1 views
Aristotle on Household Robots | Cosmic Variance | Discover Magazine - 0 views
Surveillance does not make us safe | openDemocracy - 1 views
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The possession of great powers by the state should prompt a principled determination to ensure that the permissible exercise of such powers is strictly defined, regulated and monitored so as to guarantee that any intrusion into liberty and privacy of the individual is fully justified by an obviously superior community interest.
50 Posts About Cyborgs - 1 views
Sleep isn't priority on campus, but experts say it should be | Connect2Mason - 0 views
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Sleep deprivation affects 80 to 90 percent of college students, and getting a good night’s sleep is essential to staying healthy but is often overlooked
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sleep deprivation has short-term effects such as increased blood pressure and desires for fatty foods, a weakened immune system, a harder time remembering things and a decrease in sense of humor
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the idea that staying up late or pulling all nighters will help prepare for a test is a misconception because it negatively affects cognitive skills. “Pride in not sleeping much is like pride in not exercising," Gartenberg said. “It doesn’t make sense.”
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New research indicates that robots may already be self aware and plotting our demise / ... - 0 views
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The printing press, the assembly line, and recently the genetic engineering have all brought along with them protest and outrage from a populace sure that these advances will bring about the end of the human species.
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“These robots are able to hide and evade in ways that other robots simply have not been able to do. That indicates that such behaviour is not overly complicated and well within the reach of modern robots.”
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Dr. Edward Webb
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Not I, I assure you
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Hullabaloo - 0 views
Seth Priebatsch: The game layer on top of the world | Video on TED.com - 0 views
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This is the TED talk I mentioned in class 9/27
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Ed Webb
Teacher, learner, troublemaker. Assistant Professor of Political Science & International Studies, Dickinson College, PA, USA. Specialist in the Middle East including Turkey. Former British diplomat. Member of the NITLE Advisory Board.