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The central premise of Toffler's talk was that human history, while it is complex and contradictory, can be seen to fit patterns. The pattern he has been seeing in his career takes the shape of three great advances or waves. The first wave of transformation began when some prescient person about 10,000 years ago, probably a woman, planted a seed and nurtured its growth. The age of agriculture began, and its significance was that people moved away from nomadic wandering and hunting and began to cluster into villages and develop culture.

The central premise of Toffler's talk was that human history, while it is complex and contradictory, can be seen to fit patterns. The pattern he has been seeing in his career takes the shape of three great advances or waves. The first wave of transformation began when some prescient person about 10,000 years ago, probably a woman, planted a seed and nurtured its growth. The age of agriculture began, and its significance was that people moved away from nomadic wandering and hunting and began to cluster into villages and develop culture.

[John Lilly was the pioneer in spiritual exploration using LSD and Ketamine, which he managed to put into writing (making him the number one spiritual writer in the Western world, in the 20th century), for example he translated and expanded the Levels of consciousness from the Indian books into English, found in his classic spiritual book: The Centre of the Cyclone. He also created the Floatation tank, a fine achievement in itself. He was also the pioneer in establishing Cetaceans as intelligent beings (the Whale brain is six times larger than the human brain).]

[John Lilly was the pioneer in spiritual exploration using LSD and Ketamine, which he managed to put into writing (making him the number one spiritual writer in the Western world, in the 20th century), for example he translated and expanded the Levels of consciousness from the Indian books into English, found in his classic spiritual book: The Centre of the Cyclone. He also created the Floatation tank, a fine achievement in itself. He was also the pioneer in establishing Cetaceans as intelligent beings (the Whale brain is six times larger than the human brain).]

Spontaneous human combustion (SHC) is the alleged burning of a person's body without a readily apparent, identifiable external source of ignition. The combustion may result in simple burns and blisters to the skin, smoking, or a complete incineration of the body. The latter is the form most often 'recognized' as SHC.

Usable Web is a stale collection of links about information architecture, human factors, user interface issues, and usable design specific to the World Wide Web.

Usable Web is a stale collection of links about information architecture, human factors, user interface issues, and usable design specific to the World Wide Web.

The Open Directory Project is the largest, most comprehensive human-edited directory of the Web. It is constructed and maintained by a vast, global community of volunteer editors

"At Glaive our vision is to democratise and commoditise AI, to enable a future where all companies and individuals have a fleet of models working for their use cases. Software changed the world and became the most significant tool for humans to solve important problems and create massive wealth and opportunities, however this was only possible because everyone today can build and truly own their software.

"We're beta launching SynthID, a tool for watermarking and identifying AI-generated content. With this tool, users can embed a digital watermark directly into AI-generated images or audio they create. This watermark is imperceptible to humans, but detectable for identification."

2003 to 2009 - Exposing Torture After a five-year legal battle, the ACLU's Freedom of Information Act lawsuit compelled the release of critical documents detailing the extent of the Bush torture program, including long-secret legal memos justifying waterboarding and other abuses and an Inspector General's report highlighting CIA abuses. The ACLU is leading the demand for full accountability for those who authorized or condoned torture.

2003 to 2009 - Exposing Torture After a five-year legal battle, the ACLU's Freedom of Information Act lawsuit compelled the release of critical documents detailing the extent of the Bush torture program, including long-secret legal memos justifying waterboarding and other abuses and an Inspector General's report highlighting CIA abuses. The ACLU is leading the demand for full accountability for those who authorized or condoned torture.