Applying complexity theory to current & future affairs. Fascinating stuff, E. O. Wilson gives the keynote. Check it out at Comdig Webcast-Podcast: Illuminating the Shadow of the Future
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New Scientist…
03-Oct-05Fascinating piece over at New Scientist on The Ten Biggest Ideas
Ray Kurzweil….
24-Mar-05One of the things I enjoy most about living in Gotham is the yearly 92nd St Y lecture series. This year along they have Craig Venter, Brian Greene, and the always fun Malcom Gladwell. Last night was an incredible lecture by Ray Kurzweil. Ray is a Big Thinker. His ideas are honking huge and highly [...]
If only….
16-Feb-05This were true…
RIP ERNST MAYR
09-Feb-05Ernst Mayr passed away at 100. He was an amazing scientist, philosopher, thinker, etc…. Read all about it at Edge: ERNST MAYR
SCPD – Donald E. Knuth
09-Feb-05In the pantheon of the immortals none rate higher than Donald Knuth. Now he has made his musings on computer science available at SCPD – Donald E. Knuth . So stunningly good I can’t say enough good things about it!
Google Maps
08-Feb-05If you haven’t had a chance to checkout Google Maps head right on over and have some fun. Its another real interesting head-turning google application. Google is getting closer and closer to desktop app feels with these things, of course the data they contain blows away anything a desktop app could do…
IT Conversations!
06-Dec-04Amazing, I blogged earlier about how much I enjoy IT Conversations and today lo and behold they have a talk by one of my favorite scientists. This guy is fascinating and his work is truly amazing, if you have the slightest interest in science give this talk a listen. It has been featured on Nova (I [...]
Polyphasic Sleep
29-Jun-03This is a fascinating experiment! So how do you reduce the amount of time you need to sleep and still function like a normal human. This can’t be healthy, or can it?