Technology
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Take Heart, Evidence Pouring in Hourly (Part 1)
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4 min read
The far right believes they have a chance to remake the world into the christian, capitalist theocracy they have always wanted. Even liberal media says, “If they win this election cycle they will do things that would reverse history for 75 years!” But none of that’s going to happen. Just before the U.S. Election a week ago, I…
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Net Neutrality on the front burner, at last
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2 min read
Basically Every Big Internet Firm Signs Letter Against FCC’s Net Neutrality Plan There has been a rush of public pressure on the Federal Communication Commission (FCC) to put off the May 15 vote that would drastically change the Internet. The commission has proposed allowing big providers (Verizon and Comcast to name two) to create higher…
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This is a newly carved out space to periodically share excerpts from our new book prior to its publication later this year. We welcome (we crave) your comments, suggestions, and critiques. Shortly before Dan Massey hung up his keyboard and departed for cosmic shores, he and I had more or less finished the manuscript of…
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Arse Elektronika: Come for science!
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5 min read
Jack Diehl, Alison Gardner, and Dan Massey contributed to this article. VenusPlusX attended the Arse Elektronika conference in San Francisco (September 29 – October 2), hosted by the Austrian “art-technology-philosophy group” Monochrom. This energetic collective has run the European AE for many years, and this is the fifth year in a row they have brought its parallel to…