Bruce Sterling's Blog, page 135

Intergalactic star harvesting

Dyson spheres are for sissies!

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Bruce Sterling and Jasmina Tesanovic in Amsterdam

*We plan to show up. Like, this week, the 27th.

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Organization after Social Media by Geert Lovink and Ned Rossiter

Organization after Social Media Geert Lovink and Ned Rossiter Exploring the politics of networks through and beyond social media Organized networks are an alternative to...

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Collecting and Conserving Net Art

https://www.routledge.com/Collecting-... Description Collecting and Conserving Net Art explores the qualities and characteristics of net art and its influence on conservation practices. By addressing and answering...

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Benedict Evans thinking about machine learning

*I don’t know if this is really good stuff, or I’ve just got confirmation bias because I agree with so much of it. But I...

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He predicted the future, and lo it came to pass, so what

*So a lot more of it is coming. That’s what. https://grist.org/article/james-hanse... Thirty years ago this week, NASA scientist James Hansen testified to Congress that the...

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Open source economics

*Trying to get the coders paid. Or supported, or, well, something. The dismal science

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Musica Globalista: Underworld & Iggy Pop – “I’ll See Big”

*Not so much a “song” as some spoken-word cracker-barrel philosophy from the great man, there.

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Kalki Koechlin, Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters

*What a remarkable person. I scarcely know what to say here, other than, obviously, she deserves it. A new career honor for long-time BEYOND THE...

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High Ground Design Conversation 2018

*Can’t go this year, but is that ever a great meeting. It’s terrific, but what is their organizational secret? It’s got to be the quality...

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