Bruce Sterling's Blog, page 77

The Gollancz Book of South Asian Science Fiction

*Despite bristling with writers who are indeed South Asian, it may not be “South Asian” enough. Factor Daily (of course) (…) Gollancz is a name...

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2019 Applied Ethical and Governance Challenges in AI – Notes

*I should get up to speed with this. As ethical AI discussions go, this is probably more interesting than it looks. 2019 Applied Ethical and...

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The Connectivist Tag Cloud

*Even by the standards of fantascienza, it’s pretty cloudy. Accadimenti Catarsi Connettivismo Creatività Cybergoth Cyberpunk Deliri Editoria Empatia Energia Experimental Fantastico InnerSpace Inumano Kipple Letteratura...

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Dead Media Beat: MySpace music

*Whoops. *I haven’t personally verified this, but Jason Scott, the backup guy from archive.org, says it’s legit. Its interesting that it’s all been simply gone...

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Internet Histories, Volume 3, Issue 1, March 2019

https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/rint2... Internet Histories, Volume 3, Issue 1, March 2019 is now available online This new issue contains the following articles: Article ARPANET (1969–2019) Camille Paloque-Bergès...

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The world needs more Ebru Kurbaks

*I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again. Computational fabric

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Chinese bloggers under official harassment

*Why were they ever allowed there in the first place? Spreading fake news that lacks state-approved positivity (…) In December, the Cyberspace Administration of China...

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Dead Media Beat: Toronto Silent Film Festival

*My, that is an impressive line-up of restored and revived silent films. I hope the restored files last as long as the originals. Toronto Silent...

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The Global Anti-Drone Market in 2019

*It’s sort of great that the anti-drone market even exists. If a drone had managed to kill the head of state in Venezuela, instead of...

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Basil the Maker Burglar

*I know a ton of guys very like this, but most of them don’t drill their way into banks. He’s British, since this is the...

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