I spent this weekend in Sebastopol, where I took part in the gathering of 30 open government advocates to develop a set of principles of open government data. The meeting was designed to develop a more robust understanding of why open government data is essential to democracy. The Internet is the public space of the [...]
Posts Tagged ‘future’
Planet ready to say killing and death are wrong?
November 16th, 2007
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Death is not the solution. Death is the problem. The UN has started the final procedures to put to a vote in front of the General Assembly a resolution for a universal moratorium on the death penalty. While not binding, the adoption of a resolution like this would be a further step towards an understanding [...]
Speaking at Web2.0 Ignite tomorrow about the Metasocial Web
November 4th, 2007
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Well, that was fast. I thought of the Metasocial Web a few days ago, and looks like I will be delivering a speech about it at Web2.0 Ignite in Berlin tomorrow. A lot of what the Metasocial Web should be is in flux, naturally, so it will be good to get the feedback from the [...]
What is Metasocial Software?
November 4th, 2007
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As we move ahead building second order knowledge about our networks, and more and more efficient software helps us manage our personal and corporate data, it is time to move ahead and make sure that our societies, nations are also analyzed, and scrutinized efficiently. We are now ready to build systems that enable us to [...]
Documentary about online worlds: “Inside The Metaverse”
October 30th, 2007
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Last week in London I sat down for about an hour of great chat as I was filmed by director Steven Dhoedt of Visual Antics and his crew for his feature documentary “Inside The Metaverse“. I was very pleased with his questions, and hope that my answers were meaningful. Steven is now going to produce [...]
Immmersive Second Life platform: Real 2nd Life!
October 29th, 2007
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At the Laboratory of Eidomatics of the University of Milan, in cooperation with Eximia, the RFID company, a new interface has been developed for visualizing Second Life environments, and interacting with them. See a video about Real 2nd Life! Real 2nd Life an integrated system composed of a semi-circular screen, of almost 3 meters high, [...]
Liveblogging the Singularity Summit 2007 – Day Two – afternoon
September 9th, 2007
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During the lunch R.U. Sirius interviewed Kevin Kelly. I am looking forward to listen to that podcast soon. 13.06 Michael Lindsay X-Prize Foundation shows a video on the X Prize Foundation, which funded the prize for private space travel won by Burt Rutan’s SpaceShip One team. The foundation is expanding in new areas and Michael [...]
Liveblogging the Singularity Summit 2007 – Day Two – morning
September 9th, 2007
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I arrived a few minutes late, as I miscalculated my appetite at the breakfast place, which being also popular put our orders in the queue. The keynote by Peter Norvig has already started, and as I entered the Palace of Fine Arts Theater, he was saying “So now back to AGI”, which I assume means [...]
Liveblogging the Singularity Summit 2007 – Day One – afternoon
September 8th, 2007
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15.00 Jamais Cascio – The Metaverse (is being skipped?! or maybe speaking later?) Actually looking through the Google Blogsearch links I myself provided in the previous post, I saw that Jamais has already posted the full text of his speech. I guess I will list just a few sentences here and there that strike me [...]
Liveblogging the Singularity Summit 2007 – Day One – morning
September 8th, 2007
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We got the power supply issues solved, and the wifi is also now working well thanks to the great help from the organizers. 09.40 Peter Thiel, Clarium Capital introducing the Summit: “The 21st Century is going to be far more greater, and/or far more terrible then the 20th Century. We are here to make sure [...]
