Saturday, April 30, 2005

Timothy Leary TV movie: Tune In, Dumb Down, Turn Off?

Call me paranoid but the thought of a made-for-TV movie about Timothy Leary by the producer of The Michael Jackson Story sounds like a pending "expose on the danger of drugs." Let's hope not. At least it will probably show on cable. Does anyone know anything about this movie?

In other news and just for fun, I added a Timothy Leary entry to the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.

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Thursday, April 28, 2005

Watching TV Makes You Smarter?

Steven Johnson writes another brilliant article in preparation for the release of his latest book Everything Bad is Good for You: "In the end, the Sleeper Curve tells us something about the human mind. It may be drawn toward the sensational where content is concerned -- sex does sell, after all. But the mind also likes to be challenged; there's real pleasure to be found in solving puzzles, detecting patterns or unpacking a complex narrative system." /The New York Times/

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Attack of the Disruptive Technologies

Managing Automantion explores the Next Wave of Disruptive Technplpgies. Watch out! /Managing Automation/

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Max Barry on Future Repugnance

Writer Max Barry "(occasionally wonders) how social values will change over the next several decades. I'm pretty sure they will change, and our descendants will look back on the early years of the 21st century and find some of our ideals bizarre -- as repugnant as we find slavery, sexism, and repression. But which ones? Here are some guesses." /Max Barry/

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Stalking the Wild Pattern -- Sean Kearney's Websites

Thanks to Bruce Eisner for his kind words about a couple of my labors of love. It is actually a bit weird to read about yourself in the blog of someone you greatly admire but I can dig it! /Bruce Eisner's Vision Thing/

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Bionic Arm for Stroke Victims

"A robotic arm that can be worn at home is being developed to help stroke survivors regain the ability to reach and grasp objects and perform basic tasks such as feed themselves." /The Whitaker Foundation/

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Thursday, April 21, 2005

Don't Tell Anyone...

One thing that even pro-drug legalization / decriminalization are afraid to say is that drugs might be beneficial in some cases for some people (eghad!) /Famous Drug Users/

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Saturday, April 09, 2005

Grant Morrison's Night

"Grant Morrison then brought up his personal story of having a contact experience with the 5th Dimension. He likened it to being 'electrocuted by God'" /Brill Building/

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Sunday, April 03, 2005

Robert Anton Wilson Lights The Lamp

Dave's Imaginary Sound Space features an excellent introduction to Robert Anton Wilson. /Robert Anton Wilson Lights The Lamp/

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Saturday, April 02, 2005

On Intelligence

Jeff Hawkins, creator of the PalmPilot and Treo, suggests in his new book On Intelligence that intelligence is primarily about memory and prediction versus computation. "(P)redicting something is literally the start of how we do it. Remembering, predicting, perceiving and doing are all very intertwined." /Solution-Focused Change in Organizatioins/

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