by danielbpatton | Sep 3, 2010 | Uncategorized
It’s difficult to not get sucked into his shtick. Find his interviews on booktv.org . His own website is singularity.com .
by danielbpatton | Sep 2, 2010 | Uncategorized
My thoughts turn to the Alzheimer’s patient. The system would have to record not just the “stuff” of his life, but his emotional response to it as well. It would need an invisible interface — voice recognition maybe to respond to inquiries...
by danielbpatton | Aug 18, 2010 | Uncategorized
In “The Icarus Syndrome,” Peter Beinart discusses how each American generation’s perception of war is shaped by the times in which they came of age. Americans who grew up in prosperous peaceful times are more inclined to think...
by danielbpatton | Jun 2, 2010 | Uncategorized
In a brilliantly tongue-in-cheek analysis, Sebastian Wernicke turns the tools of statistical analysis on TEDTalks, to come up with a metric for creating “the optimum TEDTalk” based on user ratings. How do you rate it? “Jaw-dropping”?...