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Curation: How the Global Brain Evolves

Curation: How the Global Brain Evolves | Global Brain | Scoop.it
"Those who can, do. Those who can't, review. Those who can't review, tweet. Those who can't tweet, retweet." The sentiment expressed in this buzzy quote is funny and makes a real point. Unfortunately, it's a bogus one.
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We Need to Talk about the Burgeoning Robot Middle Class | MIT Technology Review

We Need to Talk about the Burgeoning Robot Middle Class | MIT Technology Review | Global Brain | Scoop.it
How will a mass influx of robots affect human employment?
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Complex Systems: Generalists and Specialists

Personal blog of Dmitriy Samovskiy, focuses on cloud computing, infrastructure as a service, Linux, devops, python, ruby, rabbitmq, Amazon Web Services EC2 (Complex Systems: Generalists and Specialists http://t.co/3DM258hjoI)...
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Global Brain Refs

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Pearltrees lets you collect, organize and share everything you like. (Global Brain Refs http://t.co/Y0bQLXapj9)
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Chaos at fifty | Print Edition - Physics Today

Chaos at fifty | Print Edition - Physics Today | Global Brain | Scoop.it
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In the Programmable World, All Our Objects Will Act as One | Gadget Lab | Wired.com

In the Programmable World, All Our Objects Will Act as One | Gadget Lab | Wired.com | Global Brain | Scoop.it
We are surrounded by tiny, intelligent devices that capture data about how we live and what we do. Soon we'll be able to choreograph them to respond to our needs, solve our problems, and even save our lives.
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Google and NASA launch Quantum Artificial Intelligence Lab | KurzweilAI

Google and NASA launch Quantum Artificial Intelligence Lab | KurzweilAI | Global Brain | Scoop.it
The chip at the heart of one of D-Wave’s computers (credit: D-Wave) Google, in partnership with NASA and the Universities Space Research Association
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In the long run, we are telepathic androids

In the long run, we are telepathic androids | Global Brain | Scoop.it
KEVIN DRUM looks to have set the topic for the day with his article in Mother Jones on the economics of our robotic future. The argument is a good recap of several...
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Download Connectionism: Theory and Practice (Vancouver Studies ...

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Connectionism: Theory and Practice (Vancouver Studies in Cognitive Science) book download Steven Davis Download Connectionism: Theory and Practice (Vancouver Studies in Cognitive Science) Connectionism: Theory ...
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The Extended Mind Works!

Deep into the morning procrastination ritual – reading two or more blogs and FB instead of the chapter I'm meant to be finishing – I realized that I had forgotten what I had been reading a minute ago.
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'Through The Wormhole With Morgan Freeman' Returns To Science ...

'Through The Wormhole With Morgan Freeman' Returns To Science ... | Global Brain | Scoop.it
Evolutionary Cyberneticist Francis Heylighen. The highlight of the season opener, for many, will likely be an interview with evolutionary cyberneticist Francis Heylighen. Heylighen is studying how people fire off information to ...
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How the Science of Swarms Can Help Us Fight Cancer and Predict the Future | Wired Science | Wired.com

How the Science of Swarms Can Help Us Fight Cancer and Predict the Future | Wired Science | Wired.com | Global Brain | Scoop.it
Thanks to new observation technologies, powerful software, and statistical methods, the mechanics of collectives are being revealed.
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Review Of FORECAST By Mark Buchanan - Seeking Alpha

Review Of FORECAST By Mark Buchanan - Seeking Alpha | Global Brain | Scoop.it
Review Of FORECAST By Mark Buchanan Seeking Alpha Buchanan's urgency in writing Forecast is based on his prediction that future even worse crises are inevitable - unless we overhaul our economics by basing market models on what we know about the...
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David Deutsch - Closer to Truth

David Deutsch - Closer to Truth | Global Brain | Scoop.it
Closer To Truth is the definitive television series on Cosmos, Consciousness and God, a global journey in search of the vital ideas of existence.
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This series of videos is also online. The interviews are grouped around single questions answered by several different people. Some questions: Is information fundamental? How are brains conscious? Is free will an illusion? This organization facilitates browsing and following questions from different perspectives.  Wonderful resource!

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Is This Virtual Worm the First Sign of the Singularity?

Is This Virtual Worm the First Sign of the Singularity? | Global Brain | Scoop.it
A far-flung team is trying to build the first digital lifeform to work out the basic principles of the brain.
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The Global Brain: Your Roadmap for Innovating Faster and Smarter in a Networked World - , Satish Nambisan - Download Business

The Global Brain: Your Roadmap for Innovating Faster and Smarter in a Networked World - , Satish Nambisan - Download Business | Global Brain | Scoop.it
This is the eBook version of the printed book. All the talk about open innovation DOWNLOAD (The Global Brain: Your Roadmap for Innovating Faster and Smarter in...
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Collective Intelligence

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A brief desription of collective intelligence. (#desription http://t.co/3cLOMliOB0 Collective Intelligence)
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Data Dealer Game: Privacy? Screw that. Turn the tables!

Data Dealer Game: Privacy? Screw that. Turn the tables! | Global Brain | Scoop.it
PLAY NOW! Data Dealer is a brand new Facebook game about collecting and selling personal data. Check it out!
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Google Introduces new search tools to try to read our minds | KurzweilAI

Google Introduces new search tools to try to read our minds | KurzweilAI | Global Brain | Scoop.it
(Credit: Google) Google revealed some new search tools on Wednesday at I/O, its annual developers conference, The New York Times reports. Taken together,
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Steven Poole – On algorithms

Steven Poole – On algorithms | Global Brain | Scoop.it
Computers could take some tough choices out of our hands, if we let them. Is there still a place for human judgement?
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Thought Experiment: Build a Supercomputer Replica of the Human Brain | Wired Science | Wired.com

Thought Experiment: Build a Supercomputer Replica of the Human Brain | Wired Science | Wired.com | Global Brain | Scoop.it
Neuroscientist Henry Markram says he can build a supercomputer replica of the human brain. Now he has $1.3 billion to prove it.
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The Dynamically Extended Mind – A Minimal Modeling Case Study

The Dynamically Extended Mind – A Minimal Modeling Case Study | Global Brain | Scoop.it
This from Froese, Gershenson, and Rosenblueth. The extended mind hypothesis has stimulated much interest in cognitive science. However, its core claim, i.e.
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Cosmological natural selection and the purpose of the universe

Cosmological natural selection and the purpose of the universe | Global Brain | Scoop.it
The cosmological natural selection (CNS) hypothesis holds that the fundamental constants of nature have been fine-tuned by an evolutionary process in which universes produce daughter universes via the formation of black holes.
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Enaction, Embodiment, Evolutionary Robotics: Simulation Models ...

Enaction, Embodiment, Evolutionary Robotics: Simulation Models ... | Global Brain | Scoop.it
The book Enaction, Embodiment, Evolutionary Robotics proposes how a particular kind of simulation model, i.e. Evolutionary Robotics simulations, can help to solve several problems in Cognitive Science.
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Can bonding with your virtual self alter your perceptions?

Can bonding with your virtual self alter your perceptions? | Global Brain | Scoop.it
Game avatar with a backpack (credit: S. Shyam Sundar, Penn State)
If you create and modify your own virtual reality avatars, could what happens to these alter egos influence how you perceive virtual environments?
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The Human Race to the Future: What Could Happen — and What to Do

The Human Race to the Future: What Could Happen — and What to Do | Global Brain | Scoop.it
The Lifeboat Foundation is running a short promotion at Amazon of an exciting new book The Human Race to the Future: what could happen – and what to do
Get the Kindle version of the book free today only!
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