Thermal Detonator From Return Of The Jedi

The World Wide Web, AR, VR, and MR

 “Technologies like Magic Leap’s will enable us to generate, transmit, quantify, refine, personalize, magnify, discover, share, reshare, and overshare experiences. This shift from the creation, transmission, and consumption of information to the creation, transmission, and consumption of experience defines this new platform. As Magic Leap founder Rony Abovitz puts it, “Ours is a journey of inner space. We are building the internet of presence and experience.”

We haven’t yet fully absorbed the enormous benefit that the internet of information has brought to the world. And yet we are about to recapitulate this accomplishment with the advent of synthetic realities."

The Untold Story of Magic leap, the World’s Most Secretive Startup by Kevin Kelly via Wired. This is a looooong article, but a must read.  

On a side note, Kevin Kelly (founding editor of Wired) is one of my favorite futurists.... check out some of his other stuff:

We Are the Web (Wired timeline/feature)

The Next 5,000 Days of the Internet (TED talk)  

One more must read from today’s surfing (much, much shorter!) is a piece from the NYT:  The Web’s Creator Looks to Reinvent It.  

See also The Internet Part II from my wiki for related info and articles as well as my page on Privacy.

Students Hate Writing Papers. Professors Hate Grading Papers. Let

Everybody in college hates papers. Students hate writing them so much that they buy, borrow, or steal them instead. Plagiarism is now so commonplace that if we flunked every kid who did it, wed have a worse attrition rate than a MOOC. And on those rare occasions undergrads do deign...

http://chronicle.com/blogs/profhacker/an-open-letter-in-defense-of-rebecca-schuman/54301

https://www.change.org/petitions/scholars-writers-and-teachers-open-letter-in-defense-of-rebecca-schuman

Reading list

Don’t read all in one sitting... I’m working on an updated on an updated version of the Information Age timeline and also ruminating on themes running through these articles.   

Why we need a 21st-century Martin Luther to challenge the church of tech

'The goal is to automate us': welcome to the age of surveillance capitalism

The end of capitalism has begun

Long Hiatus

I’m slowly getting back online...  Over the last 6 months I haven’t been online much other than posting to IG and infrequently on Fb with the random moment on Twitter.   I am very lucky to be here and I’m very thankful to be on my way to a full recovery...  I’ll be sharing more on that in a future post and in the introduction to my next book... 

I’ve spent the afternoon making a few updates to my site:  kristen.education.  You’ll see a new header and I’ve also added some of my “secret” pages to the “Curation” page.  

My next project is going to be signing up for Star Wars Virtual Half Marathon.  I’m going to ask friends and family to sponsor me and donate the money to a Kidney Charity.  

Stay tuned! 

The importance of play

Play is more than just fun (TED video)

Children today are suffering a severe deficit of play (article)

Giving blogging another chance

some of the posts read on 12/4

The NSA Hiding a Shadow Government Behind a Haystack to Keep Us Safe via Dailykos.com

I've been doing a lot of reading lately on this subject (and related subjects), but managed to be even more shocked by this one...

Prada, Yuck-- Or the New Trouble with Capitalism? via Ricochet

Liberal Fascism on Broadway via Ricochet

Culture of Ignorance via Washingtonsblog

Governments From Around the World ADMIT That They Carry Out False Flag Terror via Washintonsblog

Take it to the Bank via Washingtonsblog

Healthcare.gov sort of fixed, good enough for "vast majority" via Ars Technica

In airport security scanning, ultra-rare items are harder to catch via Ars Technica

Charged with Theft, Man Arrested For Plugging Car into School's Outlet via Ars Technica

Why YouTube Buffers: The Secret Deals that Make- and Break- Online Video via Ars Technica (need to finish)

FCC Chair: ISPs Should Be Able to Charge Netflix for Internet Fast Lane via Ars Technica

Genetic Adam and Eve May Have Walked on Earth at the Same Time via Ars Technica

NSA Collects Nearly 5 Billion Cellphone Location Records per Day via ArsTechnica

Your Questions About the New IPCC Climate Change Report Answered via ArsTechnica

Dear Congress, It's No Longer OK to Not Know How the Internet Works via Motherboard

No Girls Allowed via Polygon

Wall Climbing Concept Car Wins LA Auto Show via Dvice

Self Dimming Smart Windows Change With Superhuman Speed via Dvice

Tiny Slide Projector Takes Your Instagrams to the Next Retro Level via Dvice

Full Text of Benedict XVI's Letter to Athieist via National Catholic Register

Climate Change 'Tipping Points' Imminent via Physorg

Obama: "I'm not allowed an iPhone'" via Physorg

Investment Program Can Cut Global Health Disparities by 2035 via MedicalXpress

Study Gives New Meaning to 'Let Your Fingers Do the Walking' via MedicalXpress

Humans Not Smarter Than Animals, Just Different, Experts Say via Physorg

Writing for Wikipedia event 10/26/16

Happy Birthday Dr. Seuss

Had to update my weebly with some of my favorite quotes,  like this one:

Making Multimedia Content Accessible to All

What’s going on?

Trending on Twitter today... #OATHKEEPERS ferguson

What???

Oath Keepers and the Age of Treason via Mother Jones

Oath Keepers: The heavily armed white vigilantes in Ferguson, explained via Vox