The Third Machine Age Could Destroy Us

Keep a list...

Week 10: Experts in authoritarianism advise to keep a list of things subtly changing around you, so you’ll remember.

Amy Siskind posts her list each week on Fb and shares it on Medium.  She is the Co-founder of The New Agenda, organization “dedicated to improving the lives of women and girls by bringing about systemic change in the media, at the workplace, at school and at home.”  

If you’re not keeping your own list-- this is one of the best I’ve seen online that you can follow.   Want to catch up on the other weeks?  Amy has them all listed at the bottom of her post.

It’s pretty chilling.... but, even as:  We’re heading into dark times. This is how to be your own light in the Age of Trump 

"Hoar frost on fence, Dunfermline, Fife - 1" flickr photo by SwaloPhoto  shared under a Creative Commons (BY-NC) license

Peace or Violence?

Is World History Becoming More Peaceful or More Violent?

Updates:  

Ray Kurzweil: The world isn’t getting worse — our information is getting better

Why the World Is Better Than You Think in 10 Powerful Charts

Isaac Asimov on the Thrill of Lifelong Learning, Science vs. Religion, and the Role of Science Fiction in Advancing Society

Asimov then considers how computers would usher in this profound change in learning and paints the outline of a concept that Clay Shirky would detail and term “cognitive surplus” two decades later:

The NSA Speech: Obama Accepts the Logic of Staying Terrorized

If the vision he laid out Friday prevails, mass surveillance on innocents will continue and we'll never enjoy pre-9/11 privacy again.

Some good suggestions...

Lots of great advice and links in this post!  

Carl Sagan

Carl Sagan's last interview with Charlie Rose (Full Interview)

Carl Sagan Tribute Series (working my way through list)

Neil deGrasse Tyson - Carl Sagan Experience

LOVE THIS Symphony of Science - 'We Are All Connected' (ft. Sagan, Feynman, deGrasse Tyson & Bill Nye)

Why Carl Sagan is Truly Irreplaceable

Lessons of Immortality and Mortality From My Father, Carl Sagan

Monkey’s selfie at center of copyright brouhaha

Wikipedia says the public, not the photojournalist, owns the rights to ape's pic.

Copyright Brouhaha!!!  Even when monkeys are involved copyright is a headache!

Bharara, Teachout, Lessig are all going to be here... and it's free and open to the public...

program here: http://calendars.fordham.edu/EventList.aspx…

register here: http://calendars.fordham.edu/EventRegistration.aspx…

Cuomo vs Bharara

Cuomo's Office Hobbled Ethics Inquiries by Moreland Commission

Dear America: Meet Bernie Sanders. Properly, this time.

Time to set the record straight.

I need to collect all of the Bernie Sanders images/quotes I’ve collected from FB and turn them into an animated gif...  #project

I’m still skeptical... but out of all of the politicians he sounds like the best bet....

some links

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/h-a-goodman/bernie-sanders-can-become-president-has-replaced-i-like-him-but-he-cant-win_b_7733476.html

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/h-a-goodman/almost-every-major-poll-shows-bernie-sanders_b_7937906.html?ncid=fcbklnkushpmg00000063