Blog – Page 112 – Technology vs Humanity: the coming clash of man and machine

‘Austerity, That’s What I Know’: The Making of a Young U.K. Socialist

BRIGHTON, England — Alex McIntyre was raised on budget cuts. The youth center where he went after school was shuttered when he was 10. When he was 11, his mother’s housing benefit was shaved away, a casualty of the Welfare Reform Act. Read full Article

Uber and the Ongoing Erasure of Public Life (good read via The New Yorker)

“Cities struggling to keep subways and buses running are being drained of revenue by tech companies and a reserve army of cars. These cars, in turn, coagulate the arteries of the city, blocking the remaining fleet of buses, causing a downward spiral of decreasing ridership and growing traffic. Despite all of this, Uber claims to support … Continue reading "Uber and the Ongoing Erasure of Public Life (good read via The New Yorker)"

The New Techno-Fusion: The Merging Of Technologies Impacting Our Future

The process of systems integration (SI) functionally links together infrastructure, computing systems, and applications. SI can allow for economies of scale, streamlined manufacturing, and better efficiency and innovation through combined research and development. Read full Article

Bill Gates explains why we should all be optimists

There are a lot of worries today about technology’s harmful effects. How do you retain your famous optimism about it? Look at how long people are living, the reduction of under-five mortality, the reduction in how poorly women are treated. Read full Article

Microsoft CEO Defends Army Contract for Augmented Reality

Tech workers are increasingly uneasy about their employers’ work with the US government, especially the military. Read full Article