Blog – Page 172 – Technology vs Humanity: the coming clash of man and machine

Inside China’s Dystopian Dreams: A.I., Shame and Lots of Cameras

ZHENGZHOU, China — In the Chinese city of Zhengzhou, a police officer wearing facial recognition glasses spotted a heroin smuggler at a train station. Read full Article

Inside the Binge Factory

“What do you think about gas in the tank for the long term?” asks Cindy Holland, Netflix’s vice-president of original content. Read full Article

‘Find Your Passion’ Is Awful Advice

“Almost all of them raised their hand and got dreamy looks in their eyes,” she told me. They talked about it “like a tidal wave would sweep over them,” he said. Sploosh. Huzzah! It’s accounting! Would they have unlimited motivation for their passion? They nodded solemnly. Read full Article

A growing number of people think their job is useless. Time to rethink the meaning of work

A great deal has been written in recent years about the perils of automation. With predicted mass unemployment, declining wages, and increasing inequality, clearly we should all be afraid. By now it’s no longer just the Silicon Valley trend watchers and technoprophets who are apprehensive. Read full Article

Meeting Narciss; Meeting Ourselves

Let me tell you a story. Once upon a time — say, maybe 60,000 years ago — a man stood in the forest with his eyes wide and mouth ajar. Read full Article