Category: Philosophy

Best quotes from: Computers, the Internet, and the Abdication of Consciousness (Stephen Talbott, 1995!)

Via the Nature Institute   be sure to read Stephen’s 1995 (!) book  (online, free, or via Amazon).  I am currently working translating his views into 2016… stay tuned! “Can human ideals survive the Internet? His reply is only if we arouse ourselves to responsible consciousness” “[T]oday the needful work is to distinguish ourselves from our … Continue reading "Best quotes from: Computers, the Internet, and the Abdication of Consciousness (Stephen Talbott, 1995!)"

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All Can Be Lost: The Risk of Putting Our Knowledge in the Hands of Machines (5* read)

“Because automation alters how we act, how we learn, and what we know, it has an ethical dimension. The choices we make, or fail to make, about which tasks we hand off to machines shape our lives and the place we make for ourselves in the world.”

All Can Be Lost: The Risk of Putting Our Knowledge in the Hands of Machines
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2013/11/the-great-forgetting/309516/
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