Subject: 21st Century Citizenship, March 2019: Techtopia
From: "Frank Islam" <[email-masked]>
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Date: Sun, 3 Mar 2019 21:33:42 +0000
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Expecting a paean to technology from us here?  Not so fast--the Greek root "-topia" only means place, as in topography...

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"The efforts of governments alone will never be enough..."
--John F Kennedy

The Greek root for "-topia" is "topos," which just means "place," as in "topography," and as we map the future, whether technology will produce a utopia, a dystopia, or just what a techtopia is generically--a technology place, a world of tech--is very much in human hands...
"Two roads diverged in a yellow wood..."
--Robert Frost

http://bit.ly/auto_dreamAutomation & The American Dream
Will the American Revolution 2.0 kill the American Dream, or lead to freedoms never dreamed of by the Founders?... Read More... (http://bit.ly/auto_dream)

http://bit.ly/auto_dream

http://bit.ly/ai_raceThe AI Race
It may not be the race we wanted, but it's the race we have. Who will win, how, and what does winning mean?... Read More (http://bit.ly/ai_race) ...

http://bit.ly/ai_race

http://bit.ly/post_capitalismBritish author and award-winning Guardian columnist Paul Mason makes the case that automation and other technological innovations will usher in a new, brighter, post-capitalist era... Read More (http://bit.ly/post_capitalism) ...

http://bit.ly/post_capitalism

http://bit.ly/blackmore_temes'Hillbilly' cartoonist Al Capp saw AI coming in 1948, and had quixotically mixed feelings about it. Memeticist Susan Blackmore thinks it may be an evolutionary stage of every habitable planet, as a means to connect the universe, but sees a cost as well... Read More (http://bit.ly/blackmore_temes) ... And More (http://bit.ly/abner_shmoo) ...

http://bit.ly/blackmore_temes http://bit.ly/abner_shmoo (http://bit.ly/blackmore_temes)

http://bit.ly/harari_dataHistorian Yuval Noah Harari fears Big Data is eroding democracy's competitive advantage over totalitarianism; WIRED has cataloged the high tech toolbox Russia and other regimes already use to corrupt democratic processes... Read More (http://bit.ly/harari_data) ... And More (http://bit.ly/wired_russia) ...

http://bit.ly/harari_data http://bit.ly/wired_russia (http://bit.ly/harari_data)
"The true purpose of education is to produce citizens..."
--Eleanor Roosevelt

http://bit.ly/wall_holeThe most powerful demonstration of the potential impact of technology on learning began in a New Dehli slum twenty years ago, and continues to reverberate today... Learn More (http://bit.ly/wall_hole) ...

http://bit.ly/wall_hole

http://bit.ly/fb_notThe one word Facebook most likes to apply to itself is "community." Many, even in the tech world, would disagree--strongly, and their reasons tell us much about what a real community is, both online and off... Learn More (http://bit.ly/fb_not) ... And More (http://bit.ly/9_qualities) ...

http://bit.ly/fb_not http://bit.ly/9_qualities (http://bit.ly/fb_not)

http://bit.ly/kasparov_aiIf anyone knows what it's like to have his livelihood threatened by a machine, it's chess champion Garry Kasparov. Yet he argues that what we need is "better humans, not less tech," and is working to make it so... Learn More (http://bit.ly/kasparov_ai) ...

http://bit.ly/kasparov_ai

http://bit.ly/v_pressureYour vote really doesn't count--not by itself. But new apps like VoterCircle (http://bit.ly/v_circle) and VoteWithMe (http://bit.ly/vote_wme) are making it possible to 'force-multiply' your ballot to the point where your preferences really can influence election outcomes... Learn More (http://bit.ly/v_pressure) ...

http://bit.ly/v_pressure

http://bit.ly/singularity_200Technophiles and phobes like to talk about The Singularity (http://bit.ly/tech_singu) , the day when artificial superintelligence will trigger runaway technological growth.  But what if we're already living in that moment, and it started more than 200 years ago?... Learn More (http://bit.ly/singularity_200) ...

http://bit.ly/singularity_200

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