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2020-03-01

Saving the Internet—and all the commons it makes possible

This is the Ostrom Memorial Lecture I gave on 9 October of last year for the Ostrom Workshop at Indiana University. Here is the video. (The intro starts at 8 minutes in, and my part starts just after 11 minutes in.) I usually speak off the cuff, but this time I wrote it out, originally in outline form*, which is germane […]

Article posted by John Verdon / Articles, CACOR Values / Digital Commons, digital culture, Digital Democracy, Digital Ecologies, Digital Economy, Digital Environment, Digital Governance, Future, values, Values to Value, Valuing Values Leave a Comment

2019-11-09

The rise of microchipping: are we ready for technology to get under the skin?

As implants grow more common, experts fear surveillance and exploitation of workers. Advocates say the concerns are irrational “It was like my body was online,” he said. “It was my very own Johnny Mnemonic moment.” On 1 August 2017, workers at Three Square Market, a Wisconsin-based company specializing in vending machines, lined up in the office cafeteria to be […]

Article posted by John Verdon / Articles, CACOR Values / Digital Conscience, digital culture, Digital Ecologies, Digital Economy, Future of community, Future of Democracy, Future of Economy, Future of Identity, Social Credit, values, Valuing Values Leave a Comment

2017-08-06

Programming cells with computer-like logic

Novel RNA nano-devices in living cells can sense and analyze multiple complex signals for future synthetic diagnostics and therapeutics The frontier of biology, DNA and computation is developing at an accelerating rate – the future of computation is deeply entangled with the mind-machine interface and even integration – the boundaries between technology biology are blurring. […]

Article posted by John Verdon / Articles, CACOR Values / biotechnology, Complexity, Computational Biology, Digital Ecologies, Digital Environment, Domesticating DNA, values Leave a Comment

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