OnTheMedia Roundup: Future looks… Warped

Ignoring the fringe futurists and dedicated transhumanists and most timeclock punching religious visionaries momentarily, generally hard working and blue collar scientists have begun the difficult work on the question of what technology does to our brain. Recalling fondly the Lyotard perspective on the Android Brain, and making sure not to confuse it with the ambient personality design or wild gumbaby memes or how to design a human being, this weeks On The MEdia has some excellent field overviews from the contemporary frontlines of internalized recursive research into the area:

On The Media, The Net Effect:

On The Media, The Future Brain:

On The Media, Smirch Engine:

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