"The elusive technological future" - John Naughton at ALT-C 2011

[isamelbou]

This man makes an exciting subject so boring

[sirvulcan12]

wait i just watched 24 mins of stupid my little ponys jokes... idk if i can handle this...

[samgoddam]

Grey got me here!

[moneyisneutral]

I'm not going to spend an hour listening to a boring fat man read off a sheet.

[Haroids]

I'll watch it when I don't have Calculus 2 homework I've gotta do. DX

[kellyanquoe]

applying to historic ethnicity and what humans have failed to notice could be assistive for programs intended to "help". Aho! 

[obviousworld]

"[This talk] is a no-holds-barred, kick-ass talk about the systems, blindspots and biases that keep us from understanding where tech has been and where it's going. John's the Professor of the Public Understanding of Technology at the Open University, and he's the author of the excellent From Gutenberg to Zuckerberg, What You Really Need to Know About the Internet." ~ Cory Doctorow

Thank you Cory [@Boing Boing] for directing my attention to this important and interesting talk!

[AllDaySCIfi]

Sleep walking into nightmares. LOL

watch?v=7dg96tefnEU

We are hooking up von Neumann machines in different ways. The problem is quality of information. I think we are near the point where more powerful von Neumann machines will not do the average person much good. The problem is can they evaluate the quality of information. We can produce more BS and distribute it faster.

Listening to Liberal Arts majors talking about technology is somewhat irritating.

The Two Faces of Tomorrow by Hogan

[sidshrapnell]

@AllDaySCIfi John Naughton graduated in engineering.