Amazing set of New Year’s resolutions, as made by Woody Guthrie, 1942.
For those of you who are feeling a little worse for wear on this first morning of 2012, I thought this infographic might be of interest.
What can machines tell us about being human?
In this RadioLab podcast episode (60:00) we get to explore the point where what it means to be human and how we understand what it means to be machine crash messily into each other.
What new technological developments do you think are transforming our landscape right now?
Now interrogate the underlying assumptions that you have when you think about them.
- How have social networks changed group social dynamics?
- How might QR codes change the linguistic conventions of search?
- How might Augmented Reality usher in a more intuitive visual approach to information?
Less important than the technology is the way humans adapt that technology. If you want a comprehensive and compelling intellectual argument for that, check out Raymond Williams’ Television: Technology and Cultural Form, an absolute classic.
