Noogenesis Noogenesis (Ancient Greek: νοῦς=mind + γένεσις=becoming) is the emergence of intelligent forms of life. The term was first used by Pierre Teilhard de Chardin in regard to the evolution of humans. It also used in astrobiology in regard to the emergence of forms of life capable of technology and so interstellar communication and travel. Teilhard[edit] Noogenesis began with reflective thought; or with the first human beings. Teilhard imagines that noogenesis will eventually reach a critical point of consciousness, brought about by a maximum tension of human socialization. Astrobiology[edit] In astrobiology noogenesis concerns the origin of intelligent life and more specifically technological civilizations capable of communicating with humans and or traveling to Earth.[1] The lack of evidence for the existence of such extraterrestrial life creates the Fermi paradox. References[edit]
The Paradox of Social TV The Paradox of Social TV Details Published on Sunday, 27 February 2011 11:48 I haven't been writing much lately, there have been things itching and gnawing in my mind in relation to Social TV which forced me to retreat, think over and read a lot from others to understand the general consensus on this topic and where we're heading to. After having read "The Paradox of Social Media: The More Social it Gets, The Less Social We Become" at MediaPost, thinking back to writings about the Tao and what Miso's CEO Niyogi mentioned on Social TV, I give it a shot. Is there a scope/focus that needs to be adjusted? Let's elaborate on the three first. With regard to the Tao, having spent lots of time and books in topics like these, I came across a recurring observation, which is still vivid to me in relation to one of the Tao writings explaining that it's hard to keep focus on the primary subject, dwelling into so many other thoughts, not being able to really enjoy and absorb the direct experience.
EdgeRank Checker | Check your Facebook Page's EdgeRank Deb Roy - MIT Media Laboratory Superintelligence A superintelligence, hyperintelligence, or superhuman intelligence is a hypothetical agent that possesses intelligence far surpassing that of the brightest and most gifted human minds. ‘’Superintelligence’’ may also refer to the form or degree of intelligence possessed by such an agent. Technological forecasters and researchers disagree about when human intelligence is likely to be surpassed. Some argue that advances in artificial intelligence (AI) will probably result in general reasoning systems that lack human cognitive limitations. Others believe that humans will evolve or directly modify their biology so as to achieve radically greater intelligence. Experts in AI and biotechnology do not expect any of these technologies to produce a superintelligence in the very near future. Definition[edit] Summarizing the views of intelligence researchers, Linda Gottfredson writes: Feasibility[edit] Computational resources place another limit on present-day human cognition. Concerns[edit]
Klout & Critics: Time to Close the Door or Kick it Wide Open? - Off The Grid Blog - digital public relations Much has recently been written about Klout, the latest darling of social scoring that aims to measure social clout, an individual's ability to influence others. In fact some may say we are all klouted out. Isn't it time to stop railing and leave the developers to fix the known issues? Alas, market opportunity does not always wait for engineering. Like many emerging technologies (after all, we are at the dawn of social scoring), Klout has some problems. The K-Bomb has exploded. Even as many of the pundits, even non-pundits, have weighed in on their technical reservations, and even as Klout CEO Joe Fernandez has been extraordinarily attentive in tracking and answering their criticisms, there’s still that shock wave advancing. Let’s Review So I’m going to risk rudeness and engage in the impertinence of keeping the conversation open a bit longer. I approached the review much as a product manager for Klout might, looking for which categories were most frequently cited. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Oh yes.
New Analytics Tool Helps Brand Managers Identify, Track Facebook Advocates Social software provider Dachis Group introduced a sophisticated analytics tool that allows brand managers to track the impact of top advocates of their brands. Advocate Insight taps into Dachis Group’s social analytics platform, which monitors and measures daily interactions between 30,000 brands and 100 million social accounts, to help brand managers identify and engage with their biggest brand loyalists. Its features include: Dachis Group Founder, President, and Chief Executive Officer Jeffrey Dachis said: Our customers are rapidly embracing and mobilizing advocates in social for two primary reasons.
Clay Shirky Clay Shirky (born 1964[2]) is an American writer, consultant and teacher on the social and economic effects of Internet technologies. He has a joint appointment at New York University (NYU) as a Distinguished Writer in Residence at the Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute and Assistant Arts Professor in the New Media focused graduate Interactive Telecommunications Program (ITP).[3] His courses address, among other things, the interrelated effects of the topology of social networks and technological networks, how our networks shape culture and vice-versa.[4] Education and career[edit] Shirky was the first Professor of New Media in the Media Studies department at Hunter College, where he developed the MFA in Integrated Media Arts program. In the Fall of 2010, Shirky was a visiting Morrow Lecturer at Harvard University's John F. Views[edit] In his book Here Comes Everybody, Shirky explains how he has long spoken in favor of crowdsourcing and collaborative efforts online. [edit]
World Brain World Brain is a collection of essays and addresses by the English science fiction pioneer, social reformer, evolutionary biologist and historian H. G. Wells, dating from the period of 1936–38. Throughout the book, Wells describes his vision of the world brain: a new, free, synthetic, authoritative, permanent "World Encyclopaedia" that could help world citizens make the best use of universal information resources and make the best contribution to world peace. Development of the idea[edit] World Encyclopedia[edit] Wellsian dream of World Brain was first expressed in a lecture delivered at the Royal Institution of Great Britain, Weekly Evening Meeting, Friday, 20 November 1936. My particular line of country has always been generalization of synthesis. He wished the world to be such a whole "as coherent and consistent as possible." The Brain Organization of the Modern World[edit] (Lecture delivered in America, October and November 1937) A Permanent World Encyclopedia[edit] Brian R. [edit]
The Problem with Klout: An Infographic Klout announced a radical overhaul to its scoring system, site design, and score transparency. But what is the real impact? Will it make a difference? I had a chance to speak to Klout CEO Joe Fernandez to try to determine the depth of the changes that were announced today … and answer the question on everybody’s mind — “Will my Klout score drop?” Substantially more data points Joe Fernandez of Klout The new site will be introduced this week to a small set of users and will roll out in increments over the course of the next few weeks, according to Fernandez. Klout will now consider 400 distinct data inputs to determine your score, up from 100 data points today. Tempering the vacation effect A major complaint about Klout is that people’s finely-tuned scores drop whenever they go on vacation (and stop tweeting/posting). Transparency Klout is adding a Kred-like feature called “Moments” that allows you to see which specific activities influence your score. Privacy The Bieber versus Obama debate
The Facebook Fallacy Facebook not only is on course to go bust but will take the rest of the ad-supported Web with it. Given its vast cash reserves and the glacial pace of business reckonings, this assertion will sound exaggerated. But that doesn’t mean it isn’t true. At the heart of the Internet business is one of the great business fallacies of our time: that the Web, with all its targeting abilities, can be a more efficient, and hence more profitable, advertising medium than traditional media. Facebook, with its 900 million users, its valuation of around $60 billion (as of early June), and a business derived primarily from fairly traditional online advertising, is now at the heart of the heart of this fallacy. The daily and stubborn reality for everybody building businesses on the strength of Web advertising is that the value of digital ads decreases every quarter, a consequence of their simultaneous ineffectiveness and efficiency. Things Reviewed: Facebook ads It’s quite a juxtaposition of realities.
George Saunders A professor at Syracuse University, Saunders won the National Magazine Award for fiction in 1994, 1996, 2000, and 2004, and second prize in the O. Henry Awards in 1997. His first story collection, CivilWarLand in Bad Decline, was a finalist for the 1996 PEN/Hemingway Award. In 2006 Saunders received a MacArthur Fellowship. In 2006 he won the World Fantasy Award for his short story "CommComm".[1] His story collection In Persuasion Nation was a finalist for The Story Prize in 2007. In 2013, he won the PEN/Malamud Award[2] and was a finalist for the National Book Award. Early life and education[edit] Saunders was born in Amarillo, Texas. Career[edit] From 1989 to 1996, Saunders worked as a technical writer and geophysical engineer for Radian International, an environmental engineering firm in Rochester, New York. Saunders's fiction often focuses on the absurdity of consumerism and corporate culture and the role of mass media. Works[edit] Fiction[edit] Nonfiction[edit] Anthologies[edit]
Metaman Metaman: The Merging of Humans and Machines into a Global Superorganism (ISBN 067170723X) is a 1993 book by author Gregory Stock. The title refers to a superorganism comprising humanity and its technology. While many people have had ideas about a global brain, they have tended to suppose that this can be improved or altered by humans according to their will. Metaman can be seen as a development that directs humanity's will to its own ends, whether it likes it or not, through the operation of market forces. Get ready. Social scoring will change your life. There is an interesting, and perhaps alarming, trend brewing on the social media scene. Take a look at a couple items in the news last week: The Palms Hotel in Las Vegas is providing perks to guests based on their Klout score (an assessment of social media influence)** By the end of the year, Twitter said their new analytics will provide influence scores for every user. People are now curating lists of the most influential bloggers by Klout score. Virgin Airlines offered free flights on a new route to people with high influence scores on Twitter. Hoot Suite allows you to sort Twitter results by the influence of the people in the list. I’m guessing that within a 12 to 18 months, you will be able to use new augmented reality technology to scan a room of people with your smartphone and get a numerical social rating for every person in sight. OK, first I need to get this out of my system. Good. Advertising Age reported that the Virgin promotion generated 4,600 tweets about the new route.