SheffTim
"If , . . .we knew more about the people next door, the people in the next country, we might want to kill them less often." "'..make the world a better place."I'm sure some thought the same when radio...
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Re Digg, it's something we'd love people to use and promote (digg) our content with and within, but we don't want to be seen as trying to game the system. Do you use Digg actively?I suppose we should...
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Hi Dan: Floridi's interesting, but I wasn't convinced by his argument that this is a '4th revolution' on par with Galileo, Darwin and Freud. They heralded completely new ways of looking at the world...
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@shefftim I think also that there are also other contenders for any '4th revolution'; neuroscience and genetics (e.g. human genome project) in particular. For your series it might be worth talking to a...
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You're well ahead of me :-) "Her worry appears to be less about the adult web-user with analogue frames of reference (though these brains may be changing with prolonged exposure to the web), but for...
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The porn thing. Yes. I'm not sure where we went with that line of enquiry. I know we discussed it at several points in the early days of development, but it never seemed to quite fit the thinking of...
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Episode 4: What impact is the web having on who we are?You can't avoid the hard issues, it's too easy to just look at the 'positive' factors and ignore the less positive. (Though not everyone would...
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I think I have to disagree with SheffTim:TBL followed on from the early pioneers of computing, both practical and theoretical.I think also that there are also other contenders for any '4th revolution';...
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[I do believe that the web isn't for everyone - discuss.]That's like saying that books aren't for everyone. It's true, but it doesn't mean we shouldn't teach people to read or show them around the...
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