I saw a piece of a BBC documentary about a British savant, Daniel Tammet, and was fascinated, since contrary to the character of Rain Man in the film, Danil was able to explain his capabilities, and observe the functioning of his brain. I picked up his book straight away when I saw it and read […]
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We Feel Fine is an incredible display of the power of the web to transform the way we think about humanity. Emotions are among the most human of characteristics, and being able to see their power dynamically is astonishing. We Feel Fine is a website that analyses blog postings to search for those that contain
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Tonight I will be at Radio24, an Italian talk radio of nationwide coverage, to talk about Second Life at a special two hour episode of the Melog talkshow. The broadcast will be also streamed, and downloadable from the radio’s website. I’ve also set up a skypecast, and a skypechat to go along with it. A
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I have been invited to speak at the 2007 Annual Meeting of Aegis Media, the media, communications, and market research group. The title of my talk is going to be “A New Life for Marketing in Virtual Worlds – What are you really promoting in Second Life”, and as usual it will be possible to
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Here is the transcript of my inaugural lecture of the Craedo Auditorium in Colonia Nova in Second Life: Welcome to this seminar about “The theory and practice of democracy in virtual worlds”. I want to thank CARE, CRAEDO, and the Confederation of Democratic Simulators for inviting me to give this talk at the inauguration of
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One of the games I always play at the start of a new year is an excercise in synesthesia:what color is the coming year? For example to me 2006 was orange, 2005 was yellow, and 2004 was blue. My colors are not necessarily as neat as the basic ones: to me 2000 is bright white
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The literary agent John Brockman, editor of the Edge.org website, asks each year a question to representatives of the third culture, unifying the artificial divisions of scientific and humanistic cultures. This year’s question is “What are you optimistic about?” Reading the stimulating and often provocative answers is a favorite passtime of mine: I put them
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