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Re: The Broken Beyond: How Space Turned Into an Office Park

e_irene — Tue, 25 Sep 2012 20:43:48 -0000

The dream is only as broken as the dreamer.

Sincere best wishes for finding better frames.

Re: http://blog.millsbaker.net/post/15801320552

e_irene — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 14:09:25 -0000

Thanks for the clarification!

Re: http://blog.millsbaker.net/post/15801320552

e_irene — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 11:53:25 -0000

LOL!~ I wish it were so (to both the former & the latter); in that case I could be convinced to feel otherwise (and should I have the fortune/misfortune to meet him in person, I might feel otherwise as well, who knows). But as it is, I'm offended by the narrow-mindedness of his assumptions. (Also, he self-identified as a bit of chemical scum so if you are feeling offended on his part, please consider this.)

*rant*

He seems much like Dawkins in the confidence that science is the end all be all, that knowing in this manner is the end all be all of knowledge, that the universe is a bunch of rocks flying around in perfect order, following perfectly the laws of physics, marred only by some random bit of chemical scum with the miraculous ability to think abstractly... Instead of being open to the possibility that the our brains are inextricably a part of the cosmos and quite possibly the chicken-before-the-egg reason that it exists as it does.

He offends me in this instance because when I read between the lines, I see the continued promulgation of the attitude which keeps me from my own researches into the nature of the universe: science as dogma, science as religion; high priests allowing only the faithful to enter deeper into the temple of knowledge, excommunicating the heretical.

He does not seem to be capable of seeing what he does not know. And as a scientist, this is a singularly important ability.

*rant completed*

Re: http://blog.millsbaker.net/post/15801320552

e_irene — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 14:15:32 -0000

the <3 is for your words, not d.d.'s. imo he's a bit of chemical scum, no matter how brilliant.

Re: http://blog.millsbaker.net/post/14418282494

e_irene — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 20:02:05 -0000

what does metzinger mean by single world? if he's speaking of a single planet in a singular universe, i'm not so sure he's correct. modern physics points to the multiverse; perhaps we could not have consciousness without it.

if he's speaking more figuratively, i may still have to disagree. which of us lives in such a singular world? not i. there is the world that i think exists, there is the world i experience with my body, there is the world that i interpret, and more... it's all these worlds in combination which best describes the world in which we conscious beings inhabit.

makes a.i. seem even more unattainable, but i am hopeful. it's going to happen around the same time we grok traveling light years without the need of attaining ridiculous velocities, i.e. when we understand the nature of the universe and our place in it (how we fit, how consciousness fits into a multiverse of flying rocks).

as to interiority (seemingly defined by you here as inaccessibility), i believe it does exist -- as the totality of all interactions and all data that is the web. i wonder if some embryonic form of 'artificial' consciousness might exist already, waiting for the 'right' algorithm or structure to let it divide and specialize and grow...

Re: Meta is Murder. Writing and lesser things by Mills Baker. [We have forgotten] leisure as “non-activity” —an....

e_irene — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 02:26:33 -0000

Watching the first episode of http://www.pbs.org/craftina... on my little imachine while in bed with the flu brought to mind this piece.

I dunno, Mills... I may have to re-unheart (not really =) for content (as always, it's beautifully written tho') because it's us, our choices, not the tech (at least not the tech in my hand, tho' i'm not sure the same could be said of industrial tech & complexes & the like... )

Re: Meta is Murder. Writing and lesser things by Mills Baker. [We have forgotten] leisure as “non-activity” —an....

e_irene — Sat, 17 Dec 2011 16:41:05 -0000

"...where the falling angel meets the rising ape." - Terry Pratchett

Just want to clarify that the source of the quote does not reflect the spirit in which i offer it here.

Re: Tsunami Travel and Energy Maps

e_irene — Fri, 11 Mar 2011 21:38:14 -0000

Do you know where I can find maps of where and how far inland (in Japan) the tsunami reached?

Re: http://jackjuly.tumblr.com/post/2819062879

e_irene — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 03:01:33 -0000

ach! i love it and i hate it all at the same time. fascinating work, july. =)

Re: What Angel Investing & Florida Condos Have in Common

e_irene — Mon, 15 Nov 2010 23:00:41 -0000

lol! you may have a point.

Re: What Angel Investing & Florida Condos Have in Common

e_irene — Mon, 15 Nov 2010 22:58:09 -0000

Thanks for the perspective, Ethan!

It always seems to boil down to the same question/choice: protection or freedom.

I choose freedom + education + self-control. Buddhists on jihad, anyone? =)

Re: Notes from my window

e_irene — Sun, 14 Nov 2010 18:18:37 -0000

*sublime*
thank you.

Re: What Angel Investing & Florida Condos Have in Common

e_irene — Sun, 14 Nov 2010 17:50:59 -0000

Depending on what the SEC rules, the angel 'frenzy' you describe may come to an abrupt halt (http://bit.ly/cnure1). Concerned? Comment at SEC here: http://bit.ly/alrM6O

Re: Voting in an Echo Chamber: The Myth of the “Informed” Vote

e_irene — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 12:57:33 -0000

Interesting. But I have to wonder how many of the 67% actually believe that Fox News has some bias but toe the party line while answering this question. Same goes for 77% lib who believe bias at Fox is o.t.w.

Re: http://carterac.tumblr.com/post/1396311017

e_irene — Mon, 25 Oct 2010 05:01:32 -0000

so true! it's what i'm doing myself. front-end complete, now learning back-end dev!

Re: Two College Kids Try to Fool Around

e_irene — Sat, 23 Oct 2010 03:16:39 -0000

i think you succeeded with the simultaneity & don't think you were too heavily negative. we are meant to feel somewhat sorry for these people, n'est-ce pas?

also, i think the warmth that art crit seeks can be infused into the work rather seamlessly. unlike some paintings, where decisions regarding light must be made b4 one begins, layers of dimension are here somewhat easy to add.

kudos & cheers!~

Re: Two College Kids Try to Fool Around

e_irene — Sat, 23 Oct 2010 02:50:04 -0000

i liked the bleakness/flatness myself. lends itself to the cautionary tale, i.e. what is lost when mind and body are so ruthlessly separated.

tho' i agree with you somewhat, the story would have a bit more poignancy with an accent of color, of roundness. easily emended however.

Re: Elad Blog: Are You A Visionary Entrepreneur?

e_irene — Mon, 18 Oct 2010 18:02:48 -0000

i think the "youthful" category applies not only to actual youngsters but to those young at heart as well. i'm in my 40's & starting my first company. age has not hardened my creativity & willingness to experiment. in fact, i believe my experience informs my vision in a very significant way.

Re: http://mills.tumblr.com/post/934893714

e_irene — Sun, 22 Aug 2010 14:08:38 -0000

am enjoying all the different levels and textures in this photo. wish i had more time to peruse the flickr set. one day!

Re: The Singularity

e_irene — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 23:09:11 -0000

i agree with k. we don't know near enough about ourselves to build machine sentience. my bet is that the machine singularity will be preceded by a human one, the uncovering / rediscovery of knowledge so profound that we will indeed have trouble predicting what might happen next (after we fully digest and decode it). exciting times!

Re: XX Combinator

e_irene — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 02:59:44 -0000

Great post & enlightening comments. Thanks, Fred & Tereza!~

Re: Why is Tesla’s stock deflating after only two days?

e_irene — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 05:08:55 -0000

the fickle, fickle market. the magic's always been in keeping up the show until the tell.

Re: IPO or not, Tesla won’t survive as independent, analysts say

e_irene — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 02:56:00 -0000

give him a bit more credit than that. he's well aware that it's the people, not only the process.

in this case, i'm sure he's hyper-aware of the fact that it's the people who know the process who will make or break this company. does he grok the narrative (tech & human-centric) necessary to pull it off? most likely.

+ with the evolution of 3d printing tech, just-in-time makes more sense than ever.

re:"the capital needs, economies of scale, and low margins of the global industry": i think these ideas are about to get turned on their heads, are already being turned about in some sectors. j.i.t. + worldwide networks of independent buyers... there is no box.

Re: Urban Journal: Friday Night in Seattle

e_irene — Sun, 06 Jun 2010 14:08:52 -0000

I've been doing a lot of thinking on the subject (advertising) myself, am sick to death of the pervasiveness of same and a bit saddened by the lack of creative thinking such ubiquity implies. One would think that an industry with so much data about us (as consumers) could do a better job of getting it right. (Actually this is part of the problem. Looking at data from only one perspective skews any reliable information contained in same. It's as if over the decades we've forgotten what it was we were doing, settled into some kind of automated state of cultural/consumptive reproduction, going through the motions without ever understanding why we do what we do or what any of it means.)

Also, I disagree wholeheartedly with your dinner companion's assessment of the future. The timeline is a bit shorter than that -- I give it 5 to 10 years max. With no mind interface necessary. (The mind interface itself is more gloss, more dross. I don't think the solution involves reducing the time between desire for a thing and knowing where to find it.)

As new understandings of what it means to consume percolate through society, so too will advertising change (or yes, it will die).

Re: Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Finder

e_irene — Sat, 05 Jun 2010 15:03:46 -0000

What fun! I lol'd all the way through. Excellent rewrite!~