ISOM SYMBOLIC ART

Tuesday, January 31, 2012

Monday, January 30, 2012

Sunday, January 29, 2012

Saturday, January 28, 2012

Friday, January 27, 2012

Thursday, January 26, 2012

Crucial link...

A chain is no stronger than its weakest link, and life is after all a chain.

William James

Wednesday, January 25, 2012

Tuesday, January 24, 2012

Adjusting the balance of nature and science...

Monday, January 23, 2012

Technocracy...

Knowledge and skill?

Copyright 2012 © Ronald D. Isom, Sr.

Technocracy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: "Technocracy is a hypothetical form of government in which science would be in control of all decision making. Scientists, engineers and technologists who have knowledge, expertise or skills would compose the governing body, instead of politicians, businessmen and economists.[1] In a technocracy, decision makers would be selected based upon how knowledgeable and skillful they are in their field."

Dilbert's presidential bid: is technocracy dressed up as libertarianism the natural political home of the engineer? | openDemocracy:

Sunday, January 22, 2012

Technological singularity...

Technological singularity: "hypothetical future emergence of greater-than-human intelligence through technological means, very probably resulting in explosive superintelligence"

"The risks in developing superintelligence include the risk of failure to give it the supergoal of philanthropy. One way in which this could happen is that the creators of the superintelligence decide to build it so that it serves only this select group of humans, rather than humanity in general."

- Nick Bostrom, Ethical Issues in Advanced Artificial Intelligence, 1997

Saturday, January 21, 2012

Transhumanism...

On our way to hell.

Is nanotechnology going to send us all to hell? | Philip Ball | Comment is free | The Guardian: "Is nanotechnology going to send us all to hell? Transhumanism and eternal life are on no serious scientists' agendas, but there may still be real moral concerns around nanotech"