Difficult topics must be engaged with, and in the way that fiction invites us to engage but numbing news-porn deliberately does not, because news wants us only to witness and have our buttons pushed, and denies greater emotional and intellectual … Read more →
Pour faire plaisir ma nièce — la seule personne au monde capable de me convaincre d’utiliser mon compte Facebook — je me suis mis à jouer à FarmVille. Si vous ne connaissez pas, c’est un jeu où l’on tient le … Read more →
… Faites l’amour et recommencez !
Computers were invented as crypto-ware and spy-ware and control-ware. That’s what Alan Turing was all about. That’s where computing came from, that’s the scene’s original sin, and also its poisoned apple. There’s not a coherent force on Earth that wants … Read more →
The State will of course try to slow or halt the spread of this technology, citing national security concerns, use of the technology by drug dealers and tax evaders, and fears of societal disintegration. Many of these concerns will be … Read more →