#Future

May the 4th Be With You

My Star Wars Flipboard

Reclaim Your Privacy

Edward Snowden Explains How to Reclaim Your Privacy via The Intercept It’s a long read, but worth reading..  for those that want the cliff notes version, I pulled these from this article: Step One:  Tor Software to use to browse the web anonymously Step Two:  HTTPS Everywhere Forces your browser to use https (think *secure session*, like the kind of connection you want when you are shopping or banking online) Step Three:  Duck Duck Go Search engine that doesn't track you (set as the default of your browser) Step Four:  KeePassX Password manager, use in conjunction with 2-Factor Authentication [// I think this is great for websites in general but banking, credit card, email and other "mission critical" sites-- I'm still a little skeptical about relying on using a key system for these sites] Step Five:  Signal Encrypted instant messenger & calling without having to change your number

Happy Birthday Dr. Seuss

Had to update my weebly with some of my favorite quotes,  like this one:

Recommended

Great read about one of my all time Sci-Fi favorites Dune and why  “Dune” Endures.

The World Wide Web, AR, VR, and MR

 “Technologies like Magic Leap’s will enable us to generate, transmit, quantify, refine, personalize, magnify, discover, share, reshare, and overshare experiences. This shift from the creation, transmission, and consumption of information to the creation, transmission, and consumption of experience defines this new platform. As Magic Leap founder Rony Abovitz puts it, “Ours is a journey of inner space. We are building the internet of presence and experience.”

We haven’t yet fully absorbed the enormous benefit that the internet of information has brought to the world. And yet we are about to recapitulate this accomplishment with the advent of synthetic realities."

The Untold Story of Magic leap, the World’s Most Secretive Startup by Kevin Kelly via Wired. This is a looooong article, but a must read.  

On a side note, Kevin Kelly (founding editor of Wired) is one of my favorite futurists.... check out some of his other stuff:

We Are the Web (Wired timeline/feature)

The Next 5,000 Days of the Internet (TED talk)  

One more must read from today’s surfing (much, much shorter!) is a piece from the NYT:  The Web’s Creator Looks to Reinvent It.  

See also The Internet Part II from my wiki for related info and articles as well as my page on Privacy.

3/14  Pi Day, School Walkout, Stephen Hawking, and more

A lot happening today!  I just wanted to post a couple of updates and thoughts...  

Before I had breakfast this morning I heard the word that Stephen Hawking had passed away.  What an amazing human being, such an incredible loss for the world.  And what an amazing coincidence for him to die on Einstein’s birthday...

Stephen Hawking

Stephen Hawking Taught Us a Lot About How to Live (NYT)

Stephen Hawking Dies at 76; His Mind Roamed the Cosmos (NYT Obituary)

Stephen Hawking: Visionary physicist dies aged 76 (BBC)

This is the most dangerous time for our planet (Stephen Hawking 12/16)

Stephen Hawking Was Right To Worry About Our Impending Doom (io9)

Stephen Hawking’s most mind-blowing discovery: black holes can shrink:   Hawking radiation, explained by a physicist. (Vox)

Stephen Hawking’s 5 best and nerdiest pop culture cameos:  When Hawking wasn’t changing the world, he played himself on TV. He was hilarious. (Vox)

Pi Day

I always look forward to Pi Day...  friends usually send me Pi Day pictures and animated gifs...  I wore my new Pi shirt to PT today and I’ve finally updated my Pi Page :)  You can also check out my new Flickr post on Pi Day...

School Walkout

These two photos from the 17 photos from today's National School Walkout for gun control that should terrify the NRA are my favorite:

#NationalWalkoutDay on Twitter

Previous post on tumblr about gun violence

Shooting Data

Guns Are Cool sub reddit that tracks mass shootings

Gun Violence Archive

Shooting Tracker

Two Redditors Are Changing the Way the Media Counts Mass Shootings

Gun Deaths vs Terrorism Deaths (video)

America’s gun problem has everything to do with America’s masculinity problem

Campaign Zero

Emerging ethical dilemmas in science and technology

As a new year approaches, the University of Notre Dame's John J. Reilly Center for Science, Technology and Values has released its annual list of emerging ethical dilemmas and policy issues in science and technology for 2014.

Campaign Reform is the cornerstone of restoring our Republic

New Plugin Shows Exactly Where Your Congressperson's Money Comes From

We the People, and the Republic We Must Reclaim Lawrence Lessig TED Talk 2014

OpenSecrets.org AllAreGreen.us