Memory and imagination
The Science of Mental Time Travel: Memory and How Our Ability to Imagine the Future Made Us Human*by Maria Popova* *Shedding light on “the cognitive rudder that allows our brains to navigate the river of time.”* Lewis Carroll’s *Alice in Wonderland* remains one of my all-time favorite books, largely because Carroll taps his training as a logician to imbue the whimsical story with an allegorical dimension that blends the poetic with the philosophical. To wit: The Red Queen remembers the future instead of the past — an absurd proposition so long as we think of time as linear and memory... mais »
uploading consciousness
[image: CNN logo] *Source:* CNN — June 27, 2014 | James O'Toole Ray Kurzweil was looking for an investment in a company he was planning, on reverse-engineering the brain. Page invited him to do it at Google instead. At Google I/O he said we’ll be 3D printing clothing by 2020, and hopes to achieve “functional immortality” by uploading his consciousness to a computer. He said supercomputers provide … more…
TED sellections
What will be the most important driver of change in the future? [image: TED ideas worth spreading logo] *Source:* TED — March 24, 2014 At TED 2014, we challenged attendees to vote on 10 potential drivers of change in the next 30 years. The range of opinions was vast and intriguing. And what do you think? See how your thoughts match up with the rest of the TED community. Below, some relevant quotes from TED Talks. [...] What might the future hold? Predictions at TED 1984 to 2014 [image: TED ideas worth spreading logo] *Source:* TED — March 24, 2014 TED | Predictions are a mug’s gam... mais »
Past futurology
E.M. Forster’s 1909 story ‘The Machine Stops’ predicts the web, tablets and artificial intelligence June 30, 2014 [image: The Machine Stops - book cover front]Dear readers, A remarkable foreshadowing of the internet, tablet computers and artificial intelligence from a century ago: E.M. Forster’s 1909 short story “The Machine Stops.” — Ray Kurzweil Wikipedia | “The Machine Stops” is a science fiction short story by E. M. Forster. After initial publication in The Oxford and Cambridge Review in November 1909, … more…
New energy source
A new battery that’s cheap, clean, rechargeable, and organic July 3, 2014 [image: USC professor Sri Narayan's research focuses on the fundamental and applied aspects of electrochemical energy conversion and storage to reduce the carbon footprint of energy use and by providing energy alternatives to fossil fuel (credit: USC Photo/Gus Ruelas)] Scientists at USC have developed a water-based organic battery that is long-lasting and built from cheap, eco-friendly components (no metals or toxic materials). The new battery is intended for use in power plants, where it could make the energy ... mais »
Família Link
*Maria Luiza *(ou Anna Maria)* Sebastiany Link* *Uma postagem anterior já fora dedicada à nossa bisavó* *(Eu e ela em Santa Maria, meados da década de 30)* Aproveitando nossa ida a IVOTI e ciceroneados por Roque Amadeu Kreutz, estendemos nosso passeio até Picada Holanda onde se localizou inicialmente a família de Johan Link avô de nossa bisavó Maria Luiza. Seguem abaixo dados genealógicos gentilmente fornecidos por Décio Schauren quem também nos disse que no cemitério poderíamos encontrar a cruz de ferro do túmulo de Johan Link *Filhos de Johann Link oo 1 Anna Maria Federhen:* 1. An... mais »
Ecos do Passado
*DRAMAS, COMÉDIAS E TRAGÉDIAS* *Nas Picadas de Bom Jesus/Ivoti* *Organizadores: Roque Amadeu Kreutz e **Andréa Cristina Baum Schneck* *Secretaria de Estado da Cultura, Pro Cultura RS,Pref. Mun. Ivoti, Sec. Mun. Cultura, Sociedade Ivotiense de Estudos Humanísticos, Universidade Feevale.* *Publicação da qual participo com um texto intitulado "Cento e setenta e cinco anos depois..."* *Na foto: Andréa Schneck, Roque Kreutz e Aloyzio Achutti* Estivemos - minhas irmãs Lia Maria e Maria Helena e eu - em Ivoti no dia de ontem e fomos regiamente recebidos pelos organizadores do livro na casa d... mais »
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