Experimentation in agriculture IS necessary. Just make it as diverse as possible
I recently observed that the only missing voices at a coming Summit on Agriculture seemed to be… farmers, and digital technologies that THEY could design and control. This is the answer I just received
What would United States v. Ackerman be, without AOL?
Eight years ago, I wrote that, when it comes to email, the more interesting barrier to its proper usage may be laws that only see companies and individuals, but nothing in between. A case under appeal now in the USA shows that, indeed, this may be the case.
The bright, planetary next billion of Facebook users
Frederic Filloux argues that Facebook' future is “bright and planetary” because:
Limits, and one big side effect, of granting personhood status to "robots"
Let’s play conspiracy theories for a moment: what is the REAL reason why the European Parliament is proposing to treat robots as human beings? Even better: WHICH robots should benefit of such a recognition? WHAT is a robot, anyway?
Quick: what is the FIRST thing that should be open to democratic control, and used for the common good?
Two articles about a great issue of our time just made me a bit sad.
Everything that's wrong in Zuckerberg's hearing, in one paragraph
It’s there, in one article.