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The Story of Stuff

fekaylius — Fri, 15 May 2009 18:18:04 +0000

While on the topic of trash, seems like a good time to link to the Story of Stuff, a clear, straightforward, powerful video about our consumer culture and it’s implications.

It might be worth watching this on a regular basis, every sunday morning?

Depressing Trash Photos

fekaylius — Fri, 15 May 2009 17:53:47 +0000

This is just one of the many stunning photos of the encroachment of trash in various developing parts of the world. See more at geenstijl.nl

btw: that is a creek covered in trash!

(Via Geen Stijl.)

Street Marking Palimpsests

fekaylius — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 17:27:45 +0000

(Via things magazine: an online journal about objects and meanings.)

Social Storytelling Glue

fekaylius — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 23:45:11 +0000

“WHY does storytelling endure across time and cultures? Perhaps the answer lies in our evolutionary roots. A study of the way that people respond to Victorian literature hints that novels act as a social glue, reinforcing the types of behaviour that benefit society.”

Therefore, borrow a book today

http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20126914.500-how-novels-help-drive-social-evolution.html?DCMP=OTC-rss&nsref=online-news

Cybernetic Government

fekaylius — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 05:39:32 +0000

We are fast approaching a time when human intelligence will be incapable of interacting with the rapidly occurring events in the physical world. The associative system of the human mind is far too simple to handle and put to practical use the voluminous information needed to operate a highly technical and advanced world society. The processing required would have to handle trillions of bits of information per second, far too complex for human systems to handle, particularly with the infusion of nanotechnology.

The Venus Project calls for a cybernated society in which computers could replace the outmoded system of electing politicians that in most cases represent the entrenched vested interests. This new technology will not dictate or monitor individual’s lives, as in The Venus Project this would be consider socially offensive and counterproductive. Books such as 1984 and Brave New World, and motion pictures such as Blade-Runner and Terminator 2 have spawned fear in some people regarding the takeover of technology in our society. The Venus Project’s only purpose is to elevate the spiritual and intellectual potential of all people, while at the same time providing the goods and services that will meet their individual and material needs.

Dutch City in Korea

fekaylius — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 05:38:22 +0000

(Via yskira.)

makes me realize I need to put together a whole post on full on cities being designed these days.

Crystal Island

fekaylius — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 17:47:18 +0000

thinking much about new cities, nested cities, cohesive cities.

check out the details on this one proposed for moscow, the whole island is a new mini city (or is it just a huge huge mall?):

Oh the irony…

fekaylius — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 18:02:23 +0000

This is just one of many amazing LOL observations of poorly placed advertising featured on the oddee site.

space collective gallery

fekaylius — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 07:18:12 +0000

just found a stimulating new thing to look at, scroll through, and share:
http://spacecollective.org/gallery/

Lilly Pad Future

fekaylius — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 20:06:48 +0000

read the details about the floating ecopolis for ecological refugees

Fake Hills

fekaylius — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 19:08:36 +0000

I’ll say it again, I want to live in a whole village of this kind of stuff.

Programmatic AudioBot Music

Totally Terrace

fekaylius — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 21:35:19 +0000

I say, “Put a bunch of these things *facing* each other and create a huge artificial valley.”

Johnny Rad and the Skateboard Shuffle

jason — Sat, 21 Jul 2007 06:25:01 +0000

portland needs a skateboarders’ bar.

Convergence for Climate Action

fekaylius — Wed, 18 Jul 2007 23:08:46 +0000

6 days of low-impact living and high-impact action near the mouth of the Columbia River in Skamokawa, Washington.
Wednesday, August 8th – Tuesday, August 14th

PRIMITIVE SKILLS BARCAMP

jason — Fri, 13 Jul 2007 16:22:52 +0000

Well, not really a ‘barcamp’ brand event, but in the similar unconference style, REWILD is putting on a week long skills and knowledge sharing event called REWILD CAMP PORTLAND. Mark your calendars, August 4th in when it kicks off, and you should go to the wiki and RSVP.

You are already a Virtual Being

fekaylius — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 20:05:08 +0000

Mark Baard of The Register has a terrifying article published this week about technocratic totalitarian dystopia.

the US Department of Defense (DOD) may already be creating a copy of you in an alternate reality to see how long you can go without food or water, or how you will respond to televised propaganda.

The DOD is developing a parallel to Planet Earth, with billions of individual “nodes” to reflect every man, woman, and child this side of the dividing line between reality and AR.

Called the Sentient World Simulation (SWS), it will be a “synthetic mirror of the real world with automated continuous calibration with respect to current real-world information”, according to a concept paper for the project.

“SWS provides an environment for testing Psychological Operations (PSYOP),” the paper reads, so that military leaders can “develop and test multiple courses of action to anticipate and shape behaviors of adversaries, neutrals, and partners”.

This is gnarly!

Here is some info from the Simulex website:

Our simulations are built upon the SEAS (Synthetic Environments for Analysis and Simulation) technology. Originally designed for military war-gaming applications, SEAS has been expanded to factor in research from the fields of management, economics, and psychology. The result is a revolutionary new technology, blending easy-to-use visual interfaces and complex artificial intelligence: half simulation, half interactive war-game, and better than either alone. Senior decision makers have used SEAS to solve problems ranging from business strategies to disaster management.

Government Clients

United States Department of Defense

United States Department of Justice

United States Army Recruiting Command

United States Joint Forces Command

Crane Naval Surface Warfare Center

Private Sector Clients

Eli Lilly

Lockheed Martin

Other Fortune 500 companies

Festival of Extreme Building

fekaylius — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 18:48:56 +0000

Welcome to the Festival of Extreme Building.

Over the summer of 2007 this project will bring a variety of interesting experimental structures to the city of Birmingham. Some will be sited here at our home base whilst others can be seen at various locations around the city center. Some of these exciting buildings will be designed and built by artists, architects and designers. Others will be made by the citizens of Birmingham who have been working with us over the last year.

Googlers

jason — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 06:47:49 +0000

Scott Heiferman sent this link over tonight, it’s pretty hilarious.

Rewild yourself

fekaylius — Fri, 27 Apr 2007 17:57:45 +0000

seriously, watch this

fekaylius — Tue, 06 Feb 2007 23:14:52 +0000

space collective gallery