via: PBS Frontline * Aldous Huxley predicted the final revolution for man would be the scientific revelution.  PLAY Aldous Huxley – Lecture at Berkeley University * This Final Revolution, The Singularity.. the coming evolution of man into something other .. I’m

The digital revolution of the last decade has unleashed creativity and talent in an unprecedented way, with unlimited opportunities. But does democratized culture mean better art or is true talent instead drowned out? This is the question addressed by PressPausePlay,

»Shredded money«, 2008 by Christodoulos Panayiotou. The dune-like installation (5 meter hight and 7 meters diameter) consists of shredded bank notes. Following an agreement with the Central Bank of Cyprus, shredded Cypriot pounds were collected in January 2008 when the country

What if our foods were designed to keep us chronically ill, and therefor good sheep for a good GDP? go to watch the entire film “Forks Over Knives” online (click on one of the providers on the left like Nova Movie, and

The accelerating advances in genetics, brain research, artificial intelligence, bionics and nanotechnology seem to converge to one goal: to overcome human limits and create higher forms of intelligent life and to create transhuman life. Runtime51:36 DescriptionThe accelerating advances in genetics,

a devil’s approach, but a perfectly sensible approach.. visit the authors of this film at http://metanoia-films.org/       & NEURO-MARKETING from mere fan to devoted disciple!  … to create and maintain a whole meaning system for people.. through which they

social life can be remade around scientific principles via: truthviews PLAYLIST - 9parts controlling life forms like you control things… mechanical parts that inter-relate.. face it folks, capitalism sees the world as dead. all this living stuff is just objects for sale.

There’s some amazing things coming down the healthcare pipeline and Daniel Kraft ( @daniel_kraft ) knows a “little” about all of them. We asked him to take us on a rollercoaster-journey through them. Take for example regenerative medicine, which is

Daniel Tammet has linguistic, numerical and visual synesthesia — meaning that his perception of words, numbers and colors are woven together into a new way of perceiving and understanding the world. The author of “Born on a Blue Day,” Tammet

TransAgriculture is a one-day manifestation featuring penetrating introductions to the field, lectures on guerrilla and avant-gardening, and bioart forms. Bruce Sterling was speaking at this event. One of the founders of the cyberpunk movement in science fiction, and known for

Frank Barat asks Prof Noam Chomsky 6 questions that were sent by Alice Walker, John Berger, Ken Loach, Paul Laverty, Amira Hass and Chris Hedges. Interview starts with question from John Berger: Political practice often surprises political vocabulary. For example,

What Technology Wants Kevin Kelly will be speaking about his latest book, “What Technology Wants.” This provocative book introduces a brand-new view of technology. It suggests that technology as a whole is not just a jumble of wires and metal

Edward Said interviewed back in 2001 by Brian Lamb for C-Span.

April 16, 2003. “…the long and often inturupted road to human freedom.” Edward Said (November 1, 1935 – September 25, 2003) delivering the concluding lecture of an Orientalism conference . He was Columbia University Professor of English and Comparative Literature,