essays and ideas from Eliza Sarobhasa
The Shape of Things to Come – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
The Shape of Things to Come is a work of science fiction by H. G. Wells, published in 1933, which speculates on future events from 1933 until the year 2106. The book is dominated by Wells’s belief in a world state as the solution to mankind’s problems.
His literary works are usually based on the action genre and heavily feature technology.
His novels epitomize the techno-thriller genre of literature, often exploring technology and failures of human interaction with it, especially resulting in catastrophes with biotechnology. Many of his future history novels have medical or scientific underpinnings, reflecting his medical training and science background.
Future history – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
A future history is a postulated history of the future and is used by authors in the subgenre of speculative fiction (or science fiction) to construct a common background for fiction. Sometimes the author publishes a timeline of events in the history, while other times the reader can reconstruct the order of the stories from information provided therein.
A singularity could be defined as everyone experiencing a certain moment or thought at once. Like having all time zones converge on one time, or the entire planet experiencing the same weather for a moment, these moments of singularity are fascinating to experience.
It’s not that we are always connected to the same thoughts, but that if something globally relevant happens, those who are connected have the capability to experience it at the same time. It does not matter if anyone has the same opinion on the subject, it matters that they are all suddenly aware of the change.
via Thoughts on News, Connectivity and the Death of Steve Jobs: A Mini-Singularity | Caseorganic Blog.
The Architecture of Language by Noam Chomsky:
Mainstream audiences tend to think of Noam Chomsky as a sharp political commentator, but scholars know him as the heavily influential MIT linguist.
His “generative enterprise” strategy for approaching the subject blended cognitive science with language studies. In The Architecture of Language, Chomsky traces its history, tenets and the way it shape the field forever.
via The 20 Best Books for Language Lovers | Online College Tips – Online Colleges.
Technological determinism is a reductionist theory that presumes that a society’s technology drives the development of its social structure and cultural values.
Technological determinism is a reductionist theory that presumes that a society’s technology drives the development of its social structure and cultural values.
via Technological determinism – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
