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Playing for Team Human today, R. U. Sirius, Nick Philip, Ani Phyo, and Jody Radzik, look back on the magical explosion at the intersection of art and technology in the early-1990s rave scene. This episode was recorded in High Fidelity , a real-time spatial audio software developed by Second Life co-founder Philip Rosedale. Stream, support, and subscribe now 🔊 https://www.teamhuman.fm/episodes/cyberia-reunion-in-high-fidelityCyberia Reunion in High Fidelity (feat. R. U. Sirius, Jody Radzik, Ani Phyo, and Nick Philip) | Team Humanwww.teamhuman.fmPlaying for Team Human today, R. U. Sirius, Nick Philip, Annie P.O, and Jody Radzik, look back on the magical explosion at the
Playing for Team Human today, R. U. Sirius, Nick Philip, Ani Phyo, and Jody Radzik, look back on the magical explosion at the intersection of art and technology in the early-1990s rave scene. This episode was recorded in High Fidelity , a real-time spatial audio software developed by Second Life co-founder Philip Rosedale. Stream, support, and subscribe now 🔊 https://www.teamhuman.fm/episodes/cyberia-reunion-in-high-fidelityCyberia
By: The Posts Author | Posted on: 1 Apr 21
Playing for Team Human today, former Global Head of Elections Integrity Operations for Political Advertising at Facebook, diplomat, corporate social responsibility advisor, and technology activist, Yael Eisenstat. Eisenstat helps us distinguish between the conscious and the automatic malfeasance of our social infrastructure. What can we do to improve our social media platforms, and where does accountability fall? Stream, support, and subscribe 🔊 https://www.teamhuman.fm/episodes/yael-eisenstatYaël Eisenstat | Team Humanwww.teamhuman.fmEp. 175 Playing for Team Human today, former Global Head of Elections Integrity Operations for Political Advertising at Facebook, diplomat, corporate social responsibility advisor, and technology activist, Yaël Eisenstat.
Playing for Team Human today, former Global Head of Elections Integrity Operations for Political Advertising at Facebook, diplomat, corporate social responsibility advisor, and technology activist, Yael Eisenstat. Eisenstat helps us distinguish between the conscious and the automatic malfeasance of our social infrastructure. What can we do to improve our social media platforms, and where does accountability fall? Stream, support, and
By: The Posts Author | Posted on: 1 Apr 21
The transhumanist movement is less a theory about the advancement of humanity than a simple evacuation plan. Techno-utopians like to think of themselves as orchestrating a complete break from civilization — a leap into outer space, cyberspace, machine consciousness, or artificial life. But their ideas just extend our same blind addiction to consumption, destruction, progress, and colonization. Cyber-wettiko. Read more from Medium’s weekly #TeamHuman serialization đź“šI Will Not Pass the Evolutionary Torch To My Robot Successormedium.comHuman beings are not the problem; we are the solution
The transhumanist movement is less a theory about the advancement of humanity than a simple evacuation plan. Techno-utopians like to think of themselves as orchestrating a complete break from civilization — a leap into outer space, cyberspace, machine consciousness, or artificial life. But their ideas just extend our same blind addiction to consumption, destruction, progress, and colonization. Cyber-wettiko. Read more
By: The Posts Author | Posted on: 1 Apr 21
The ultimate goal of personal transcendence was to leave the sinful, temporary body behind and float as a free, perfected consciousness. All that prior consumption was just fuel for the rocket, and the regrettable destruction something to leave behind with the rest of physical reality. This wasn’t a break from consumer capitalism, but the fulfillment of its ultimate purpose. And, by the 1970s, many other sectors and industries seemed to be coalescing around the same set of potentials. Computer scientists were pondering artificial intelligence; personal transformation gurus were helping people walk over burning coals; specially phased audio tapes helped people
The ultimate goal of personal transcendence was to leave the sinful, temporary body behind and float as a free, perfected consciousness. All that prior consumption was just fuel for the rocket, and the regrettable destruction something to leave behind with the rest of physical reality. This wasn’t a break from consumer capitalism, but the fulfillment of its ultimate purpose. And,
By: The Posts Author | Posted on: 23 Dec 20
Playing for Team Human today, social systems scientist, cultural historian, and author of “Nurturing Our Humanity,” Riane Eisler. Eisler helps us see how to transcend the dominator model in economics, politics, and our personal interactions to find new ways to partner with one another, and everything. How we can tell an integrated story to combat a regressive economic and social agenda? In his opening monologue, Rushkoff explores how intimacy and uncertainty help make podcasting a special and unique medium. He also looks at how robots are not doing a better job doing labor, but rather have become more efficient at
Playing for Team Human today, social systems scientist, cultural historian, and author of “Nurturing Our Humanity,” Riane Eisler. Eisler helps us see how to transcend the dominator model in economics, politics, and our personal interactions to find new ways to partner with one another, and everything. How we can tell an integrated story to combat a regressive economic and social
By: The Posts Author | Posted on: 21 Dec 20
How can we transform the physical world through narrative? 🌀 https://www.teamhuman.fm/episodes/166-grant-morrisonGrant Morrison “Freaks Like Us” | Team Humanwww.teamhuman.fmEp. 166 Playing for Team Human, storyteller and mage, Grant Morrison.
How can we transform the physical world through narrative? 🌀 https://www.teamhuman.fm/episodes/166-grant-morrisonGrant Morrison “Freaks Like Us” | Team Humanwww.teamhuman.fmEp. 166 Playing for Team Human, storyteller and mage, Grant Morrison.
By: The Posts Author | Posted on: 17 Dec 20
While humans are drawn to and empowered by paradox, our market-driven technologies and entertainment appear to be fixed on creating perfectly seamless simulations. We can pinpoint the year movies or video games were released based on the quality of their graphics: the year they figured out steam, the year they learned to reflect light, or the year they made fur ripple in the wind. Robot progress is similarly measured by the milestones of speech, grasping objects, gazing into our eyes, or wearing artificial flesh. Each improvement reaches toward the ultimate simulation: a movie, virtual reality experience, or robot with such
While humans are drawn to and empowered by paradox, our market-driven technologies and entertainment appear to be fixed on creating perfectly seamless simulations. We can pinpoint the year movies or video games were released based on the quality of their graphics: the year they figured out steam, the year they learned to reflect light, or the year they made fur
Here's a special preview of a bonus #TeamHuman episode featuring American comic book writer Harvey …
By: The Posts Author | Posted on: 16 Dec 20
Here’s a special preview of a bonus #TeamHuman episode featuring American comic book writer Harvey Pekar in conversation with Douglas Rushkoff in 2009 on WFMU’s Media Squat. You can listen to the full episode by supporting Team Human on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/45087800Harvey Pekar | Team Human Bonus Episode PreviewWatch video on Facebook.com
Here’s a special preview of a bonus #TeamHuman episode featuring American comic book writer Harvey Pekar in conversation with Douglas Rushkoff in 2009 on WFMU’s Media Squat. You can listen to the full episode by supporting Team Human on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/45087800Harvey Pekar | Team Human Bonus Episode PreviewWatch video on Facebook.com
By: The Posts Author | Posted on: 16 Dec 20
I remember back around 1990, when psychedelics philosopher Timothy Leary first read Stewart Brand’s book The Media Lab, about the new digital technology center MIT had created in its architecture department. Leary devoured the book cover to cover over the course of one long day. Around sunset, just as he was finishing, he threw it across the living room in disgust. “Look at the index,” he said, “of all the names, less than 3% are women. That’ll tell you something.” He went on to explain his core problem with the Media Lab and the digital universe these technology pioneers were
I remember back around 1990, when psychedelics philosopher Timothy Leary first read Stewart Brand’s book The Media Lab, about the new digital technology center MIT had created in its architecture department. Leary devoured the book cover to cover over the course of one long day. Around sunset, just as he was finishing, he threw it across the living room in
By: The Posts Author | Posted on: 14 Dec 20
“There was also a very specific idea about technology, development, and progress. That’s something we still have. That’s a legacy we still bear.” – Julia Watson, #TeamHuman ep. 171 Stream, support, and subscribe now 🔊 https://www.teamhuman.fm/episodes/julia-watson-survival-of-the-most-symbiotic-from-impakt-festivalWhere did western society go wrong? | Team Human ep. 171: Julia Watson “Survival of the Most Symbiotic”Watch video on Facebook.com
“There was also a very specific idea about technology, development, and progress. That’s something we still have. That’s a legacy we still bear.” – Julia Watson, #TeamHuman ep. 171 Stream, support, and subscribe now 🔊 https://www.teamhuman.fm/episodes/julia-watson-survival-of-the-most-symbiotic-from-impakt-festivalWhere did western society go wrong? | Team Human ep. 171: Julia Watson “Survival of the Most Symbiotic”Watch video on Facebook.com