MachineMachine /stream http://machinemachine.net/stream/feed en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Sweetcron text@machinemachine.net Keynote by Graham Harman: Everything Is Not Connected | transmediale http://www.transmediale.de/content/keynote-graham-harman-everything-not-connected/keynote-by-graham-harman-everything-is-not-connected-transmediale #Transmediale keynote with Graham Harman is underway. In/compatible #ObjectOrientedPhilosophy? Watch live stream here: http://t.co/39NjCl6c ]]> Thu, 02 Feb 2012 10:21:19 -0700 http://www.transmediale.de/content/keynote-graham-harman-everything-not-connected/keynote-by-graham-harman-everything-is-not-connected-transmediale Star Trek TNG Ambient Engine Noise (Idling for 24 hrs) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZPoqNeR3_UA&feature=youtube_gdata ]]> Wed, 01 Feb 2012 06:01:35 -0700 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZPoqNeR3_UA&feature=youtube_gdata Don’t be a Materialist, be a Heroic Materialist http://tumblr.machinemachine.net/post/16816474397

Don’t be a Materialist, be a Heroic Materialist

]]> Tue, 31 Jan 2012 06:05:19 -0700 http://tumblr.machinemachine.net/post/16816474397 What Immanuel Kant got right about digital piracy http://www.slate.com/articles/business/moneybox/2012/01/caleb_crain_why_matt_yglesias_is_wrong_about_copyright.html It turns out that Kant didn't think that an author could mount a strong legal case against piracy based on property rights in words. After all, even after pirates copied an author's words, the author himself still had them. It was better for an author to argue that his book was not an object but an exercise of his powers, which "he can concede, it is true, to others, but never alienate". In other words, ... a pirated book was not to be understood as property that had been stolen; it was rather a speech act that had been compromised.… ]]> Mon, 30 Jan 2012 17:28:23 -0700 http://www.slate.com/articles/business/moneybox/2012/01/caleb_crain_why_matt_yglesias_is_wrong_about_copyright.html The Zombie President http://tumblr.machinemachine.net/post/16758251412

The Zombie President

]]> Mon, 30 Jan 2012 06:14:21 -0700 http://tumblr.machinemachine.net/post/16758251412 Culturomics: Quantitative Analysis of Culture Using Millions of Digitized Books http://mfi.uchicago.edu/publications/papers/Science_Culturomics.pdf/untitled Culturomics: Quantitative Analysis of Culture Using Millions of Digitized Books: http://t.co/sBpgdz1Z via @mosabou #PDF #digital ]]> Sun, 29 Jan 2012 04:05:11 -0700 http://mfi.uchicago.edu/publications/papers/Science_Culturomics.pdf/untitled Is Democracy Chinese? http://www.nybooks.com/blogs/nyrblog/2012/jan/27/is-democracy-chinese-chang-ping-interview//is-democracy-chinese-an-interview-with-journalist-chang-ping-by-ian-johnson-nyrblog-the-new-york-review-of-books Is Democracy Chinese? @iandenisjohnson’s interview series (Liao Yiwu, Yang Jisheng) continues with @chang_ping http://t.co/t27Dz6wW ]]> Sat, 28 Jan 2012 13:06:32 -0700 http://www.nybooks.com/blogs/nyrblog/2012/jan/27/is-democracy-chinese-chang-ping-interview//is-democracy-chinese-an-interview-with-journalist-chang-ping-by-ian-johnson-nyrblog-the-new-york-review-of-books Computer viruses infecting worms to create hybrid 'Frankenmalware' http://www.theverge.com/2012/1/28/2753951/computer-viruses-infect-worms-frankenmalware?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter/computer-viruses-infecting-worms-to-create-hybrid-frankenmalware-says-bitdefender-the-verge IT'S ALIVE! Computer viruses begin infecting worms to create 'Frankenmalware' http://t.co/jlDkGP7t #hybrids ]]> Sat, 28 Jan 2012 11:36:02 -0700 http://www.theverge.com/2012/1/28/2753951/computer-viruses-infect-worms-frankenmalware?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter/computer-viruses-infecting-worms-to-create-hybrid-frankenmalware-says-bitdefender-the-verge The God gap http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/b2004496-41c1-11e1-a1bf-00144feab49a.html#axzz1keb5eZxX/the-god-gap-ftcom The God Gap: http://t.co/gkEY64dU ]]> Sat, 28 Jan 2012 11:35:55 -0700 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/b2004496-41c1-11e1-a1bf-00144feab49a.html#axzz1keb5eZxX/the-god-gap-ftcom It's time for science to move on from materialism http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/jan/28/science-move-away-materialism-sheldrake?CMP=twt_fd/its-time-for-science-to-move-on-from-materialism-mark-vernon-comment-is-free-guardiancouk It's time for science to move on from materialism | Mark Vernon http://t.co/p65QfBe0 ]]> Sat, 28 Jan 2012 11:35:54 -0700 http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/jan/28/science-move-away-materialism-sheldrake?CMP=twt_fd/its-time-for-science-to-move-on-from-materialism-mark-vernon-comment-is-free-guardiancouk SANDWICH FAIL http://twitter.com/therourke/statuses/162556286129537024 @therourke ]]> Thu, 26 Jan 2012 08:23:33 -0700 http://twitter.com/therourke/statuses/162556286129537024 Nature, nurture and liberal values http://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/2012/01/nature-nurture-and-liberal-values-roger-scruton-jesse-prinz-david-eagleman-neuroscience/ Biology determines our behaviour more than it suits many to acknowledge. But people—and politics and morality—cannot be described just by neural impulses ]]> Wed, 25 Jan 2012 11:35:21 -0700 http://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/2012/01/nature-nurture-and-liberal-values-roger-scruton-jesse-prinz-david-eagleman-neuroscience/ Godzilla shoes http://tumblr.machinemachine.net/post/16461131244

Godzilla shoes

]]> Wed, 25 Jan 2012 05:15:02 -0700 http://tumblr.machinemachine.net/post/16461131244 Re:Thinking Games http://www.furtherfield.org/researchpublicatios/artists-rethinking-games/artists-rethinking-games-wwwfurtherfieldorg Artists Re:Thinking Games | Editors Catlow, Garrett, Morgana | only a few left http://t.co/SmCu4kxu ]]> Wed, 25 Jan 2012 04:50:56 -0700 http://www.furtherfield.org/researchpublicatios/artists-rethinking-games/artists-rethinking-games-wwwfurtherfieldorg The Pirate Bay - Physibles http://thepiratebay.org/blog/203/the-pirate-bay-the-galaxys-most-resilient-bittorrent-site The Pirate Bay announces a new #Digital evolutionary era: The Era of Physibles http://t.co/ZMkw9szV #piracy #futurology #UtopianThinking? ]]> Tue, 24 Jan 2012 15:11:09 -0700 http://thepiratebay.org/blog/203/the-pirate-bay-the-galaxys-most-resilient-bittorrent-site Female Orgasm: An Evolutionary Journey http://bigthink.com/ideas/40123/female-orgasm-an-evolutionary-journey-think-tank-big-think Female Orgasm: An Evolutionary Journey http://t.co/g4iRpEoL via @bigthink #sex #feminism #evolution #controversial? ]]> Mon, 23 Jan 2012 09:21:12 -0700 http://bigthink.com/ideas/40123/female-orgasm-an-evolutionary-journey-think-tank-big-think Why Does Our Universe Have Three Dimensions? http://news.discovery.com/space/why-does-our-universe-have-three-dimensions-120119.html/why-does-our-universe-have-three-dimensions-discovery-news So you know, why the universe has three dimensions http://t.co/ak3XQF8E ]]> Mon, 23 Jan 2012 08:35:56 -0700 http://news.discovery.com/space/why-does-our-universe-have-three-dimensions-120119.html/why-does-our-universe-have-three-dimensions-discovery-news ZOMBIES http://tumblr.machinemachine.net/post/16344346728

ZOMBIES

]]> Mon, 23 Jan 2012 04:03:42 -0700 http://tumblr.machinemachine.net/post/16344346728 John Frankenheimer's "Seconds" http://www.metafilter.com/111915/John-Frankenheimers-Seconds Seconds (John Frankenheimer, 1966) is a disturbing film to watch. With its unresolved, horrific ending, it’s possibly one of the most depressing films ever made [SPOILER]. ]]> Sun, 22 Jan 2012 16:21:35 -0700 http://www.metafilter.com/111915/John-Frankenheimers-Seconds Freud: The last great Enlightenment thinker http://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/2011/12/freud-the-last-great-enlightenment-thinker//freud-the-last-great-enlightenment-thinker-prospect-magazine John Gray on Freud (the last great Enlightenment thinker?) http://t.co/cKMdkDWl ]]> Sun, 22 Jan 2012 12:07:00 -0700 http://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/2011/12/freud-the-last-great-enlightenment-thinker//freud-the-last-great-enlightenment-thinker-prospect-magazine