“Over a century ago, scientists first began to argue that the patent system and scientific data should be opened up. Back then, it was popular for conservatives to claim that putting geneng into the hands of the public would result in mega-viruses or total species collapse. Open data would be the gateway to a runaway synthetic biology apocalypse. But now we know there has been no one great disaster—only the slow-motion disaster of capitalism converting every living thing and idea into property.”
― Annalee Newitz, Autonomous
People: Sobriety in UK students, while soaring rents push them out. Revivalism: reverting to past techs to cope with rate of change. And megatrends. Cultural Stasis Amidst Creative Surplus, Pop culture as oligopoly. Museums to treat anxiety in BXL. Top-tier business school promotes degrowth. Shortage of US public workers. Algospeak. Recruiting for the 6 Cs.
Tech: MRI SQUIDs as new quantum sensors unlock low cost imagery - to market. Eth going to proof of stake. Influencers x Surveillance art. Theory of self replicating automata. Plastic eating mushrooms. Image containing its md5 hash.
Infra: Are vertical turbine wind turbines the next thing? Financing wind farms. OpenSource in infrastructure projects discussed in US congress. BlankStreet microshops in NY.
AI: AI should exclude living artists from their databases, while first AI artist gets copyright registration. A great repo for good art.
Met: Discovered a huge (possibly non-legal) bookshelf. Randomly met with hackers equipped with a Flipper Zero.
Consumed: Everything, everywhere all at once. Autonomous. OSINT podcast.
