Almost done studying philosophy at Purdue University, and...
very interested in:
- the future of human evolution (transhumanism)
- future of the Internet (Read/WriteWeb)
- future of Education (Institute for the Future of the Book, Map of the Future Forces Affecting Education)
- thriving in information overload (and filtering enormous amounts of information)
- the evolution of (visual & other) communication ("post-symbolic communication" or "visual language", Herman Hesse's The Glass Bead Game, Marhshall McLuhan)
- We evolved from more simple animals. Spoken language came into existence at some point, then written language, then the alphabet. Surely communication is not done evolving. Some mind shifting change will occur after which our descendants will wonder what mental life was like for us, in the 21st century, in much the same way we wonder about hominids a million years ago. What's next?
- Fascinating 18 minute description of visual langauge, the Mystery of our existence, culture, why poets matter and the future of unfathomably deep and foundational structures of human consciousness
- 44 minute introductory lecture on Marshall McLuhan
- mental extensions (biofeedback, augmented cognition)
- technologically augmented idea capturing (FreeMind, TiddlyWiki)
- neuroscience, neurotech, and neuroethics (Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies)
- pushing limits of Being (living deliberately, consciousness expansion, good philosophy, mental reflexivity)