Tag: technology
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[posting][university essay]Digitizing Nature: Negotiating and Mobilizing the Virtual
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Meet Hydria, my virtual succulent garden in a pot which is looking rather dry. I would like to think that if Hydria were located on my smartphone and not on my tablet, I would care for her better. The truth is that my forgetfulness has killed more than one plant before, and Hydria may be…
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[YT][posting][response] “China Hates SJW Star Wars” Provides Food for Thought
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This is pretty legit. After spending eight-and-a-half years in China, I have gained some insight into current Chinese Mainland culture, which should not be confused with other Asian nations and cultures, including Taiwan and Hong Kong. In a previous post where I discussed some commentaries regarding Solo‘s flop and China’s poor showing, I also touched…
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[posting][original non-fiction] Artificial Intelligence and Human Enhancement: Exploring the Human in Alternative Identities
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“Knocking at the doors of human perception” is how Tim Adams describes the exploration of human selfhood in the form of transhumanism. As traditional notions of “human” have been challenged by postmodern thought, which questions universal modes of meaning and legitimation (New Keywords, 270), a complex discourse regarding “the human” has arisen thanks to increased…
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[review] Why Science Is Wrong …About Almost Everything (Alex Tsakiris)
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Recently, there has been an academic and social backlash towards the elitism of the scientific community as new slogans have arisen. “Science is a construct”, taken at face value, is one of those popular buzzwords that should – and must – be brought into question. A better statement to theorize is: the trajectory of current…
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[posting][school] Digitizing Nature: Negotiating and Mobilizing the Virtual
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Meet Hydria, my virtual succulent garden in a pot, which is looking rather dry. I would like to think that if Hydria were located on my smartphone and not on my tablet, I would care for her better. The truth is that my forgetfulness has killed more than one plant before, and Hydria may be…
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[posting][review] Top Five Intellectual Anime Shows
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One of the common misconceptions about anime is that it is a strange and goofy genre designed for middle school students, but while that is true about quite a few that have had massive impact in Western culture (I’m looking at you, One Piece and Naruto), quite a few anime have been created specifically for…
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