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- The Ars Technicast Episode 2 | Internet: Huh, yeah, what is it good for?
In this week's episode we take a retrospective look at the Internet and discuss the impact it has made in each one of us. We started our discussion as a response to Paul Miller's current experiment to disconnect himself from the Internet for one year, while continuing his work as a journalist. Our host, Senior Apple Editor Jacqui Cheng is joined by Open Source Editor Ryan Paul, Microsoft Editor Peter Bright, Contributing Writer Casey Johnston and Social Editor Cesar Torres. We will talk about our various different entry points into Internet and Internet culture, as well as ways in which we are dependent on it today for certain social interactions. What parts of the Internet can we live without? And how hasour individual relationship with the Internet has changed over the years? Take a listen to find out.
Join our team of Ars editors in this discussion, and keep your ears open for the occasional cameo from Jacqui’s cats. What kind of impact has the Internet had on your life?
Links
- I'm leaving the Internet for a year
- Multi-user dungeons
- Klouchebag
- Distributed System Control Systems
Related Ars Technica stories
- From the first e-mail through the WELL and USENET: a pre-history of social networking
- How the London riots showed us two sides of social networking
- The essence of the 'Net: a history of the protocols that hold the network together
- Ferretchicken artist rendering in our story Bird flu paper published despite worries of weaponization
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58 min - Ars Technicast Episode 1 | The Singularity
Welcome to the debut episode of the Ars Technicast, where we bring you you the latest in the worlds of computing, technology, science, and everything else in between. On this week’s show, our host, Senior Apple Editor Jacqui Cheng is joined by Ars Editor In Chief Ken Fisher, Open Source Editor Ryan Paul, Microsoft Editor Peter Bright and Social Editor Cesar Torres. And what a better way to kick off our podcast than tackling the singularity! The singularity, listed by wikipedia as “the hypothetical future emergence of greater-than-human intelligence through technological means” seems to promise the possibility for the future of mankind, but is it realistic? And if it were possible, would we really want it to happen? Join our team of Ars editors in this discussion, and keep your ears open for the occasional cameo from Jacqui’s cats.
Links
Singularity Wikipedia Entry
Ray Kurzweill
Phillip K. Dick
Vernor Vinge
Sherry Turkle
Related Ars Stories
God, AI, and the rapture of the geeks
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The Ars Technicast is the official podcast from Ars Technica, where we bring you you the latest in the worlds of computing, technology, science, and everything else in between. Ars publishes original…
news and reviews, analysis of tech trends, and expert advice on the most fundamental aspects of tech and the many ways it's helping us enjoy our world.
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