“The future is already here. …” *
I first saw Donald Brown’s list of human universals as an appendix to Pinker’s “Blank Slate”. It is quite a stunning list of things that seem to be common to all humanity, including things you might have thought were unique to your particular culture. Thanks to Jack Fenner for putting up this slightly modified [...]
Packed house at BayCHI
Originally uploaded by Stewart.
Oh look! I am in one of Stewart’s photos.
I like this point of view of Pinker (From Edge 3):
Computer technology will never change the world as long as it ignores how the mind works. Why did people instantly start to use fax machines, and continue to use them even though electronic mail makes much more sense? There are millions of people who print [...]
