Podcast appearances and mentions of raymond kurzweil

Tertulia de actualidad del mundo del misterio, dirigida y presentada por Lorenzo Fernández Bueno y Laura Falcó, con la participación de Miguel Pedrero, Juan José Sánchez-Oro y Carlos Canales. En el programa os hablaremos de lo que ocurre cuando dos personas siamesas están unidas por la cabeza y comparten el mismo cerebro. Y es que ¿comparten también la conciencia? También analizaremos las investigaciones que está realizando Raymond Kurzweil, director de ingeniería de Google, que afirma que antes de 2030 lograremos revertir el envejecimiento. ¿En qué se basa? Y, además, os vamos a descubrir la increíble historia de un hombre que logró hibernar como los osos, después de un accidente que le obligó a estar cuarenta y cuatro días bajo la nieve… Pero habrá más.

Egy lépéssel közelebb Raymond Kurzweil jóslatainak megvalósulása felé Rakéta     2024-07-16 07:06:04     Infotech Robot A jövőkutató a halhatatlanság és a mainál sokkal fejlettebb intelligencia kulcsát a nanorobotokban látja. Egyes kutatók pedig éppen a miniatűr robotok fejlesztésén dolgoznak, kisebb-nagyobb sikerekkel. A One UI 6.1.1 elhozza a Galaxy Z Fold6/Flip6 funkcióit a régebbi Samsungokra is Android Portál     2024-07-16 08:33:36     Mobiltech Samsung A One UI 6.1.1, amely a Galaxy Z Fold6 és Galaxy Z Flip6 modelleken debütált, számos új funkciót hoz a Samsung portfóliójának többi modelljére is. Egy Samsung koreai fórumán található bejegyzés szerint a One UI 6.1.1 a Flex Camera Auto Zoom funkcióját és a Flex Camcorder módot a Galaxy Z Flip5-re is elhozza. Az Instant Nem árt, már most elkezdeni felkészülni az EU új rendeletére ICT Global     2024-07-16 08:37:05     Infotech Európai Unió Mesterséges intelligencia Az Európai Unió mesterséges intelligenciáról (MI) szóló rendelete számos kötelezettséget ír elő a cégeknek, ezért érdemes időben megkezdeni a jogszabályi felkészülést. Tényleg lehetnek lakható, felszín alatti lávabarlangok a Holdon 444.hu     2024-07-16 09:11:55     Tudomány Ha be akarnak rendezkedni az emberek, lyukba kell bújni, vagy kicsinál a brutális háttérsugárzás. A német haditengerészet 30 év után búcsúzik a floppylemezektől ITBusiness     2024-07-16 09:39:11     Infotech Németország Tengeralattjáró Talán nehéz elhinni, de néhány nemzetnél még mindig használnak floppylemezeket hivatalos, sőt, katonai célokra. A német haditengerészet is csak most áll neki lecserélni a 8 hüvelykes hajlékonylemezeket négy régebbi fregattján. Több évtizede álltak hadrendbe a Brandenburg-osztályú F123-as fregattok, amelyek alapvetően tengeralattjáró-vadász és légvé Különleges látvány lesz a Hold és az Antares együttállása Mínuszos     2024-07-16 07:33:44     Tudomány Szabad szemmel is látható lesz Hold és az Antares csillag együttállása szerda este tíz órától az égbolton. A hónap egyik legszebb szabad szemmel látható együttállásában a 85 százalékos fázisában lévő Hold nagyon közel kerül a Skorpió csillagkép élénkvörös csillagához, az Antareshez, ami különleges látványt nyújt majd a nyári égbolton — Egyre lassabban forog a Föld 24.hu     2024-07-16 08:18:23     Tudomány A szakértők szerint ráadásul fel is gyorsulhat a lassulás üteme, ha nem teszünk ellene semmit. Balira költözik Budapestről a Polkadot Championship Digital Hungary     2024-07-16 07:21:04     Infotech Indonézia Bali Kétszer is óriási sikerrel zárult Budapesten a CCTF éves nagy hackathonja, amelyet mindkétszer a fővárosi Gamerlandben rendeztek meg. A főszervező, Pethes Dávid ‘Six' és csapata 2024-re nem csak a megszokott decemberi dátumot hozta előre, de egy meglepő helyszínt is bejelentett: augusztus 19-20-án a világ egyik legnépszerűbb turisztikai központjába Miért szállnak el a felhős költések? Bitport     2024-07-16 10:00:00     Infotech Nincs automatikus és egyszerű út a felhőnirvánába, pedig a buktatók többségét viszonylag egyszerűen el lehetne kerülni. Kiszivárgott, hogy milyen kevesen és mennyiért dolgoznak a Steamen Telex     2024-07-16 11:20:57     Tudomány Steam Valve Egy perben használt dokumentumot rosszul titkosítottak, így látható, hogy 2021-ig hányan dolgoztak a Valve-nél, ahogy az is, hogy összesen mennyit kerestek. Elon Musk tette híressé, de egyre többen adaptálják a First Principles gondolkodást Karrier Trend     2024-07-16 11:08:56     Karrier Mesterséges intelligencia Elon Musk GDP Bruttó hazai termék Alig van túl a vállalati szektor az agilis átálláson, az egyre szélesebb körben alkalmazott forradalmi technológiai megoldások máris újabb szemléletváltást sürgetnek. Az előrejelzések szerint a mesterséges intelligencia 2030-ra 15,7 billió dollárral növeli majd a globális GDP-t, és ebből a „pénzesőből” senki nem szeretne kimaradni. Az AI-alapú váll Takarító robot: a magyar mérnöknőnek sikerült, ami még senkinek! KKV Magazin     2024-07-16 06:39:06     Cégvilág Elismerés Robot Díjátadó Egy innovatív takarító robot nyerte el idén az év ötletéért járó elismerést a Magyar Ipari Célgép Nagydíj átadó ünnepségén. Az immár negyedik alkalommal megrendezett Gépész Szalon június végi díjátadóján a szakma legjobbjai gyűltek össze a Millennium Házában. Összesen nyolc kategóriában tüntették ki az elmúlt év legkiemelkedőbb pályamunkáit és háro Felrobbant orosz műhold miatt Kína megerősíti űrállomását ICT Global     2024-07-16 06:11:42     Mobiltech Kína Világűr Műhold Űrállomás A Tiangong űrállomás két asztronautája sétát tett a világűrben, hogy megerősítse a létesítmény külső védelmét. Azért volt szükség rá, mert egy felrobbant orosz műhold törmeléke bárhova eljuthat, és az űrszemét nagyon komoly veszélyforrás. A további adásainkat keresd a podcast.hirstart.hu oldalunkon.

Egy lépéssel közelebb Raymond Kurzweil jóslatainak megvalósulása felé Rakéta     2024-07-16 07:06:04     Infotech Robot A jövőkutató a halhatatlanság és a mainál sokkal fejlettebb intelligencia kulcsát a nanorobotokban látja. Egyes kutatók pedig éppen a miniatűr robotok fejlesztésén dolgoznak, kisebb-nagyobb sikerekkel. A One UI 6.1.1 elhozza a Galaxy Z Fold6/Flip6 funkcióit a régebbi Samsungokra is Android Portál     2024-07-16 08:33:36     Mobiltech Samsung A One UI 6.1.1, amely a Galaxy Z Fold6 és Galaxy Z Flip6 modelleken debütált, számos új funkciót hoz a Samsung portfóliójának többi modelljére is. Egy Samsung koreai fórumán található bejegyzés szerint a One UI 6.1.1 a Flex Camera Auto Zoom funkcióját és a Flex Camcorder módot a Galaxy Z Flip5-re is elhozza. Az Instant Nem árt, már most elkezdeni felkészülni az EU új rendeletére ICT Global     2024-07-16 08:37:05     Infotech Európai Unió Mesterséges intelligencia Az Európai Unió mesterséges intelligenciáról (MI) szóló rendelete számos kötelezettséget ír elő a cégeknek, ezért érdemes időben megkezdeni a jogszabályi felkészülést. Tényleg lehetnek lakható, felszín alatti lávabarlangok a Holdon 444.hu     2024-07-16 09:11:55     Tudomány Ha be akarnak rendezkedni az emberek, lyukba kell bújni, vagy kicsinál a brutális háttérsugárzás. A német haditengerészet 30 év után búcsúzik a floppylemezektől ITBusiness     2024-07-16 09:39:11     Infotech Németország Tengeralattjáró Talán nehéz elhinni, de néhány nemzetnél még mindig használnak floppylemezeket hivatalos, sőt, katonai célokra. A német haditengerészet is csak most áll neki lecserélni a 8 hüvelykes hajlékonylemezeket négy régebbi fregattján. Több évtizede álltak hadrendbe a Brandenburg-osztályú F123-as fregattok, amelyek alapvetően tengeralattjáró-vadász és légvé Különleges látvány lesz a Hold és az Antares együttállása Mínuszos     2024-07-16 07:33:44     Tudomány Szabad szemmel is látható lesz Hold és az Antares csillag együttállása szerda este tíz órától az égbolton. A hónap egyik legszebb szabad szemmel látható együttállásában a 85 százalékos fázisában lévő Hold nagyon közel kerül a Skorpió csillagkép élénkvörös csillagához, az Antareshez, ami különleges látványt nyújt majd a nyári égbolton — Egyre lassabban forog a Föld 24.hu     2024-07-16 08:18:23     Tudomány A szakértők szerint ráadásul fel is gyorsulhat a lassulás üteme, ha nem teszünk ellene semmit. Balira költözik Budapestről a Polkadot Championship Digital Hungary     2024-07-16 07:21:04     Infotech Indonézia Bali Kétszer is óriási sikerrel zárult Budapesten a CCTF éves nagy hackathonja, amelyet mindkétszer a fővárosi Gamerlandben rendeztek meg. A főszervező, Pethes Dávid ‘Six' és csapata 2024-re nem csak a megszokott decemberi dátumot hozta előre, de egy meglepő helyszínt is bejelentett: augusztus 19-20-án a világ egyik legnépszerűbb turisztikai központjába Miért szállnak el a felhős költések? Bitport     2024-07-16 10:00:00     Infotech Nincs automatikus és egyszerű út a felhőnirvánába, pedig a buktatók többségét viszonylag egyszerűen el lehetne kerülni. Kiszivárgott, hogy milyen kevesen és mennyiért dolgoznak a Steamen Telex     2024-07-16 11:20:57     Tudomány Steam Valve Egy perben használt dokumentumot rosszul titkosítottak, így látható, hogy 2021-ig hányan dolgoztak a Valve-nél, ahogy az is, hogy összesen mennyit kerestek. Elon Musk tette híressé, de egyre többen adaptálják a First Principles gondolkodást Karrier Trend     2024-07-16 11:08:56     Karrier Mesterséges intelligencia Elon Musk GDP Bruttó hazai termék Alig van túl a vállalati szektor az agilis átálláson, az egyre szélesebb körben alkalmazott forradalmi technológiai megoldások máris újabb szemléletváltást sürgetnek. Az előrejelzések szerint a mesterséges intelligencia 2030-ra 15,7 billió dollárral növeli majd a globális GDP-t, és ebből a „pénzesőből” senki nem szeretne kimaradni. Az AI-alapú váll Takarító robot: a magyar mérnöknőnek sikerült, ami még senkinek! KKV Magazin     2024-07-16 06:39:06     Cégvilág Elismerés Robot Díjátadó Egy innovatív takarító robot nyerte el idén az év ötletéért járó elismerést a Magyar Ipari Célgép Nagydíj átadó ünnepségén. Az immár negyedik alkalommal megrendezett Gépész Szalon június végi díjátadóján a szakma legjobbjai gyűltek össze a Millennium Házában. Összesen nyolc kategóriában tüntették ki az elmúlt év legkiemelkedőbb pályamunkáit és háro Felrobbant orosz műhold miatt Kína megerősíti űrállomását ICT Global     2024-07-16 06:11:42     Mobiltech Kína Világűr Műhold Űrállomás A Tiangong űrállomás két asztronautája sétát tett a világűrben, hogy megerősítse a létesítmény külső védelmét. Azért volt szükség rá, mert egy felrobbant orosz műhold törmeléke bárhova eljuthat, és az űrszemét nagyon komoly veszélyforrás. A további adásainkat keresd a podcast.hirstart.hu oldalunkon.

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Much has been made about the "Seattle sound" but what is it and is it really all that it's cracked up to be?   Seattle has been a music hub for over 100 years. It's much more than Pearl Jam and Nirvana or even Hendrix and Heart. On this week's podcast we will step into Mr Peabody's Way Back Machine and give you the complete dope on the good, the bad and ugly of the so called "Seattle Sound".   #jimihendrix #nirvana #pearljam   Topics Discussed: What we did this week: Loudini: dancing queen, Foreigner and the RRHOF, "Insanely Simple" by Ken Segall, The Age of Spiritual Machines by Raymond Kurzweil, great moments in tiktok,  turns out that jay leno is a righteous dude, little bone lodge, learning the solo to running with the devil Loudini's Great Moments in YouTube: A.I. maybe not as "scary" as a lot of alarmists would have you believe! Paul Hynek explains to Richard Dolan   Mr Pittsburgh: masturbation convention, pepsi story           reference: https://www.revolutioncomeandgone.com/articles/14/ugly-truth-10-things-seattle-grunge-scene.php   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_of_Seattle       New & Notable:   Kevin:  Loudini:  Royal Thunder; Fade  https://royalthunder.bandcamp.com/ Baroness; Last Word  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baroness_(band)         This Day In Music https://www.thisdayinmusic.com   top40weekly.com   Viewer's Comments   Offer:   Get a FREE EP HERE: http://LouLombardiMusic.com if  you love great guitar driven rock from the 70s, 80s, 90s and even  today, you will want to get my EP "The Bad Years". Get your copy while  supplies last!

Ez már a jövő, vagy még a múlt? – vetődhet fel bennünk a kérdés, ha belekezdünk a mesterséges intelligencia, a transzhumanizmus és a technológiai szingularitás evangelistájaként jegyzett Raymond Kurzweil nyolcadik kötetébe. A Hogyan alkossunk elmét? című kötetében Kurzweil azt veszi sorra, hogyan működik az agy, hogyan képes túlmutatni rajta az elme, és milyen következményekkel járhat a világ problémáinak kezelésében, ha jelentősen megnöveljük az intelligenciánkat. Elgondolkodtatóan vizsgálja az érzelmi és az erkölcsi intelligenciát és a tudat eredetét, továbbá felvázolja annak radikális lehetőségeit is, hogy mi történne, ha egyesülnénk az általunk létrehozott intelligens technológiával.

Welcome to The Art of Memorialising - an audio newsletter by Peter Billingham from Death Goes Digital and Memorable Words Eulogy Writing services bringing you the latest news on digital immortality, digital legacy, digital life curation and all things #Deathtech. Thanks for reading. You'd have thought I would have learnt by now...I'm in my 60s. I've been around the block a few times. There are a lot of things I know - I know.Now, I'm not saying I know it all - far from it! And that's the problem.I want to know more. I never want to stop learning. Never want to stop growing my skills and knowledge. Oh, and I never want to stop travelling! What about you? Are your learning days done?My curiosity quotient is expanding, not contracting as the years pass. Einstein famously suggested I should never stop questioning. My curiosity cannot help but be in awe when I …‘Consider the mysteries of eternity, the marvellous structure of reality' ... and how websites, and apps about life curation, memorials and planning your life legacy are growing at speeds faster than Einstein's speed of light!Ok, exaggeration. But even so, faster than I imaged back in 2016 when I started writing about those subjects. Take, for instance, how Artificial Intelligence is becoming a tool in afterlife memorials and creating your digital twin. Someone who a family can communicate with even after a person has died.I've even written about how AI will become part of funerals. Even I didn't realise how quick it would actually happen!Marina Smith MBE, through the power of holograms and artificial intelligence seems to have a ‘conversation' with mourners at her funeral using Storyfile. (via BBC). That's incredible! Just as fascinating as how you can create amazing images with Artificial Intelligence with a few words … But that's not what I am talking about here. I've learned there is something I haven't yet learned.There is still an important truth I don't get. I know it's not it's not possible, but I still keep on trying. There are lots of things I love to do (walking for miles, playing the guitar, owning a dog, Friday night steak and chips) - Oh, and writing is one of them. I love to write. I write books, like - Gathering Rosebuds In Kerala. But what I do, mainly, is write eulogy speeches for people across the world. Or when working in my local area writing and leading funerals as a celebrant.I write eulogies. That's what I do. It's what takes most of my time. I'm very grateful for the opportunity to combine something I love with helping others.I spend most of my days writing about people I have never met. About the way they lived their one and only ‘wild and precious life.' But sadly life ended. I try to put into words what heartbroken people are feeling, but cannot verbalise. Yes, maybe it's a rare vocation, but an immensely rewarding writing niche I find. My curiosity itch wants to to learn how to write eulogies even better. I keep scratching that one too.I also want to share my learning as a eulogy speechwriter with others so I'm writing a new book.‘I Just Want To Say A Few Words: The Ultimate Eulogy Toolbox - A Simple and Easy Step-by-Step Guide How To Write A Eulogy for A Loved One, Friend or Colleague.' Almost 90% of my first draft is completed. It's going to be around 100 or so pages of the best ideas, methods and ways anyone can use to write a few words of a eulogy. Published, hopefully, before the end of the year.But here I go again. You see ... I haven't learned what I haven't learned. Yet. I haven't learned …. … I just can't do it all! There is a limit to the amount of work you can do! So I just try to do as much as I can, and then when I've done that, I try to do some more. But it leaves me, like last month, not being able to do some things I want to do like write The Art of Memorialising Newsletter. And I'm very sorry about that.I find these subjects piquing my curiosity, so I search the web and share the latest news with you - a subscriber to The Art of Memorialising. If you missed last months newsletter, please email me and tell me. I'd be over the moon if you did. What is the greatest benefit you get from reading the Newsletter or Podcast? Can you email me and let me know please? It's a great feeling to know that you are doing something you love to do, but you can't do it all. Sometimes, you need to decide what is important to you and what is not.I'm not afraid to admit I can't do everything. I just haven't learned it. Yet.I'm experimenting with the format of the newsletter to change to briefer bullet points like this month? What do you think?The most important thing I need to learn is I can't do it all - but I'm betting some of you do too? What good things do you need to stop working on so you can focus on the best things? I'd be interested to hear that too!Let's see what's been happening in the fascinating world of The Art of Memorialising. Interested in sharing your new product or service with readers of The Art of Memorialising? (check here)We highlight your product, service, or idea sponsoring an edition. We give you the space; you get to tell the world about what you are doing or have created.You and your business can become part of the adventure now. Secure your month in 2022/23 now. MM's (Memorialisation Morsels)* MindBank Ai Creates a SOUL for your Personal Digital Twin Using AI Generated Music. You can combine your voice with music to create ‘SOUL music.' (Soundtrack of Universal Life) The final output is a personalised soundtrack of a story from the person's life. (via einnews.com)* What Did Ray Kurzweil Predict? (Raymond Kurzweil is an American computer scientist, author, inventor, and futurist.) He speculates three fields: nanotechnology, artificial intelligence, and genetic biology, will be the source science uses for humans to achieve human immortality. (via rebellionresearch.com)* Digital Keeper - End of Life APP - Whatever you do don't let this email go to spam! New app, ‘Digital Keeper.' Each week, the subscriber receives an email asking, ‘How are you?' If there is no response after four days a "digital asset succession notice" is sent to designated people. (via mainichi.jp)  * Enjoy A TED Talk? - Try - The potential of your phone to leave a digital legacy. * The National Funeral Directors Association Report of change in US funeral market as a result of the pandemic. The present and future of funerals is cremation and buying online it seems. (via fox10phoenix.com)* Will Digital Avatars of Films Stars make new films even after they have died? It's not as far fetched as it sounds. (Via Nationalpost.com)* A Podcast With AI‑Generated Steve Jobs Raises Ethical Concerns. Who controls your voice and digital avatar after you have died? Is using an artificial intelligence version of someone going to be commonplace? (via the swaddle.com) * It's You … only digital and dead. ‘An avatar that looks like you, talks like you, has your memories, and can speak to your great great great grandchildren. You will live forever digitally.' Top futurist Dr Michio Kuku shares his vision at Dubai Future Forum (via gulf news.com) * Can we elongate human life using bio longevity, bionic continuity, and digital immortality? Transhumanists want to replace God with the Machine, tapping into a deep religious impulse of the human race. (via mindmatters.ai)* And Finally - a new tour de force? - The cycle of life: France welcomes its first bicycle-hearse (via euronews.com) An unusual-looking cargo bike is attempting to shake up the funeral business in France.Who do you know who would find this information interesting?Please, can you forward the email to them? I'd be very grateful. Let's start a conversation - info@deathgoesdigital.comUntil next month, (hopefully) keep safe, and keep going. Pete This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit theartofmemorialising.substack.com

Raymond Kurzweil, jövőkutató és technológiai evangelista, valamint szerzőtársai egy több tudományterületet felölelő diskurzust tárnak elénk az emberi képességek tudományos és technológiai alapú tökéletesítéséről (transzhumanizmus), a mesterséges intelligenciáról és a spiritualitásról. Meddig mehetünk el biológiai énünk fejlesztésében? Milyen hosszú életre vágyhatunk? Mely esetekben tisztességes és igazságos az ember tökéletesítése? Mikortól válik a mesterséges intelligencia emberré? Milyen kihívások elé állítja a transzhumanizmus a világvallásokat? Ez a tanulmánykötet olyan tudományos érdeklődésű olvasók figyelmére is számot tarthat, akiket a spiritualitás, az embertökéletesítés és a mesterséges intelligencia kérdései foglalkoztatnak. Ugyanakkor gondolatébresztő szempontokat nyújt a szélesebb olvasóközönség számára is, hiszen ezek a témák egyre fontosabbá válnak közös jövőnk szempontjából.

Since September 11, 2001, Michael Hingson has experienced several life-changing events. From returning to California and a six and a half year tenure as the public face of Guide Dogs for the Blind while traveling the world as a public speaker to helping introduce new technologies to people who happen to be blind. In this podcast episode, Michelle Abraham, herself a podcast host on the AmplifYou podcast discusses in-depth Mike's philosophy about blindness and how he is working to educate the “non-disabled world” about the truths of blindness, not the myths most people accept. You will learn also about Mike Hingson's new endeavor to help others learn how to control their fears when unexpected life changes confront them. Some directories do not show full show notes. For the complete transcription please visit: https://michaelhingson.com/podcast About the Host: Michael Hingson is a New York Times best-selling author, international lecturer, and Chief Vision Officer for accessiBe. Michael, blind since birth, survived the 9/11 attacks with the help of his guide dog Roselle. This story is the subject of his best-selling book, Thunder Dog. Michael gives over 100 presentations around the world each year speaking to influential groups such as Exxon Mobile, AT&T, Federal Express, Scripps College, Rutgers University, Children's Hospital, and the American Red Cross just to name a few. He is Ambassador for the National Braille Literacy Campaign for the National Federation of the Blind and also serves as Ambassador for the American Humane Association's 2012 Hero Dog Awards. https://michaelhingson.com https://www.facebook.com/michael.hingson.author.speaker/ https://twitter.com/mhingson https://www.youtube.com/user/mhingson https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaelhingson/ accessibe Links https://accessibe.com/ https://www.youtube.com/c/accessiBe https://www.linkedin.com/company/accessibe/mycompany/ https://www.facebook.com/accessibe/ Thanks for listening! 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Hi, I'm Michael Hingson, Chief Vision Officer for accessiBe and the author of the number one New York Times bestselling book, Thunder dog, the story of a blind man, his guide dog and the triumph of trust. Thanks for joining me on my podcast as we explore our own blinding fears of inclusion unacceptance and our resistance to change. We will discover the idea that no matter the situation, or the people we encounter, our own fears, and prejudices often are our strongest barriers to moving forward. The unstoppable mindset podcast is sponsored by accessiBe, that's a c c e s s i  capital B e. Visit www.accessibe.com to learn how you can make your website accessible for persons with disabilities. And to help make the internet fully inclusive by the year 2025. Glad you dropped by we're happy to meet you and to have you here with us. Michael Hingson 01:20 Welcome to another episode of unstoppable mindset. We're going to take a little bit different approach today. Usually I introduce the podcast, and then deliver some remarks or provide a speech that I have given or interview someone. But today, Michelle Abraham from amplify you podcast is going to interview me, we're going to talk about my philosophy of blindness, we're going to talk about some of the things that have happened, of course, a little bit about the World Trade Center, kind of how I got there, but also what's happened since. And you're going to hear about some of the products that I've introduced along the way to help blind people, not products that I've developed so much as products that I've helped bring to the market because of my extensive sales and sales management background. And you're going to hear just what all is going on now why we have unstoppable mindset where it came from. You're going to learn about excessive be the company for which I am now the chief vision officer excessively is a company that has a full suite of products that help create websites that are much more usable and accessible to persons with a variety of disabilities. So let's get right into the interview. And then we will come back a little bit later and talk about it just a bit. Michelle Abraham 02:48 Hello and welcome everyone. Today I am joined by a New York Times bestselling author and international speaker Michael Hanson. Hi, Michael, how are you doing today? Michael Hingson 02:56 I'm doing well. Thank you. Glad to be here. Michelle Abraham 02:59 Awesome. Well, I am thrilled that you're here to Michael and I want to tell our audience a little bit more about you. So Michael is the New York Times bestselling author and international lecturer. Michael's also been blind since birth and survived the 911 tax with the help of his guide dog goes out. So the story and this story is the subject of his best selling book Thunder dog. So Michaels been giving lectures and presentations all around the world speaking to influence influential groups, and you're an ambassador for the National Braille literacy campaign and the federal, a National Federation of the Blind and also an ambassador of the American Humane Association. 2012 hero dog awards. Michael, you've done so many presentations, countless TV and Radio appearances. And you've just got this message that you're carrying on. I think this is such a great platform for you to have now podcasts to then explore all these topics. You're really interested in talking about accessibility and inclusion. And I think this is just a great, a great way to get to know you a little bit better, Michael, so thanks for joining us today. Michael Hingson 04:05 Glad to be here looking forward to it. Michelle Abraham 04:08 So Michael, tell us a little bit about your childhood. So you were Where were you born and raised. Michael Hingson 04:15 I was born in Chicago on the south side no less. And we were I grew up there until I was five my parents didn't know at first I was blind. It was actually about four months after I was born that my end said to my mom, you know he doesn't react to sunlight. I wonder if he's blind or something like that. And they took me to the hospital and sure enough I am I was I was blind because I was born two months premature and I was put in a pure oxygen environment that can cause retinas to malformed it's a condition in those days that was called retro electro fibro pleasure if people want to learn how to spell that they can get Thunder dog. But later it became known they changed the name to retinopathy of prematurity, which Just maybe a little easier to spell. But the bottom line is it's the same thing. So the retina didn't form properly. And so essentially from basic about birth I was was blind. The doctors told my parents sent him to a home, he will never be able to amount to anything blind, blind people can't grow up and do anything. And he will just take all the love that you have, and that won't be good for your older son. When my parents said, No, you're wrong. He can grow up to do whatever he wants, we're going to take him home so they bucked if you will, the learned medical profession of Chicago, and they took me home, I grew up in Chicago for five years, and dude did all the things that my brother and my cousins who lived next door to us and near us did. And so then we moved to California. My last year in Chicago, I went to kindergarten because kindergarten for kids in Chicago starts at age four. And my parents had worked with other families of blind kids, there were a lot of preemies. It was the baby boomer era. So there were a lot of priests who lost their eyesight. Excuse me. And so there was a special kindergarten class for blind kids. So in that class, I actually learned Braille for the first time and I learned some other skills. But then we moved to California and all that went away, because we moved to an area that was very rural, but 65 miles from Los Angeles, but it might as well have been on the moon for in terms of the kinds of services and so on that were available, there was nothing for blind kids there. And also, kindergarten in California starts when you're five, so I had to go through another year of kindergarten and did was pretty boring for me, and then I went into first, second and third grade and regular public schools, didn't get to read books because they weren't available to me in Braille, no one knew how to get them. And so my parents read me books, and my father taught me math, I was doing algebra in my head, by the time I was six, and learning to do all the things mentally, that other people had the opportunity to do, learning by reading and so on. But I went to school prepared for lessons because my mother and father read them to me the night before. So then, between third and fourth grade, the school district hired a teacher who was knowledgeable about blindness and blind people in blind kids who had been trained in that profession. And there were now several blind children in the area. So I finally in fourth grade got to learn to read Braille again. And I need to explain, growing up, having learned Braille a second time, but having learned Braille, Braille is the means of reading and writing that blind people have. And anyone who is blind, even if you go blind later in life, should learn the basic rudiments of Braille. And kids who are blind or even low vision should learn Braille. Because if you are a child who has low vision, so you can still see, the odds are you won't ever be able to read as fast or as well, with your eyesight, as you will, if you learn Braille, simply because the strain, the physiological constraints and so on, will not allow you to do with your eyes, what you could do with your fingers and learning Braille. The educational system has not gone that way. And they keep saying, well, blind kids can use recordings and other things. Now they don't need to learn to read Braille. And my response to that is, if that's the case, then why do you say to kids need to learn to reprint they can watch cartoons and pictures on television, right? But sighted kids learn to reprint blind kids need to learn to read Braille, and the educational system should support that. And even today, it is so greatly resisted by the educational system, which is so unfortunate, but I grew up learning Braille. And being in public school. Michael Hingson 09:09 I wanted to go to college and get a degree in physics. And I did I went to the University of California at Irvine. But through most of growing up all the way through high school, there were some programs and books became available, and so things got to be a little better. But still looking back on it. I was tolerated more than probably as embraced as other students. And it wasn't something that was ever hostile. There were a couple of times that were it was I talked Well, sometimes. There were a couple of times that were, excuse me, a little bit hostile. But mostly, it was okay. The hostility when I started high school, I got my first guide dog and the school superintendent of our high School District decided to enforce a rule of the school that said no live animals were allowed on school buses. That was diametrically opposed to a state law that said that I could take my guide dog on a school bus. And it took, eventually getting the governor of the state of California involved, to shoot down the superintendent on that. It was a great lesson for me. But my father fought that fight. And we succeeded. So it was a lesson to me that I was going to be treated differently. But the reality is blindness wasn't the problem. It was the attitudes of people. And I have always felt that way Michelle Abraham 10:36 is that you saw what you are pointing to like an amazing family, and amazing parents that were really, really great supporters and advocates for you. Growing up, do you feel like kids today now who are blind have more opportunities than you would have had when you were growing up? Michael Hingson 10:53 I think the opportunities are there. But I'm not sure that parents and kids take or have the opportunity always to take them there. One of the things that my parents did, I guess you could say they were risk takers, they let me ride a bike, they let me go out in the neighborhood. I walked to school every day, sometimes with my brother, sometimes I walked alone, I did the same things that other kids did. If there was something that I couldn't do, we figured out a way around it. But the reality is, of course, there are things that I could do that other people couldn't do. And we always figure out ways around it. So my parents were very open to allowing me to grow. And I think that today, the attitudes toward blindness have not x have not expanded nor changed nearly as much as they should. I know many kids who still live in very sheltered homes, who don't really learn to investigate, they don't get the opportunity to explore. And as a result, they're really taught that blindness limits them. blindness doesn't limit them. It's what people do with blindness that limits people, Michelle Abraham 12:08 right? I can imagine, right? How I was learning how to ride a bike health a little bit about that experience. So that must have been a little bit scary for you, like you did Michael Hingson 12:22 it? Well. If it was they didn't show it. The first time I wrote a bike was actually there was a girl who moved into our neighborhood who wrote a bike and we made friends. And she let me kind of ride hers a little bit, and I got used to doing it. And then my parents got me my own bike when I was I think like seven, we were in a very quiet town. So I could ride my bike around the neighborhood and did and learn to listen learn to hear cars in front of me that were parked on the side of the streets. And I could tell when I was passing that driveway, because the sound was different, I learned to use all the cues around we just like you or any sighted person would do. So it wasn't magical. Once I learned to stay balanced on the bike, which is what everyone has to do. So it really wasn't any different. It's just learning to use different cues. Michelle Abraham 13:17 That's great, I love that I love that you're able to explore and your parents were so open to letting you you know, not limit you from things that you can do and keeping you sheltered it sounds like they're, you know, that's made your childhood, you know, more of a of a childhood that is a full of exploration like any other kids childhood, which is awesome. Michael Hingson 13:35 Well, kids need to explore. And the more we shelter kids and don't allow them to explore and discover, the harder it is I think in life, we we have to do that. And I think that nowadays, it's a lot tougher to let kids explore, because there's so many horrible things going on in the world. But even so, parents need to find ways to let kids explore, they may need to supervise it more and keep an eye on their kids. But by the same token, they still need to let kids explore. And also put rules on kids. There is a there's a value in rules. And there's a value in saying this is what you can do. And this is what we're not going to allow you to do. It's not a mystery question of can and can't it's a question of what we're going to allow as parents because we are the ones that look out for you. But it's also what we're not going to allow you to do for one reason or another. And parents have to be sensible about that. But they've got to let kids explore and discover. Michelle Abraham 14:36 Yeah, for sure. So now moving into when you're in college, how is that studying in college? What were what were some things that you were able to do that were that got you through college and picking and what made you pick the it was a chemistry that you picked up as a physics as a as a Yeah, Michael Hingson 14:55 I've always been interested in physics and science and so on. My father during World War Two was in communications. And he, when we moved to California was hired to be in the calibration and maintenance is really the wrong word. But the calibration and the development of test equipment used in in Air Force projects, for example, he worked with Neil Armstrong when Neil Armstrong was at Edwards Air Force Base, he worked with people as they were developing some of the early rocket planes and so on. And he was responsible for the a lot of the test equipment and the equipment used on the flights and equipment used to monitor the flight. So I always had an interest in kind of science and so on. Because of what I knew his interest was, I got my first radio kit to put radios together. When I was eight or nine, I think it was it was made by a company called remko. And then I got another radio kit later on to build a radio transmitter and some other things. And then my father and I both got our amateur radio licenses. When I was 14. He could have gotten his at any time. But he waited until I studied and was old enough and got one. And so Michelle Abraham 16:13 early. That's early stage podcasting, right? Michael Hingson 16:15 It really was. Well, so he, and I got our licenses. And we actually had a lot of fun. We each had our own radio transmitters, and we set them up with antennas at opposite ends of the house. And we carried on conversations on some of the radio bands. Because if we were like miles and miles away, and of course everyone knew who we were. And they're all sitting there going, what are you guys talking about? You know, I talked about the fact that it's raining outside and he said it wasn't, and so on. We drove people crazy. But we were we were members of the local ham radio club. Yeah, I still have my license to this day. Michelle Abraham 16:51 Oh my gosh, that's so much fun. So fast forward in college, you graduate with a degree in physics? And then what was it? What was the next adventure for you? Michael Hingson 17:01 Well, for me in college, one of the challenges was that there weren't books readily available. And so they had to be transcribed. And there literally in those days, there were people who had Braille writing machines who would transcribe by hand, books, they knew mathematics, Braille mathematics, was called the Nemeth Code developed by a guy named Abraham nimeth, who was a blind mathematician. So they would transcribe the books. And so our challenge was that sometimes professors didn't want to give us information about books six months or more in advance, because we haven't decided we got to wait till the last minute, see what the latest thing is. And it took a lot of work to convince some professors that there was value and making those decisions earlier. But we we mostly succeeded, there were a couple of courses that I took that I didn't have the books in time. So I worked with, with people to make sure that I got the information that I needed. My freshman, sophomore thermodynamics course, was was a one that I remember, well, where we didn't have the right book in time. So that was a challenge, but we got through it. But I went through college, did a lot of the same things that everyone else did went to class every day, got up early, went to the comments, the cafeteria, eat now that I worked at the campus radio station, got my third class radio license so that I could be on the air and so on and later became program director of the station and, again, participated as much as possible in campus activities like anyone else would do. lived in the dorms, and then an on campus apartment. And yes, they graduate, stayed at UC Irvine to get my master's degree as well as my secondary teaching credential, which was a lot of fun. Michelle Abraham 18:47 Did you have a guide dog with you, and you're in university. Michael Hingson 18:51 I did. Started with my first guide dog Squire who got when I who I got when I was 14, square, and I worked together until night from 1964 to 1973. And then I got my second guy, dog Holland. So Holland, went through physics with me. He and I graduated with a master's degree. And then I was hired by the National Federation of the Blind. Because of my physics background, I was hired and asked to help with a project that they were developing with a guy named Raymond Kurzweil, Dr. Kurzweil had developed technology that could develop an image of a printed page and recognize the characters on the page so that they can be put in computer readable form. So today, of course, we scan all sorts of things just by taking a picture with an iPhone back in those days, it was a whole lot different. But still, the images could be created in his software didn't care what the type style was, or if there were a bunch of type styles or printed styles on the page. It would still recognize the characters. He was looking for fun To help perfect the machine, and people have no interest in what he was doing, they said it couldn't be done. And he said, Yes, it can. And he finally got to somebody in the National Federation of the Blind, who was convinced at least to come and look at it. And he convinced Dr. Jernigan, Dr. Ken Jernigan, the president of the Federation, to let him go up to raise lab, this guy was a guy named Jim Gasol. So Jim went up to the lab in Cambridge. And Jim told Chris Well, I don't care what you have, that the machine is going to read. I'm not going to be interested unless I can bring all my stuff up whatever I want. And I'm not going to tell you in advance what it is. And if you're machineries it, then we're really interested in Ray didn't put it quite this way. But raise it bring it on. Well, Jim Gasol did, the machine did. And a project was formed where the Federation and Kurzweil works together raised foundation funding to buy five prototype machines at $50,000 each, as well as hiring staff, which was primarily me to literally travel the country for 18 months living out of hotels, setting these 400 pound machines up in places where blind people could use them. And developing programs at all these places to allow people to use the machine, interact with it, read with the machines, and give feedback that we could use to create a final set of recommendations for what needed to go into a full production generation of the machine. So literally, in late October of 1976, I put all of my furniture and things in storage, and left California with a couple of suitcases toolbox, because I wouldn't have to repair machines from time to time. And a guy Don Holland, and we flew to Boston, where I'd never been before we set up in an apartment they had arranged on a long term, residential place for me to stay. So I immediately got to learn to get around Boston, and then traveled into Cambridge, where Ray Kurzweil his lab was work there for a while learning all the things that I needed to learn about the machine. And then we started putting them around the country in about March or April of 1977. And as I said, literally traveling around the country, to to be where the machines were interact with the people using them and, and all the other things that went into the to the project. And then in June of 1978, the project ended as we created the recommendations for the final version of the report, saying what needed to be in the machine. And then I was hired by Ray to do the same thing internally. So again, I never thought I would be doing something like that. I had really thought I'd go into teaching but I got to use some teaching skills because we wrote a training manual for the machine early on. So I went to work for Ray. And in May of 1979, I believe it was I was called into the office of the vice president of marketing and said, You said we're laying you off and I said, What is it? Yeah, we're laying you off. I had just moved to Boston. And I knew from being involved in the National Federation of the Blind. I'd been in that organization since 1972. It's the largest organization of blind people in the country. I knew the unemployment rate among employable blind people was 70%. And it's not much lower than that today. And it's not because blind people can't work. It's because people think we can't roadblocks again, right? Anyway, I didn't want to leave the company. But he said, we're laying you off. And the reason we're laying off is not that you're doing a bad job. But like a lot of startups, we've hired too many people who are not revenue producers, and we need to get more sales people in so we're going to have to lay you off. And then there was this pause. And he said, Unless you want to go into sales. Now I'm a science guy, right? I'm a teacher, I'm not a sales guy. So he said, you know, you've got to decide what you want to do. Well, I took maybe a micro nanosecond, and I said, Sure, I'll go into sales. I didn't want to change companies. I didn't want to go off and start trying to find another job after moving all of my stuff to Boston. So I took a Dale Carnegie sales course and went into sales. But I also had the advantage of being very technical and had the discipline of being technical, which helped, as I discovered in learning to sell the product. And not only that I wasn't selling the reading machine for blind people I was asked to sell a commercial version of that machine that would convert not to voice for blind people to read to read but would actually convert just to ASCII computer digital form. So That banks could digitize their paper, publishers could digitize and republish old books, lawyers could publish documents to put in a database for research. It was the first time optical character recognition was really used to help in large scale ways, take material and put it into computer readable form. Because again, Kurzweil is products didn't care about type sales. And so my sales territory became New England and Canada. So now I'm flying to a foreign country where I'd never been before as well. Michael Hingson 25:35 And again, I was fortunate because it all started with the National Federation of the Blind where I had a job. But clearly, I had to have been able to perform the work to be considered as we moved on. And I thought, as I thought about it later, Ray and the staff at Kurzweil must have had a lot of confidence in me to say, we're going to take you from what you were doing and let you sell our most advanced flagship product for companies in New England and Canada. And then I became a sales manager for the company and and also helped in some other product developments that expanded as Xerox took an interest in Kurzweil and decided to buy the company. So I worked with Xerox people. And in 1981, the end of 1981, was asked to move back to California, as Xerox was slowly assimilating the company. And I was asked to work with the West Coast technical people and sales people to integrate Kurzweil into Xerox. So we moved back to California. I met a woman named Karen Ashurst in January of 1982. And we got married in November of 1982. Michelle Abraham 26:53 Notice that? Michael Hingson 26:55 Yeah, really well, well, by that time, we both knew what we wanted. We were old enough to know what we were looking for. Yeah, we got along. Well, that's okay. And 39 years later, this November 27, we're still married. Michelle Abraham 27:08 Congratulations. That's amazing. Michael Hingson 27:11 And so, again, I know that in some senses, my story is, I don't know, I would say unique. But it's, it shows fortunate circumstances because I was offered a position and then I continued to move on from that. But it's a combination of educating people having the confidence to do it. And, and then making some good choices. And I believe that life is always about choices. And we have options whenever we are confronted with a fork in the road, you know, when somebody once said, you know, with a fork in the road, you can go to the left, or the right. Take your pick. Michelle Abraham 27:52 Yeah. And it sounds like you really had the confidence to explore new territories and do new things, which is been really great. Now, my question is, yeah, from your parents, which was amazing. You obviously, that's come right from your childhood. And when you were traveling across the country and into Canada. Now, is the accessibility vary? does it vary from, you know, state to state to country to country? Or did you find it was pretty, pretty similar to travel around both of those, both of those countries and throughout the States? Michael Hingson 28:26 Yeah, it has been pretty similar in Canada and the United States. Over time, I think the laws haven't progressed in a uniform way. In Canada, for example, there isn't as much of a broad americans with disabilities act like legislation, as there is in the US. It's more province by province. But in the US, the Americans with Disabilities Act has limitations. For example, there are battles on a regular basis over websites. The Americans with Disabilities Act says that businesses need to provide so long as it doesn't disrupt the business operation. They need to provide reasonable accommodations to provide access for persons with disabilities, access to the facilities, I should put it a different way to the businesses. It doesn't specify brick and mortar, it just says that the businesses need to be accessible. Universities need to make materials and and what they do accessible. The problem with websites is some organizations have taken the position well, but the ADA was passed before the internet so it clearly can't cover the internet. The ADA doesn't say brick and mortar. And so in court cases, some have said when judges rule Well, the ADA doesn't say it doesn't apply to the internet. The adea doesn't say it only applies to brick and mortar. So of course it applies to the internet and a number of companies have had To comply, some companies have fought. And judges have said, well, the internet really wasn't around then. So clearly the ADA can apply. So it's still a mixed bag, there's a gray area. But the reality is the majority, I think of the judicial system, the majority of people, and in most cases, the majority of what people ought to be doing is to make the internet as accessible. But it but it isn't that way all over. Now there is, for example, a new piece of legislation going into effect has gone into effect in Ontario, but it doesn't go across Canada, and then the Ontario legislation demands accessibility, but again, it's province by province. But in the United States, it still is much too much left up to the courts. And it shouldn't be what it really says is that people with disabilities still are not as included as other minority groups, even though over 20% of people in the United States and in Canada have a disability were not included, like others. Michelle Abraham 31:13 Wow, that's a huge percentage. Yeah. Interesting. It's interesting how it's varies from different, different places. And if you do envision there being like one, sort of one band of legislation across like North America at some point in your lifetime, that have it all, in one, you know, covered underneath, like kind of the same legislation. So it's the same from state to state? Michael Hingson 31:40 Well, I think over time, some things will happen. There was an attempt several years ago to create a treaty, and essentially legislation that would more dictate treatment of persons with disabilities. But even people in our country opposed it saying, no other country is going to tell us what to do. Even though the treaty was based on the ADA, the Americans with Disabilities Act, it's still got a long way to go in terms of getting to the point where we truly believe that persons with disabilities should be included. what's ironic about that, is that and I said it before, we all have disabilities, and and to say that my so called disability is that I am blind is, is really creating the limitation based on somebody's opinion. The fact is, your disability is that you need to have the lights on, or you need to have access to sunlight, because you don't know how to function and can't function well, in the dark. And most technology is developed based on the premise that you can see it. Most television is based on the premise that you can see it and I appreciate that. But if it doesn't take into account, providing the appropriate audio information, you lose out as much as I do, what happens at any commercial, what do people do, they get up and they go get a beer or whatever. And in the background, you hear music, and there's a lot of stuff showing up on the on your TV screen. But nobody says what it is. And it's getting worse, where we see more and more TV commercials, where there is no talking or no descriptive talking that tells me what the commercials even about. That's not just true for me, that's true for anyone. Or today, we talk about the fact that people shouldn't text and drive. But society isn't taking advantage of the fact that companies like Apple have built in voice technology in their phones that can read information that comes across the screen. And apple and other companies have not taken to the extent that they should that voice technology to make it truly possible for you to deal with texts without looking at the screen. Right? If you really want to pick on somebody, let's pick on Eon Elan Musk, right, he's got this wonderful Tesla, but it's all controlled with a touchscreen so you got to look at the screen. Rather than keeping your eye on the road. Of course the premise there is you don't need to keep your eye on the road eventually, because the car will drive itself although it's not there yet. But they still should not rely on a visual screen. We get more information from sound than we ever do from what we see and I can make that case all day long. Michelle Abraham 34:35 Yeah, and this is the 70% of the population is more auditory learners anyways. Exactly. Yeah. Then visual which, by wire podcasting industry is booming like crazy, right? Like I want to talk about a pivotal moment in your life was something that happened on 911. So what are you doing in the World Trade Center on 911. Michael Hingson 34:56 So still doing the job migration and upgrade path. After Kurzweil was purchased totally by Xerox, we, all the pre Xerox takeover salespeople were invited to leave with thanks for being with us. Your services are no longer needed. Too many companies do that. And I went through a series of jobs. The first one, in fact was I started my own company because I couldn't get a job because people didn't care what my resume showed, you're blind, you could not possibly do what we need you to do. I even had job interviews canceled in advance when someone discovered that I was blind, couldn't say it up front. But we went through all that. And eventually, I went to work for a company in California that in 1996, asked me to move to the east coast to open an office for them, because we did a lot of selling on Wall Street. So I moved to New Jersey. And we started an office, actually in number two world trade. But I was only there a year. And then I was recruited away by another company. And then in 1999, quantum Corporation, which was and is a fortune 500 company, hired me and quantum made the products that people used to back up all of their computer data. So in Wall Street, for example, whenever you conduct any activity, any transaction, any sales, for whatever you did, you have to keep a record of that for seven years, as required by the Securities and Exchange Commission. So quantum made tape backup systems that could be attached to computer networks. And then people could use software to backup all of their data. So quantum did that primarily through resellers, people who bought our products and resolve them. But Wall Street wanted a real live office for quantum in the city. They did business with companies that had offices in the city, it didn't mean that they wouldn't buy from resellers. But they wanted a presence nearby. So we opened an office in October, excuse me in August of 2000. In tower, one of the World Trade Center that we took a year from the time I was hired by quantum, we had an office in New Jersey, but wanted to move it to New York and we finally found a good price and negotiated a great price in the World Trade Center and open the office in August of 2000. So our office was on the 78th floor of tower one I was responsible completely for running that office for hiring sales people getting support people and others involved. And we did all that. So on September 11, we were going to be doing a sales seminar, actually a series of seminars, teaching some of our reseller partners how to sell our products. And so I was in the office pretty early I was in about 20 to eight 740. And a colleague from our corporate office, David Frank was back for the day because he was responsible for the pricing models that we use with resellers and distributors and so on. And so he was going to be there to help deal with pricing and so on. And my job was to run the seminars and to do the actual selling presentations because I would be the the liaison with all of our resellers and, and the distributor that all these resellers actually purchased Michelle Abraham 38:30 from them like you got to do. Michael Hingson 38:33 You got to do some teaching. That was that was the plan. Yeah. And so that was what we were going to be doing that day and the seminars were supposed to start about nine in the morning. So I got to the office, and David and some of our early guests arrived about eight we had arranged for breakfast. So people were eating breakfast, and David and I had a few final preparations before the seminar were to start at 845. We were in my office, when the first plane crashed into tower one. It hit 18 floors above us on the other side of the building. So none of us knew what happened. Of course reporters always said and still say sometimes Well, of course you didn't know what happened because you couldn't see it. And I've gotten to the point of being very intolerant of that question because nobody could see it. The last time I checked, Superman and X ray vision were fictitious, fictitious, they weren't real. And when I'm on the south side of a building, and the airplane hits on the north side 18 floors above us, how are any of us going to know what happened? We didn't know. And going all the way down the stairs we didn't know. But I had done something that I didn't actually think about in as much detail as they should have until last year which is I had spent a lot of time prior to September 11 learning about the company. Plex learning where things were literally learning how to get anywhere in the building, I also spend time learning about what to do in the case of emergencies. And spent hours talking to the the fire protection people, the Port Authority, security people learning everything that I could, because I knew that one, I might be the only person in my office if we happen to have an emergency because I didn't want the salespeople in there more than they needed to be. They needed to be out selling. Yeah, we had meetings and so on. But they were out more than they were in. And sometimes I was out with them. But a lot of times I might be in the office alone. And so I wanted to know all I could because I'm not going to read signs that tell me what to do when an emergency and shouldn't. But what happened because of all of that was I developed a mindset that basically said, you know what to do in an emergency, you don't need to worry about it, unless it just falls on you. And there's nothing you can do anyway. But that mindset kicked in when the plane hit the building. And I was able to keep people focused. And as I've learned to call it, I was not blinded by fear. And by that I mean I was not paralyzed, I was not consumed by fear so that I could figure out what to do. I used the fear and concern that I had in a controlled way to heighten my senses of observation, and my thought process processes to be able to deal with whatever was going on. And the result of that was that I realized pretty quickly that whatever was going on wasn't near enough to us that we couldn't try to evacuate in an orderly way. And we did, we went to we got our guests to the stairs. And then David, who got them to the stairs and started them down then came back and we then went to the stairs and started down why the stairs, because in an emergency especially if there's fire, you don't take the elevators because the fire could get into the elevator shafts. It did. But I knew not to take the elevators because of the preparations that I had made and the knowledge that I had. So I got David to take people to the stairs. Then he came back, we went to the stairs and started down. And almost immediately I began spelling an odor. And I realized after about four floors, it was a familiar odor. And what it was was the fumes from burning jet fuel. So that's the first time I knew that there were airplanes involved. And I observed it to other people. And they said, yeah, we must have been hit by an airplane because you're right. That's what we're smelling as jet fuel. Wow. Yeah. But that's all we knew going down the stairs. So, um, but we didn't make it down. I was due to preparation and a mindset. And last year in the pandemic, I realized I've talked about that. So after September 11, I traveled around the country, people would start calling me and saying would you come and tell us your story and speak to us about the lessons we should learn. And that happened because on the 12th of September, I called Guide Dogs for the Blind and they wrote a story and Larry King got ahold of it. And I was invited to be on Larry King Live on the 14th of September for the first of five interviews on Larry's and Michelle Abraham 43:16 on liking a lot having five times Yeah. Now, over the course of the last like 10 years, or Michael Hingson 43:23 Yeah, it was actually from 2001 through 2006. But on the last time we were at the show, I said to Larry, at some point, I think I've got to write a book about this. Would you write the foreword? And he said, Absolutely. And so when we did write Thunder dog in 2010 and 2011 with Suzy Florrie. We got ahold of Larry and I said, you know, here's the book, would you would you write the foreword. And he did. He wrote a great forward. I'm pretty glad that Larry wrote that it was a page turner. I like that. But but you know that that helped. And the story captivated and still does people's interest. They want someone to come and speak and for me. Michael Hingson 44:15 After September 11, I started getting these calls. And I'm kind of going, why don't want want to spend time selling computer technologies and even tape backup products. I love quantum. But there were some challenges there I with some changes in the leadership of the company. But also, if people want to hire me just to come and tell a story and teach them. Maybe that's what I'm supposed to do because I was able to survive. I think that when you face death and something like this happens, you're you're given a choice as to what you want to do with your life. And frankly, I want to always help people. So this was an opportunity to Do that. Also Guide Dogs for the Blind asked if I would come and work for them. And in 2002, I joined guide dogs, but I also started traveling and speaking. And that also helped guide dogs. So I worked for guide dogs for six and a half years, but also started traveling and being all over the country. And then we got a new CEO in 2008, who said, nobody's interested in World Trade Center anymore. So we're phasing out your job. And I said, Okay, well, if that's what you're going to do, then I started my own company to keep doing it. And of course, in 2010, we wrote Thunder dog and 2011. It was published in his first week out, it was on the New York Times bestseller list. And it's been a number one New York Times bestseller. So the concept of nobody being interested in September 11 really wasn't sensible. But that was their choice. But again, it's all about choices. And it's what you do with your life. And for me, I think helping people and teaching people and, and getting people to recognize, maybe there's more to life than what we all think and that we all can make better choices to help ourselves and each others is a good thing. So now I've started to talk about the whole concept of how you deal with controlling your fear in an unexpected life situation. We haven't done as much as I was going to do with that, because there was another change that came along earlier this year. But we do have a website blinded by fear dotnet. And you can get to it also by going to my website, Michael hingson comm slash blinded by fear, and there's an E book about it, we'll be doing some other stuff with it. But in January, I was contacted by a gentleman named shear exceling, who is the was the was an is the founder of a company called excessively ACC SSI ve and he said, we've really looked at what you do. And I had expressed an interest just in other ways about the company because I discovered it when I went to a website, excessive B makes websites accessible. It's a product to help make websites more accessible. And when I discovered the product, I started inquiring about it, I thought about becoming one of their sales partners and just independently selling it. But then the founder called and said, Would you join us and so in January of this year, I became the chief vision officer for accessibility. And I get to help access to be help other companies make their websites accessible, and help them to recognize not only the value of making their website accessible, thus opening it to 20% more of people who they might not otherwise be able to gain access to because their sites aren't usable, but also helping to perfect the message and helping to make the product a better product and so on. So it's a lot of fun. So I still travel and speak and I work with excessive being talked about website access and stuff like that. So I've always like I've always liked to help people and teach. Needless to say, an excessive B is allowed several opportunities to do that. And now we're about to launch our own podcast called unstoppable mindset. That will be part of a group of podcasts that will go out as as an umbrella with an excessive be called excess cast, which isn't really announced and it's still forming. But access cast is a word we can start to use. So access cast will in part be sponsoring the unstoppable mindset, which is a podcast to talk about people who recognize their gifts and in the face sometimes of adversity in the face of fear, or just people who are confident who will talk about what they do, and who also want to help teach make the world a better place. For example, we'll have a podcast coming up in late September early October. Michael Hingson 49:08 That will be a picture of a lady named Peggy Chong, who is known as the blind history lady Peggy has spent years researching things that blind people have done. She's got an incredible number of stories and books about different blind people up and what they've done. a jazz musician in San Francisco, who I think a number of people have heard of, but they didn't know was blind. Sir David Humphreys who is a blind scientist from the very famous scientists in England in the 1800s, but but he was blind. Dr. Jacob Salatin who was a cardiologist who lost his eyesight and continued to be a cardiologist in Chicago who was blind. A judge in India In their incredible number of stories, so we're going to have her on to talk about some of the stories and talk about her life in general as well. And we'll, we'll talk about web access. But I'm always looking for people who have a story to tell that we can bring on. And so anyone who hears this, please reach out to us at Mike at Michael hingson Comm. Michelle Abraham 50:25 And we will get that, Michael, Have you always been an advocate for inclusivity and accessibility? Michael Hingson 50:31 I think I have whether it was formally or not, but especially after joining the National Federation of the Blind, I learned the value of it. One of the things that happened to me growing up and in college was I wanted to get life insurance, and I couldn't, because insurance companies said that if you are blind or have a physical disability, you're a greater risk than others. And so we'll either not provide you with insurance, or we're going to charge you an incredibly high rate just because we think you're a high risk. The last time I faced that was in college, this guy comes to our door, he made an appointment to see me and I didn't say I was blind. Deliberately, he comes to the door, and I answered the door. And he said, I'm looking for Michael hinkson. And I saw I'm like looking since you are, well, you didn't sound blind on the telephone, I can't sell you insurance, I said, Sure, you can well, you're a higher risk. Well, in the late 1970s, the National Federation of the Blind started to work on that project. And the bottom line is that insurance companies do all of their work based on statistics, they decide who's a higher risk based on actual mathematical models and numbers that justify their decisions. As it turns out, they didn't have a single solitary statistic, they had nothing to show that if you're blind simply because of blindness. Or if you have a physical disability just because you have a physical disability, that you were a higher risk. And it took several years, but we got every state in the country to pass a law saying you can no longer discriminate just because a person has a physical disability. Michelle Abraham 52:07 That's great. What other changes you want to see like that you've you know, obviously been working in this in this area for quite some time. Now, there's obviously some things that the world's not caught up to just yet. What are some things? What are some changes that you want to see in place in your lifetime? Well, I Michael Hingson 52:23 want to see webaccess. I want the world to automatically recognize and include all persons in what they do to design websites. And it's doable. excessively today is the only scalable product that can allow that to happen. But however people make their websites accessible, they should do it. I want people to to allow us to have access to other technologies. Can a blind person drive a car? Absolutely. Anybody who wants to see that can go to www dot blind driver challenge.org. The technology exists to do it today. It's still not street legal ready, but it's coming in isn't an autonomous vehicle. Although that will help. I'd like to see autonomous vehicles because I think that opens up a lot of opportunities. And besides that the way a lot of people drive today, driver errs, I'd rather I'd rather turn it over to the computers, because the way people drive today Forget it, you know. So, but I would like to see inclusion not only in website access, but in, in technology in general. We got to refrigerator earlier this year, and you control it with a touchscreen. And the people the manufacturer said, well, it's it complies with the ADA, well, it doesn't if I can't use it. And there's an app and a Wi Fi module to add to that that may make it accessible, but I'm still not sure. Because I got the module two weeks ago and the app is inaccessible. There's no reason for that. I would like to see the manufacturers of smartphones, man require I'm not going to use mandate because I think that's overused require that at least basic accessibility be included in every app that they allow through their stores. There is no excuse for not allowing access today in every app that that is developed. And the manufacturers like apple in its App Store doesn't do anything to require any kind of accessibility. They say what we do publish guidelines. Yeah, but you and your app store have other requirements that apps need to meet in order to be sold through the store. But you don't do anything regarding access. The iPhone is accessible but it's accessible because they were going to be sued and they they fought off a lawsuit by saying we'll fix it. And they did. So they're 95% there, but they don't do anything about apps in the store. So if I were to sum it up, I would say, in my lifetime, I would like to see us evolve to the point where we don't need to even use the term accessible, because inclusion will be automatic and part of our mindset. Michelle Abraham 55:25 Love that. Yeah, that's a that's a great thing to be able to. I see that could be something that could be coming down air, you know, in our lifetime, for sure is something that anything, that's a great thing to be able to aim for. Now. Just a quick question for people who don't know, what it takes to make a website accessible. What what are a couple things you can just say real quick? What are a few things that need to happen in order for a website to be accessible? Michael Hingson 55:52 Well, first of all, access a B is inexpensive, it's $49 a month, and it keeps the website accessible to a very large degree, the kinds of things that excessive B does. And the kinds of things that I would say websites need to do is they need to recognize the the necessity of someone wants to use a keyboard. So how many websites have you gone to where you mouse over a list, and as you scroll down the list, the screen refreshes to show whichever item you're highlighting, that doesn't work with a keyboard because as soon as I go to the list and start down to the first one, before I can get to the second one, the screen is refreshed and the list goes away. I need to be able to see the whole list. I need to have links labeled so that I know what a link is. I need to see menus, and menus need to verbalize and those are all things that can be done. The reality is websites can be fully inclusive today. Totally 100%. inclusive. Yeah, but mostly 30. Yeah, the technology exists. But either it's too costly. Because most websites are made by small enterprises that don't have a lot of money. That's where access to be helps. But also, many websites and websites developers don't know anything about access or inclusion. It's not part of their mindset or their lexicon. Michelle Abraham 57:18 Yeah. And so how is it in your, in your opinion? How is it gonna have to change to get the accessibility on the top of people's minds moving forward in the future? Michael Hingson 57:28 It's education, I think it would help if we had tougher laws. It is true that if you don't make your website accessible today, you can be sued. The ADA is enforced and enough courts have said that essentially by by ruling in favor of website accessibility requirements for a particular site that you can be sued. That's not the reason for making your website accessible, or it shouldn't be you should do it, because it's the right thing to do. But it is a reality that websites need to be made accessible and they can be and it will help prevent lawsuits. But more importantly, it's the right thing to do, as I said, so people need to think about it. That's in part why we're starting the podcasts because I want to educate people about inclusion in general, I want people to not be afraid of blindness. In in past years, the Gallup polling organization has surveyed the fears that people in the United States have. And for many years, one of the top five fears was blindness. Because people grow up thinking that eyesight is the only game in town. And it's not. So it's it's an educational process. But I do wish Congress would adopt more stringent legislation mandates requiring, again, mandating overused requiring that that there be true inclusion, whether it's making products, whether it's website accessibility, whether it's being able to use things, there are blind diabetics, right? who use insulin pumps, but I can't read the screen on an insulin pump, it's very difficult for a blind person to be able to, to measure and set up that much less get the information if there is something that needs to be changed or addressed. can be done with an app with more recent pumps. But again, the app has to be accessible and stay accessible. So there's a lot of education, but there's a lot that Congress could do to address the issue. And meanwhile, we make inroads with accessibility and, and again, I think we're in a great position because of the fact that the system is scalable. And by that, I mean for example, as has happened a number of times in the past several months, somebody emails me and said I had a website that I went to that used excessively and Couldn't do something. Can you fix it? And I and other people went, and we discovered that in reality, there was a problem on the website. And when accessibly fixes the problem for one website, because it's cloud based, it suddenly fixes it for every website. So anyone else that use the same technology got the fix? Michelle Abraham 1:00:22 Oh, that's awesome. And so now SSB is become a partner of yours. And, Michael Hingson 1:00:29 now its a company that I work for. Yeah, yeah. Michelle Abraham 1:00:31 And so now you're in the podcast that's coming out. The hope is to have more education around accessibility and inclusion. And so tell us before we let you go, some things that you're hoping to, to have happen with your podcast, tell us a little bit about more about the podcast, what we can expect from me. And I know it's sad, it's it's a been an awesome project to work on with you. So tell us a little bit more about it? Michael Hingson 1:00:56 Well, I don't want to try to help create more of a climate of inclusion in the world. I don't use diversity, because diversity, very rarely, if ever, includes people with disabilities. So I think inclusion is a more relevant term. I want to talk about that I do want to talk about access. But I also want to talk and, and interview people who have had other unexpected things in their lives or who have had things happen to them, and learn how they've dealt with them. And what lessons Do they have for all of us, because a lot of that will tie back to anything that you do daily with disabilities. But it isn't just a podcast about disabilities, it will be in large part. But it's also really unstoppable mindset, a mindset that some people adopt, that says we can succeed and overcome things that others are afraid of. Why are they able to do that? And what lessons can they help us teach others so that more people will, for example, not be so afraid of the pandemic, but learn how to better deal with it, and recognize the value of certain things that we probably should do just to remain more safe. And it isn't to say, don't respect this disease, it's here, and it is something that we definitely need to respect the existence of, but we also do have tools to deal with it. What happens if there's another September 11? people going down the stairs? How is it that we keep people calm in unexpected situations in their lives? What have some people been able to do? How do people with disabilities deal with that? How come some people with disabilities are successful, and others are not, which are probably very straightforward ways of getting to that same thing. And so that's why we will deal with access and inclusion. But it's not just about that, we will deal with the with the web accessibility gap, the fact that out of the 380 websites created every minute in the United States, only 2% become accessible. Or in that goes worldwide, but I'll use the United States statistic but it's about the same wherever you go. We're not inclusive, and we can be Michelle Abraham 1:03:20 Yeah, that's amazing. I love you know, I love i'd love looking forward to hearing more of the episodes that you have created on the podcast and more of the people you know, that have stories to share about this and their experiences and just you know, the education that's needed around, you know, attitudes around, you know, inclusion and you know, accessibility I love that you know that this podcast is going to help change lives. It's going to help make an impact on people and it's going to help people change their attitude and their and their belief system around what's possible. And I love your limitless mindset. It's a very inspiring, Michael. And I want to thank you for being here with us today. Your story is really inspiring. It's really insightful. And it's really, it's, it's one that I look forward to sharing with our audience all over the world as well. Michael Hingson 1:04:10 Thank you and I hope people will go by thunder dog. Larry King said it's a page turner I'm not going to dispute it. But I do hope people will get it. It's available wherever books are sold. Barnes and Noble sells at Amazon sells at a time to Audible. We wrote another book called running with Roselle which is more for kids about my growing up and rosellas growing up but more adults by a thing kids so it's it's available from Amazon as well. If people want to tell a story I'd love to hear from them and I gave my personal email address later but they can also reach out to contact at Michael hingson calm. So contact at m IC h AL h i n g s o n calm. Love to hear from anyone who has a story and wants to tell it on the podcast because we're not going to limit our ourselves to disabilities. But whether you have a disability of the conventional kind or your light dependent, we want to hear from you anyway, if you think you have a story that we should share, and I'm really excited to be doing the podcast and being able to help access a be make the world a more inclusive place as well. Michelle Abraham 1:05:21 Yeah, that's so awesome. Well, thank you so much, Michael, make sure our audience listening to go check out Michael's website, Michael Hanson comm you guys can grab his books, any place that sells books, but you can also get it right from the website as well. And any last words for us, Michael, before we let you go Michael Hingson 1:05:37 real quick, if you want to learn a little bit more about accessibility, and so on, go to access a B's website, www dot excessive, be calm. www dot ACC e SSI, b e.com. While you're there, there's a tool called Ace AC E. If you click on the link for Ace, you can actually go in and check any website. So if you want a website, plug your website in, an ace will tell you how accessible it is. So you can see how much work there is that needs to be done. You can go to my website or excessively his website and actually see the product in action as well. And I emphasize that because again, I'm wanting to really make sure that we deal with inclusion. But Ace is a great tool because you can see just what your website does, what it doesn't do and what it needs to do that it doesn't do today. Michelle Abraham 1:06:27 And accessories got the quick solution that will help us change that I write so it can be more inclusive for everybody. Michael Hingson 1:06:33 And for the things that excessive B doesn't do. There are a number of ways that excessive B can help you address those two. So, you know, looking forward to helping people make the world more inclusive. Michelle Abraham 1:06:43 Absolutely. We have the tools and the technology. There's no reason not to right here, right? Haha. Awesome. Well, thank you so much. Thank you. Such a pleasure having you on. And we look forward to speaking with you again. Now, thank you, Michael Hingson 1:06:58 bye. Michael Hingson 1:06:59 Well, I hope that you found that interesting and enjoyable and informative. You know, there are a lot of things that one can say about the whole concept of philosophy of blindness. And we'll talk more about that. in future episodes. It doesn't matter so much if it's blindness or some other disability or any difference. But there are basic philosophies. And there are basic lessons that we all should learn about difference. This podcast, the unstoppable mindset is all about discussing with people how they have overcome some of their own challenges and fears and have they have demonstrated that they are in fact unstoppable. I hope you'll be with us in future weeks, and that she'll visit Michael hingson comm slash podcast to learn more about the podcast episodes that we've already played, and some of the ones coming up and that you'll possibly want to be a part of it. If you would like to reach out, feel free to do so

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COSMOS - Most scientists assume that the universe must be populated with innumerable alien intelligences and civilizations—after all, we humans can't be so special. OK, so where are they, these "innumerable alien intelligences and civilizations"? How come there's zero evidence? Featuring Jill Tarter, Douglas Vakoch, Frank Drake, Raymond Kurzweil, Francisco Ayala, Steven Dick, and David Brin.

COSMOS - Perhaps our entire universe is like a gigantic computer game, the creation of super-smart hackers existing somewhere else? Before you smirk and laugh, watch and think! Featuring David Brin, Nick Bostrom, Raymond Kurzweil, Marvin Minsky, and Martin Rees.

Raymond Kurzweil é um inventor e futurista dos Estados Unidos. Pioneiro nos campos de reconhecimento ótico de caracteres, síntese de voz, reconhecimento de fala e teclados eletrônicos. Em sua entrevista para o Jornalista Jorge Pontual, Kurzweil faz referência ao crescimento exponencial das interfaces homem-máquina, à medida em que, a cada ano, as características que outrora distinguiam o homem e a máquina se fundem, tornando o Homem a própria Máquina, enfim. Será que esse seria o desejo Humano: fundir-se com as máquinas? Na atualidade, a tecnologia que tornará isso possível ainda encontra-se em uma “pré-história” tecnológica, como me referi em meu livro: “Mecanismos tecnológicos por trás da História e da Arte” que poderá ser encontrado na plataforma da Amazon. Retornando à ideia de Kurzweil, tal tecnologia hoje encontra-se limitada. Porém o cientista prevê que daqui a 10 anos a realidade será remodelada e cada vez mais virtual. Assim como utilizamos ferramentas para expandir nossa capacidade física e aprimorarmos nossas atividades do dia a dia, com o desenvolvimento artificial das qualidades humanas, futuramente poderá ser dispensável a maioria dos serviços que dispõe de atividades repetitivas. E o fato que me chamou mais atenção e poderei traçar um paralelo com a Pesquisa de Andersen é o fato de ambos utilizarem do termo “poder da mente”, o qual poderia resumir na expressão “Máquina da intenção” que é justamente a junção de dois conjuntos outrora muito bem segmentados: o “homem” e a “máquina”, antes bem seguimentos pela física clássica, encontram um novo ponto “ a Singularidade”, através do qual irromperá novos ramos do tronco científico já estabelecido. O desenvolvimento de interfaces cada vez menos perceptíveis através do uso da nanotecnologia, possibilitam que restrições genuinamente humanas, como limitações físicas, possam ser sanadas com o uso da tecnologia. Por meio de estudos, o neurocientista americano e professor de neurociência Richard Andersen, provou em 2013 que seria possível manipular o cerébro através de uma “interface cérebro-máquina” que capta a intenção do cérebro do usuário e consegue transmiti-la através de um apêndice eletromecânico atuando na execução de um comando para a realidade física. A implantação de eletrodos no cérebro que captam pensamentos e transmitem informação, que serão convertidas em em impulsos elétricos e atuadas por apêndices eletromecânicos,l por si só já comprova ser inevitável a virtualização da condição humana. Turing sugeriu um teste no qual máquinas e humanos competiriam com argumentos à condição de serem caracterizados como “humanos”. Atualmente, para ter acesso a uma plataforma digital, realizar login e efetuar pagamentos, é necessário comprovação, ‘teste' , recaptcha, que é similar ao teste de Turing, só que neste o juiz é a máquina que ao mesmo tempo que distingue, aprende. ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ஜ۩۞۩ஜ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ Você pode mudar o futuro e aprender ao mesmo tempo: https://www.amazon.com.br/Mecanismos-Tecnol%C3%B3gicos-tr%C3%A1s-Hist%C3%B3ria-Arte-ebook/dp/B08GM766WB/ref=sr_1_1__mk_pt_BR=%C3%85M%C3%85%C5%BD%C3%95%C3%91&dchild=1&keywords=maliarte&qid=1598455658&s=digital-text&sr=1-1 ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ஜ۩۞۩ஜ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬

Las Tres Leyes de la Robótica 1.Un robot no debe dañar a un ser humano, o por su inacción, dejar que un ser humano sufra daño. 2.Un robot debe obedecer las órdenes que le son dadas por un ser humano, excepto si éstas órdenes entran en conflicto con la primera ley. 3.Un robot debe proteger su propia existencia, mientras dicha protección no entre en conflicto con la primera o la segunda ley. Nuestro viaje de esta noche comienza en diciembre de 1940, cuando el joven científico y escritor Isaac Asimov se reunió con el editor y tmb escritor John W. Campbell para enunciar sus famosas 3 leyes de la robótica que supondrán un punto y a parte en las teorías de la inteligencia artificial. El maestro Asimov, considerado por muchos como el padre de la robotica, originó con su legislación un delicado debate sobre las inabarcables posibilidades de combinar computación y automatismo. Y Queremos dedicarle este programa a los genios que, como Asimov, han entregado su vida a la ciencia y la ficción deleitándonos con pavorosas y desconcidas formas de terror tecnológico. La revolución de las máquinas ha dado comienzo amigos, puede que ustedes aun no lo sepan pero en alguna parte del globo, un robot del tamaño de un glóbulo rojo devora células cancerígenas en los intenstinos de una rata de laboratorio. Viniendo de nosotros, toda esta arenga puede sonar a esquizofrenia paranoide, pero escuchen a nuestro reverenciado Eduard Punset en su entrevista con Raymond Kurzweil, uno de los más reputados tecnólogos de nuestro tiempo, y juzguen ustedes mismos. Esperemos disfruten de los terroríficos y al mismo tiempo esperanzadores horrores de la singularidad tecnológica. Saludos tentaculares. Escucha el episodio completo en la app de iVoox, o descubre todo el catálogo de iVoox Originals

BIG SHINY TOUNES : La musique alternative des années 1990 telle que vue par Marc-André Mongrain. EP04 : On se penche sur "Spiritual Machines" d'Our Lady Peace, ainsi que le livre futuriste qui l'a inspiré, "The Age of Spiritual Machines" de Raymond Kurzweil. Avec Jean-Michel Berthiaume. Idée originale et entrevue par Marc-André Mongrain. Montage par Jean-François Roy. Co-réalisation de Marc-André Mongrain et Jean-François Roy. Créé par Culture Cible et Cactus production sonore.

The technological singularity may or may not be looming in our future, so we attempt to get to the bottom of singularities past and present, quantum intelligence, civilizational collapse, and other cheerful subjects. Plus: a hands-on report and one (1) email!

En este vigesimoctavo episodio, muy retrofuturista, hablamos de: - Roadmap de la humanidad según Raymond Kurzweil. - Diego en su pueblo y el aburrimiento. Links: - Artículo de mediavida: https://www.mediavida.com/foro/ciencia/roadmap-humanidad-posible-desarrollo-tecnologico-hasta-2050-630345 - La mujer objetófila: https://www.laverdad.es/sociedad/mujer-enamora-objetos-20190410103231-nt.html --- Síguenos en: Twitter: @SinapsisPodcast https://www.twitter.com/sinapsispodcast Instagram: @sinapsis.podcast https://www.instagram.com/sinapsis.podcast Escúchanos en: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3pNHZ5ikrunvPfbKIiBX5x?si=JhDOqc7GTeyjyLd8BFX3SA iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/es/podcast/sinapsis/id1399880858 iVoox: https://sinapsispodcast.ivoox.com/ Pocket Casts: https://pca.st/5UJp CastBox: https://castbox.fm/channel/id1320641

People literally ask me this one question ALL THE TIME… “Allen, how did come up with such a lucrative, safe, and easy way to trade?” I explain it all in my new book Passive Trading, get your free book here  https://www.passivetrading.com/free-book! Option Genius was built with you...the individual trader, the breadwinner, the dreamer, the rock your family depends on ...in mind. Because we know what it takes to become a successful and profitable trader. And that’s exactly what we help you do best. Get your $1 trial of Simon Says Options, our most conservative and profitable trading service here https://simonsaysoptions.com/stockslist-ss-trial-offer.  -- Welcome Genius Nation to another exciting episode of the Option Genius Podcast. This episode, we're going to be talking about 2019, and what's going to happen, or what I think is going to happen. Now it's called the prediction episode. And I hate predictions, mostly because most of them are, you know, wrong and people are pulling stuff out of thin air. But last year's episode, where I made predictions for 2018 was so popular that I decided to do again and just have fun with it. Really, that was one of the episodes that we got the most feedback on, one of the most feedbacks. And people were listening to that episode all the way to the end of the year, really. We had some comments, emails, that came in towards the end of 2018 where people who had just found the podcast were like, "Hey, I listened to your 2018 episode, because I want her to see how you did and what was right and what was wrong." A couple of things, I actually had chuckles on, so I'm glad I was able to make them laugh. But the way I do prediction, is really I try to look at trends. What is going on? What has been going on? And as they say in trading, the trend is your friend. So the trends will probably continue. So if we can identify these trends, especially if they're long term, if they have been occurring in the past and they're going to continue to occurring. Then those are things that we can actually benefit from in a financial sense. Right? So for example, the aging population of the United States, more and more people are getting older. The boomer generation is older. And so there are ways to monetize that, if you want to. See those are the types of trends, something that's not going to just be a flash in the pan, and just go away in a few months, but something that's going to continue for a long term. Those are the types of trends that I would like to identify. Those are the trends that I would like to invest in. And just, put your money in and take advantage of this over, and over, and over again where you don't have to watch it, and monitor it, and really be more passive about it. So before we get into the predictions of 2019, let's take a look back at what I said was going to happen in 2018, and see if I was actually right, or if I have egg on my face. So prediction number one from 2018 was that AI, artificial intelligence, is going to be used more and more in daily life. This is a trend, right? This is something that is occurring. This is something that we see. So this was kind of an easy prediction. And AI was more ingrained in almost all aspects of life nowadays. More and more cars have the self driving features. We have these firms, these financial firms, like Betterment that are money managers who are mainly using AI to manage people's money and allocate it in certain investments. The Quant Funds, the hedge funds that are run by algorithms and computers. They made money this year, while most funds lost money, and the marketing as a whole was down. So all the index funds were down. And most of the stock picking funds where they actually have people doing the work were down. And if you're interested in this, in AI, and learning about what's coming down the road, where we might be going as a species, take a look at the book called "The Singularity is Near" by a guy named Raymond Kurzweil. I mean, this is crazy, crazy stuff that he predicted years ago. Now not all of it has come to fruition yet, but we are much closer now than ever. And basically what he calls the singularity is when man and computer will be basically one. I mean, we're still human, but computers will be part of our brains is what he's saying. And we're not there yet. But I mean, do you know anybody who still doesn't have a smart speaker in their home? Right? One of these Alexa Echos, or the Google Home, or the Facebook Portal, or any of the others. I mean, everybody's got these things. So it's moving more and more in that direction with smart homes, and smart doorbells, and smart alarm systems, and all this stuff. I mean, the quote unquote smarter our homes get, the more stupider we get, because we're using our brains less and less and less. But that is seeming like what the future is going to be holding. So this one particularly, I was right. So I'm one and oh, so far. Now, prediction number two from 2018 was that the stock market will actually be up in 2018. And I missed on this one, but only by a little. I mean it was up for the whole year, until November when it dropped about 20% and then we ended down somewhere around 6% for the year, depending on which exchange you're looking at. And well, I mean it was over done, market going up was overdone. And the feds started raising interest rates, which was inevitable. Growth also seems to be slowing down. So earnings growth, share growth, all those things, revenue growth, those are slowing down. And so those were particularly the reasons why the market was down. It was down a little bit, not too much, and for those of us who were long stock or long index funds and ETFs, and then we were selling calls against them, we actually turned out a really good year. So if that's something that you haven't been doing, I would suggest you do so even, especially if you don't think that the marketing is going to continue to go up 20% a year. All right, so far I'm one and one. Prediction number three was that oil prices will be higher. And oil was at $60 a barrel at the beginning of the year. Currently as I record this, it's trading at $52 a barrel. So I was wrong on this one as well. But again, just like the stock one, I was right until November. And then oil tanked, from $77 all the way down to $42 and then rebounded in January of 2019. So why? Well OPEC really, they decided to take back their production cuts. So they had cut production and that had sent oil higher and then they came out and said, "Hey, you know what? We're not going to do these cuts anymore. We're going to put more oil into the market." And prices dropped. That was the main reason. And once they did flood the market, oil prices started to drop. But there was something else at play here as well that I want to talk about. You see, being long oil was a very easy trade. You listen to what OPEC is saying and you follow along with it because over the last couple of years, two, three years, they've been spot on. So when they say they're going to pump more oil, prices go down. When they say they're going to cut back on oil, prices go up. So it's been pretty easy to see that. And long oil was a very, very crowded trade, meaning that there were a lot of people who had long options, and long futures contracts in oil where they were just buying them, thinking that the price is going to go up and up and up. And so when the price started dipping, the price started dropping, these algorithms, these funds that use computers, started selling and that caused margin calls on a lot of futures trading firms. That caused panic selling, which caused more dropping of the oil price, which caused more margin calls, and more selling. And in the end it was a bloodbath that blew up many futures trading funds and firms. And it wasn't pretty. And that's why you have a drop from 77 to 42. I mean, that's almost a 50% drop because not because of a huge major fundamental change, but because of the way these firms were trading the futures markets. And so that part has now, it's over, the selling on that is over. And since then oil has actually rebounded. So, it's up about, it was at 42 at the low. Currently it's right around 52, so it's up $10 since then, which is about 25% from the low. So what is oil going to do next year? It's hard to tell. So I'm not going to be making a prediction on this one. But I do believe that oil is going to remain steady. It's not going to be as volatile as the November. I mean, most of the year was not that volatile. It got very volatile in November. And so at that point, if you're trading oil, like we do have our blank check trading course where we trade options in oil. One of the first things I said was, "Hey, if you don't need to be in the market, don't be in the market." The volatility is getting super high. Just take a step back as option traders and options sellers, we don't need to be in the market every single month. We do not need to put our money at risk when things are going crazy. And so that is why you really need to look at volatility as well as what is the stock doing, what is the market doing, to keep an eye on volatility as well, especially, well, we'll get to that in my future predictions. Prediction number four from last year, 2018, was that China would be more independent and stronger. And I was right about this one. As I record this, the US and China are at odds right now, and going toe to toe in a trade war. They got terabytes on both sides. And they're trying to talk it out and it doesn't seem like they're going anywhere. This was unthinkable 10 years ago, I mean, even five years ago. This was unthinkable. But it is happening and the Chinese are not backing down. I mean trump had a trade war with Mexico and Canada recently, right? And both of them made concessions fairly quickly, and those are pretty big markets, especially Canada. But China is holding firm. So they are getting stronger and stronger. They are becoming more dominant in the world, especially certain parts of the world where the US is not. And they're taking over, and I would say that their influence is even greater than the Soviet Union was at the time in the 80s. So that leaves me two for two in my predictions. The last prediction of 2018 was that it was going to be a great year for option sellers. And it was. It was truly. The majority of the year, we had low amounts of volatility and put spreads and non directional trades worked very, very well until the end of the year though when the markets dropped. The VIC spiked, and people that were unprepared, they got hurt. So although the markets were down themselves, I'm going to say that option sellers still came out ahead at the end. So after my first year of predictions, I'm going to end up three and two. So I won three and I lost two. Okay, so let's look at 2019. What is on the horizon? First of all, I'm going to say that interest rates, I believe, will be higher at the end of the year and inflation will be higher as well. In fact, you can already sense and feel the inflation in consumer goods like food, travel, and any kind of services that you pay for. So to tame inflation, the Fed will have no choice but to raise rates, two times, maybe three times, maybe more. Hopefully not more, that's going to kill the stock market. But at least two times, maybe three times. And that will put a damper on a lot of things. So I would say for prediction number one, interest rates will be higher. Inflation will also be higher. Second prediction is that we are actually headed for a recession here in the United States. Now this one is a little bold, I think, because most pundits out there are saying that we will not have a recession in 2019. But I do think there we will have one. Now to have a recession, you have to have negative growth for two quarters, meaning the economy has to contract for two quarters in a row. And so you will be in a recession for a while before it is officially called a recession. So let's say, whenever you hear this three, let's say for the next three months you have negative growth and then another three months you have negative growth. So six months from now is when they would say, "Oh, you know what? Hey, we're in a recession." It's a lagging type of indicator. So even though you'll start feeling the effects of it now and for the next six months, it won't be called a recession until six months from now. Okay. So I see economic activity slowing down in at least the back half of 2019 if not sooner. We're not going to have much growth in the first half. We will have inflation, and layoffs in the second half. And then in 2020 they'll actually come out and say, "Hey, you know, we were officially in recession and that it started in 2019." So that is my prediction. It won't be called the recession until 2020 and they're going to try to keep that as far away into the future as possible, because we do have elections and all that stuff coming up. But I think in 2020 they're going to say that yeah, we're in recession and it started in '19. So that leads me to prediction number three, which is that the stock market, will be lower. Last year, I said it was going to be higher, this year I'm saying it's going to be lower. And as I record this, the S&P 500 is at 2,600 right around 2,600. So I believe it's going to be lower at the end of the year. Now again, this is contrary to most analysts. According to most analysts, the markets should be higher next year, because what they're saying is that when January is a positive month, the market overall for the year is positive. So, that's the way it normally happens. I think this year is going to be an abnormal year.  I don't know what we're going to do for the rest of February or rest of January. Market has been up a little bit so far. We did have a little bit of a Santa Claus rally at the end of the year of 2018. That normally bodes well for the markets. But I think growth is going to stall. I think earnings will stall for most companies and after a decade of strong stock market, we're going to have another year of declines. So that's my prediction there. Onto prediction number four. Everywhere you look, and this is a little bit more localized. So everywhere you look now, when you see financial ads. Now if you are a trader, if you are an option seller, you see ads on Facebook, you see ads on Google, you see ads following you around with the remarketing. And eventually you'll subscribe to something like a download, a free PDF report or some something and you'll buy some small thing, and you'll get on these email lists. So then once you get on one email list, it seems like you get on a thousand different email lists, because then everybody starts selling you and sending you emails about buy this and buy that. And so when you look all over at these financial ads run by these financial newsletter companies that want you to give them money for their financial information and research, a lot of the marketing you are seeing nowadays and it started in 2018, but it's really going to, it really picked up towards the end, is about pot stocks, right? Marijuana, that pot stocks are going to be the next boom in investments. You probably already understand this and now you have to understand why this is. Okay. Why all of a sudden is there this huge focus on marijuana? Well, because financial newsletter companies have to keep coming up with new ideas to pitch you. That's what it is. They can not just come out and say, "Hey, we want you to buy our newsletter and we're going to give you stock picks." Even though that's exactly what they're doing, right? They're going to be like, "Hey, we're going to show you how to get rich." Well, that's what everybody else says. So they have to stand out from the crowd. They have to make it enticing and mysterious. So even in their ads, they're going to be talking about this big opportunity or there's big amazing company, they're not going to give you the name, they're not going to give you exactly what it is until you actually give them some money. And the way the financial newsletter space is right now, it's dominated by a few companies that are owned by the same people. So I mean it could be all one big company, but for whatever reason, they've broken it up into several different sister companies that are all fighting amongst each other. So they do cooperate in the sense where they share their promotions and they share their email lists and stuff like that. But they are set up a separate company so that they look different. And so if you've heard of any of the names, like Agora Financial, Stansberry Research, Weiss Research, Palm Beach Letter, Oxford Club, Money Map Press, and I mean they got like a dozen others, all of these guys are owned by the same people. They all operate the same way. They try to entice you into buying their cheap newsletter for like $50 or $100, and then they hit you up with, "Hey, buy this thing for a thousand dollars. Buy this thing for $10,000. Buy this cruise for $15,000." A year ago, it was cryptos. That was the big thing, "Oh, cryptocurrency market, cryptocurrency market." Now, pot stocks are the big idea. I mean, who knows what it's going to be next, I don't know. But these guys are super smart. They're super creative. They're going to come out with something that will be new and mysterious to give us, to make us give them our money so they can tell us about their research. And myself, I don't think that most individual investors should actually be wasting their time on pot stocks. I'm going to get to my prediction. I'm not at the prediction yet, but when it comes to these marijuana stocks that are talked about in these new letters and whatnot, most of these are very small companies. Most of these are going to be knocked out of business, they're going to go out of business by themselves, or they're going to have somebody come in and knock them out of business before they make any kind of money. So I think that most individual investors should not be wasting their time on pot socks, but take it for what it's worth. Now, this ties into my prediction, which is prediction number four is that more and more states will be legalizing marijuana. Again, this is a trend. You can probably see this yourself, right? It's not something out of left field. They are already 11 states that allow it for recreational use. So it's legal for everybody. More and more are coming. Heck, I mean, I'm in Texas and Texas is going to have it up for vote very soon in the government. And Texas is as conservative as it gets. In fact, in Congress, they now have a congressional cannabis caucus, led by a representative from Oregon, which is going to try to get pot declassified, so that it is not treated the same way as other narcotics. Right now, pot is the same as crack, or cocaine or, all those other ones. But they are trying to make it so that pot is not as bad, and is not punishable by jail time, and fines, and whatnot as the other ones. If that happens, then it'll actually make it easier and more compelling for other companies to get involved in the marijuana trade. Now Canada, the whole country of Canada, it's legal, in the whole country. And the tax windfalls that are being collected by Canada, and by all these states that have already made it legal, I mean for everybody else, for the rest of the country, I think it's going to be a race not to be the last one to get to the punch bowl. I mean, you have all this money collected in taxes, and these governments are spending more than they collect. And that just seems like it never changes. But they going to see this as an additional tax revenue and if they see more and more states, like a domino effect. A few of them have already been doing it now more and more are going to be racing to it. And so I say that we'll probably have about 20 states legalize it for use by anyone, by the end of the year. And I think 30 of them will allow it for medicinal purposes. So medical reasons, for pain relief. So hopefully by the end of next year, you might have more than half the country allow pot for one reason or another. That's going to be a tipping point. And so in 2020 it might be a free for all. .And we might have legal marijuana everywhere, who knows. Or maybe just one or two states that are left holding out. But it's going to really change a lot of things. So the one company that I want to buy, to take advantage of this would be Philip Morris, ticker PM, because, I mean, they've been making cigarettes and smoking. They know about it, they know marketing, they know distribution. They have all the channels already there. Everything is laid out. As soon as they get the go ahead from the federal government that we're not going to prosecute you, they could go in and just blow up everybody in every state. The only limitation would be that the way the laws are now in each state, you actually have to draw or grow the marijuana in that particular state. You cannot take that marijuana to a different state to sell it. So you have to grow it in that state and then you have to sell it in that state. Actually, I'm not too sure about the selling of the actual goods. But I think you have to grow it in that state and you have to sell it in that state. I don't know about those, like those edibles, you know, like the gummy bears, and the chocolate bars. I don't know if those can be transported. I don't think so. But if that's the case, it'll be a little bit harder for Philip Morris. But I think they're going to be the ones that really hit a home run with this, or at least for recreational use. Now for medicine purposes, big Pharma, the big giants, Pfizer, Merck, all of them, they will make it a pill to some point, or an injection or something and they will dominate that field once it becomes legal. And so that's why the little companies that you have now, they're recommended by all the financial newsletters, those guys are going to be put out of business by these big firms once they come in. Now they might make a little bit of money for a year or two until everything becomes legalized. But the point is that right now, it takes such a huge investment to get that going that they might not ever get their investment back, before they're shut down, or put out of business. Now you might get lucky if you're an investor in one of these, and they might get bought out by a larger company. Philip Morris might come in and say, "Hey, you know what, we're not going to start our own nursery or pot growing facility. We'll just buy a couple that are already there." And then you might get bought out at that sense. And that might be lucky for you. But I wouldn't bet on it. I wouldn't say that that is the only way to make money. You never want to be an investment, in a stock and investment, hoping that the only exit you can have is a buyout. So that's prediction number four. On to prediction number five. This one is a little bit of a negative. I'm saying that real estate prices are going to drop. Now this one is going to be hard to gauge, right? We don't know if I'm going to win on this one or not, if I'm going to be right or not, because it depends on location. But overall, I feel that it's going to be a buyer's market, in the US when it comes to real estate. There're going to be fewer, fewer buyers in the market, and fewer sales overall. Now we're already seeing this happen. So if you look at the earnings calls, the earning reports of the larger home builders that we have, they already report fewer and few people coming in to see the models, right? They're having fewer closings. They still have people coming in that want to buy a house, to get in before interest rates go up too high. But they're looking at cutting down their expectations for 2019. They're not going to be constructing as many homes, because they're not seeing new people come in, saying that, "Yeah, yeah, we want a house six months from now. We want a house a year from now." And I'm seeing this effect myself as well, because an investment that I was in, which was, it was an investment where they were buying properties that are broken down here in Houston, they were fixing them up and then they were selling them. This investment actually did very well, but the fund is closing down, because there are too many investors like them. There are too many people that are chasing these deals of the messed up houses. There aren't that many houses there. There are more people chasing them, trying to buy them. And there are not enough people buying the homes, when they're fixed up. So that is leading to smaller and smaller profit margins for these fix and flippers. So the people running this investment decided to just shut it down and return all the money to investors instead of trying to keep doing it and go after smaller and smaller margins. And I'm hearing more of that sort of thing happening all over the country. Not just in Houston. But in other areas as well, like Atlanta, Denver, and others. So if you are looking to buy a home or a business property or even a business itself, you might want to wait. Or I mean, you could put in a low ball offer. Right? And just sit on it. And just let the person know and say, "Hey, you know what? Here's my offer. I think the market's turning and I think this is a legit offer. I'm ready to buy if you agree to this offer. Now I know it's less than what you were expecting. But keep my offer, keep my phone number. And if you ever decide to change your mind, let me know." And then just keep calling that person back after a couple months, two, three months, give them a call, "Hey, I'm still here. My offer's still valid. You want to do it, let's do it." Eventually I think there's a good chance that you're going to buy whatever you want to buy will be cheaper in a year or two. So, keep your powder dry. Keep some cash on hand, and be careful. So that's it for my 2019 predictions, much more dire than last year, unfortunately. But it does seem that there are dark clouds on the horizon. Now, I wish I was wrong. I wish I will be wrong on the direction of the markets and real estate, and other real assets, but we won't know until next year. That's the whole thing about predictions, right? I would love to hear what you guys think of this episode. Email me and let me know. If there's something I'm missing, please share that as well because I learned from you guys as much as you learn from me. So I hope you have an amazing year. Be vigilant, be careful on any risky ventures and maybe keep a little more cash than you have in the past on hand, because when things go down, that's great time for people who have cash to be able to buy stuff really, really cheap. So take advantage of that as well. And remember trade with the odds in your favor. -- LOVE ALLEN SAMA - OPTION GENIUS AND WANT TO LEARN MORE TRADING TIPS  AND TRICKS? HERE ARE SOME NEXT STEPS... SUBSCRIBE TO OUR PODCAST FREE 9 LESSON COURSE: https://optiongenius.com/ WATCH THIS FREE TRAINING: https://passivetrading.com JOIN OUR PRIVATE FACEBOOK GROUP:  https://optiongenius.com/alliance Like our show? Please leave us a review here - even one sentence helps. 

This week i invite my next door neighbour in for a chat . Is Our beautiful planet riddled with crazy dictators, War and poverty or is it actually the calmest its ever been? Just one of the topics me and my Springbok pal chat about as well as our worlds population and the Malthusian Theory by Thomas Robert Malthus. www.intelligenteconomist.com Who is Raymond Kurzweil and what is Elfego , Hans Rosling and Joe Rogan? Find out how we conclude this weeks episode , is it time to chillax or jump on the next shuttle and fly to the moon ? And here is a super amazing website to check out to make us all feel better .... https://www.humanprogress.org As well as all this we have music once again from Searmanas www.facebook.com/searamanas/ If you fancy contacting me email : jaff10@hotmail.com twitter: www.twitter.com/@mrjaff10 facebook: www.facebook.com/themarcjeffreypodcastshow For a full back catalogue look me up on itunes: https://itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/the-marc-jeffrey-podcast-show/id1206615943?mt=2 Many Thanks Marc    

As virtual reality becomes ever more realistic, and AI makes more human jobs obsolete, we discuss the possibility that VR is a trap being laid by principalities and powers to lure us into a virtual hell. We also compare the Omega Point of Pierre Teilhard de Chardin with Dr. Raymond Kurzweil's Singularity. Transhumanists should be careful of what they wish for.

In this episode of Planet Lex, host Daniel Rodriguez speaks with Northwestern Pritzker School of Law George C. Dix Professor in Constitutional Law John McGinnis and Northwestern University’s McCormick School of Engineering Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Larry Birnbaum about emergent technology and its effects on the law. Dan opens the interview by reminding everyone that it has been 10 years since the publication of Raymond Kurzweil’s book, “The Singularity is Near: When Humans Transcend Biology,” and poses the question of exactly how close we are to the day when computer intelligence surpasses human intelligence. Larry shares his belief that the singularity is coming, though the time table is unknown. John agrees and states that the victory of IBM’s computer system Watson over its human competition on Jeopardy shows the accelerating technology and that software and connectivity are improving, in addition to hardware computation. Both guests analyze how this technology might significantly impact intermediary positions within the workforce and consider the implications on the practice of law. Larry concludes that there are many aspects to lawyering and that you have to break down those segments to figure out which will or will not be adversely affected. John does not anticipate emergent tech putting lawyers out of business in the near future, but does think it is the beginning of how society integrates some of that tech into the work that humans will still do and feels that we’ll see a long evolution of progress in this area. Both guests evaluate the ways in which tech innovation might improve overall equality in society. They close the interview with an analysis of how difficult it is for our regulatory structure to keep up with advancements in technology and the issues present in making the risks associated with these advancements understandable to people.

Let's hope this next decade will be better than the last one regarding prospects for freedom... Back to Basics on Property and Competition by Jeffrey A. Tucker http://www.lewrockwell.com/tucker/tucker129.html Property rights aren't respected by governments in civilization; "laws" created by a coercive monopoly infringe on them daily People in the marketplace are the ones who respect property rights, not government Laws, and the people who make (and interpret) them, seek to control others, not respect freedom and justice Property rights exist to make distinctions concerning who owns what and who can therefore utilize what, without conflict or confusion Plagiarism is generally frowned up, and provides a marketplace check against confusion and fraud charges The tentacles of statism in the realm of IP are pervasive, as are the unseen costs of IP laws "Anti-trust" law was created by gangsters with no good intentions A "competitive" marketplace is just one in which people bring values to others unimpeded An Objectivist Recants on IP http://blog.mises.org/archives/011162.asp The principle of self-ownership represents the unification of liberty and property IP fosters rampant legal conflict, on account of it contradicting real property rights The first serious critique I read against IP (hat tip to Ian Freeman of http://freetalklive.com)... Against Intellectual Property by Stephan Kinsella http://mises.org/journals/jls/15_2/15_2_1.pdf Classic J. Neil: Informational Property — Logorights http://jneilschulman.rationalreview.com/2009/12/classic-j-neil-informational-property-logorights/ The human brain is arguably the most complex thing in the known universe, a massively parallel processor Our future, perhaps...The Intelligent Universe by Ray Kurzweil http://www.kurzweilai.net/meme/frame.html?main=/articles/art0534.html Big picture stuff...The Age of Spiritual Machines: Timeline by Raymond Kurzweil http://www.kurzweilai.net/meme/frame.html?main=/articles/art0274.html Once patterns of information are released into the marketplace, individuals will likely seek to duplicate them (without conflict) Again, trying to control duplicates of what you've created leads to conflict with others' property rights, as well as more statism and unintended business consequences Complete Liberty IP Chapter: http://completeliberty.com/chapter6.php audio version: http://completeliberty.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=208107 Holding back progress in the name of the state by Kent McManigal http://www.examiner.com/examiner/x-5723-Albuquerque-Libertarian-Examiner~y2009m10d18-Holding-back-progress-in-the-name-of-the-state Stay tuned for more videos of activism in San Diego, including my recent trip to the DMV http://youtube.com/completeliberty http://youtube.com/hotforliberty bumper music "Master Of Puppets" by Metallica http://metallica.com/ to comment, please go to http://completeliberty.com/magazine/category/91697