Ross Andersen – Humanity’s deep future
A really great interview with Nick Bostrom about humanity’s long-term future and the odds of extinction.
Tags: philosophy
Tapeworm logic by Charles Stross
The Fermi paradox as applied to tapeworms.
‘Sfunny; just yesterday I was revisiting this classic tapeworm tale on Fray.
Dmitry Baranovskiy’s Web Log: Mermaids & Fishermen
I am a mermaid.
Big Questions Online
A site that aims to ask and explore the Big Questions of human purpose and ultimate reality, with a focus on science, religion, markets and morals.
The Jean-Paul Sartre Cookbook
"Tuna Casserole Ingredients: 1 large casserole dish Place the casserole dish in a cold oven. Place a chair facing the oven and sit in it forever. Think about how hungry you are. When night falls, do not turn on the light."
The Technium: Technophilia
Kevin Kelly on mankind's love/hate relationship with technology.
wrapping up 2007 (28 December 2007, Interconnected)
A brilliant braindump by Matt Webb examining the weave of the Web and the nature of reality. Set aside some time to soak this up.
Semantics in HTML - 1.”traditional semantic HTML” at microformatique - a blog about microformats and “data at the edges”
A superb article by John Allsopp on semantics in the broad sense, from philosophy and linguistics right through to markup. And this is just part one! Read, enjoy, and prepare for part two.