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The Bucky-Gandhi Design Institution
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David D Friedman on “Future Imperfect” (talk at google, good)
by Vinay Gupta • January 17, 2009 • The Global Picture • 0 Comments
Biometrics for Freedom at the Temporary School of Thought
by Vinay Gupta • January 15, 2009 • Hexayurt • 0 Comments
This talk was a discussion of the security and policy issues around the use of biometric databases by government, and a brief review of CheapID, which is an open technology which may be able to reconcile our individual need for privacy with the security concerns of the State. Good quality MP3 audio of the talk.
Read more →Science for Humanity / Hexayurt Project kickoff meeting
by Vinay Gupta • January 13, 2009 • Hexayurt • 0 Comments
Thanks, Victoria, and Science for Humanity.
Read more →logging video from Akvo’s Indian trip
by Vinay Gupta • January 13, 2009 • The Global Picture • 0 Comments
wow there are some good clips
Read more →I think I’ve cracked it
by Vinay Gupta • January 13, 2009 • Everything Else • 0 Comments
So it’s been a very, very interesting ten days or so. I’d planned on doing a lot of thinking and writing about video for Akvo, and instead pushed that back by about a week to make time for the Temporary School of Thought, where I gave a couple of talks (“infrastructure for anarchists” and “avoiding [...]
Read more →Virtual Reality and the Immersive Ideal – Temporary School of Thought
by Vinay Gupta • January 12, 2009 • Everything Else • 1 Comment
MP3 audio straight from the recorder. Very nice quality of the talk and reasonable rendering of the discussion.
Read more →Oh my god beautiful fractals
by Vinay Gupta • January 12, 2009 • Trivia and Media • 0 Comments
lots more here
Read more →Avoiding Capitalism for the Next Four Billion lecture notes
by Vinay Gupta • January 11, 2009 • Personal • 1 Comment
Part 1: the genocide of the poor. *what is poverty, and what is it to be poor? * *lots of definitions. the one that concerns me is **”poverty means dying of being poor.” ** *How many people every year die of being poor? * **Every year, 60 million people die globally (all causes.) ** **UN [...]
Read more →Dougald Hine’s talk at the Temporary School of Everything on Deschooling Society
by Vinay Gupta • January 10, 2009 • Everything Else, Personal • 0 Comments
Audio, five minutes of chat at the start, then very good and clear.
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