Complex systems, individual and networked dependencies on technology, and an increasingly connected world have both expanded our potential and our vulnerability. Our lives, both functionally and socially, have become hopelessly intertwined with a series of systems that operate both outside us, in a global information network, and inside our lives and homes, as a life convenience. Artificial intelligence [...]
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iAddicted
The air was momentarily sucked out of my world today when I went to turn on my iPod this morning and nothing happened. The screen was black and no amount of wheel-turning, button-pushing, shaking or swearing caused it to produce even one song from my beloved music collection. I have to admit, a sense of [...]