9. First, electronic sensors got smaller and better. Second, people
started carrying powerful computing devices, typically
disguised as mobile phones. Third, social media made it seem
normal to share everything. And fourth, we began to get an
inkling of the rise of a global superintelligence known as the
cloud.
The Data-Driven Life - The New York Times Magazine
13. The growth of the external memory system has
now so far outpaced biological memory that it is no
exaggeration to say that we are permanently
wedded to our great invention, in a cognitive
symbiosis unique in nature.
Merlin Donald
14. "It's not 'who you share with,’ it's 'who
you share as.”
Chris Poole, 4Chan Founder (2011)
22. "Media lets you clone pieces of yourself and send them out
into the world to have conversations on your behalf. Even
while you’re sleeping, your media —your books, your blog
posts, your tweets—is on the march. It’s out there trying to
making connections. Mostly it’s failing, but that’s okay: these
days, copies are cheap.”
Robin Sloan, Kanye West: Media Cyborg (2010)
26. “I'm feeding my own persona into the Weavrs' system and
mapping out my own personal history. The Weavrs post, tweet,
listen to music, check in to places and learn new skills. I'm
currently running a series of 40 year old versions of myself that
live in Munich”
Marcus Brown, Army of Me
29. In Case You Wondered, a Real
Human Wrote This Column
Steve Lohr - New York Times, September 10, 2011
Computer Wins on Jeopardy! Trivial,
It’s Not.
John Markoff - New York Times, February 16, 2011
Siri, Can You Hear me?
Sam Grobart - New York Times, October 13, 2011
30. 1. We Turn Our (Life) Narratives into Data.
2. Weavrs turn our Data Into Narratives.
31.
32. What does it mean when Identity
becomes Information?
