Information filtering is a big deal, but common sense dictates that it’s going to become a much bigger issue and industry — and thankfully create a lot of jobs for our species. Algorithms (e.g. search engines) are largely responsible for…
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Future Filter
Tagged with: algorithms, curation, information, information management, Internet, journalism, technology
Posted in TechYes
Posted in TechYes
Healthier Information Flow
If you’re like me, you’re probably flooded with information streams (news feeds, email, etc.) As a responsible entertainer, my publication discipline respects that inundation for community benefit. As some of my posts can be lengthy (although 2,000 words is always…
Ad(d) Hypocrisy
Prompted by “Online Ad Czar Berates Adblockers As Freedom-Hating ‘Mafia’”: http://yro.slashdot.org/story/16/01/26/1720217/online-ad-czar-berates-adblockers-as-freedom-hating-mafia Randall Rothenburg, the president and CEO of the Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) has made a speech branding the creators of Adblock Plus (who were banned from the conference where…
Tagged with: advertising, communications, computer security, computers, freedom, freedom of speech, health, information, Internet, liberty, mainstream media, privacy, security, software, stress, stress management, technology
Posted in TechYes
Posted in TechYes
Broadcast Intervention
Prompted by a comment in “More junk science from Patricia Cavazos-Rehg”: http://www.drugwarrant.com/2015/01/more-junk-science-from-patricia-cavazos-rehg/comment-page-1/#comment-261717 “…he said long ago that a major reason for the continuance of prohibition could be summed up in two words: ‘Bad journalism’” A terribly serious and undisclosed conflict…
Tagged with: addiction, business, cannabis, corruption, entertainment, health, information, journalism, law, legislation, liberty, LSD, marijuana, MDMA, medicine, neuroprotection, perception alteration, politics, prohibition, psilocybin, psychedelics, stress
Posted in Liberty Shield, Stress Health
Posted in Liberty Shield, Stress Health
Energy (Hallucinating or Otherwise)
Prompted by “‘Dreaming While Awake’ — An Examination of Hallucinations by Mike Jay”: http://psychedelicfrontier.com/dreaming-while-awake-mike-jay/ Sharing my comment posted there… On the one hand, if hallucinations involve a boost in survival (e.g. a voice delivering a saving message), then positive value…
Tagged with: Alzheimer's disease, cannabis, dementia, health, information, LSD, marijuana, perception alteration, physics, psilocybin, psychedelics, science, stress
Posted in Keep It Real, Stress Health
Posted in Keep It Real, Stress Health
Medical Cannabis Could & Should
Prompted by “10 Surprising Uses for Medical Cannabis”: http://www.hightimes.com/read/10-surprising-uses-medical-cannabis “Cannabis could prevent Alzheimer’s disease by working against the buildup of plaque and tangled fibers of protein in the nervous system that are thought to cause it.” That does put cannabis…
Tagged with: Alzheimer's disease, cannabis, dementia, health, information, law, legislation, liberty, marijuana, medicine, neuroprotection, neuroregeneration, perception alteration, politics, prohibition, psychedelics, science, stress
Posted in Respect Cannabis
Posted in Respect Cannabis
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