05 JAN 2023 by ideonexus
Web Gardens and Digital Streams
The Garden and the Stream as Metaphors for WWW > Additional Support/Evidence > Web Gardens and Streams ElaboratedWeb Gardens are contextualized, interconnected spaces online like Wikipedia. Digital Streams are serialized events that flow like Twitter or Facebook feeds.
03 JAN 2023 by ideonexus
Rabbit Holes
Q'non as an AR Game > Example/Illustration > Traits of Yoga Practice That Lead to Conspiracy TheoriesAlternative medicine, Q'non, and AR games provide people with deep-dive information webs that are alluring because they privilege the participant with malleable independent knowledge.
24 SEP 2021 by ideonexus
Can AI Make Something Greater than Itself?
The Ultraintelligent Machine will be Civilization's Last Invention > Contrast > Recursive Self-Improvement in Human CivilizationHumans can't make smarter humans, but we can make cognitive tools to help other humans. Computers do make faster computers without human intervention, but is that the same as an AI making a smarter AI?
07 NOV 2019 by ideonexus
Chess Stress Response
The Chess Stress Response > Additional Support/Evidence > How Chess Taxes the BodyHow the stress of playing chess can impact the body.
13 DEC 2018 by ideonexus
Shutting Down Online Comments
Popular Science Shuts Down Comments > Emphasis > A Minority of Users Account for Majority of Online CommentsOnline comment systems are hijacked by a minority of passionate individuals who tax the site and color perceptions of article content.
16 APR 2018 by ideonexus
Computers Allow Teaching Mathematics as Art or Music
Mathematics Should be Taught Like Art > Conclusion > Pianos Make Music Accessible Like Computers Make Math AccessibleComputers allow children to play with mathematics, learning through low-cost failure and experimentation. Similar to how paints and a canvas allow exploring art, or a piano allows exploring music.
Folksonomies: education mathematics
Folksonomies: education mathematics
16 APR 2018 by ideonexus
Facebook is the Gamification of Socialization
Facebook is a Game > Conclusion > Social Media Distorts Socialization Through GamificationBoth a distortion of socialization where the game is to be loved.
29 SEP 2017 by ideonexus
Reading is About Worldview, Not Memorization
We Compile What We Read in the Context of When We Read It > Emphasis > It’s Okay to “Forget” What You Read20 JUN 2017 by ideonexus
Social Media, Online Tribalism VS Localism
Participating in Social Media Surrenders One's Attention > Additional Support/Evidence > Be Part of Where You LiveFolksonomies: social media locality
Folksonomies: social media locality
02 SEP 2016 by ideonexus
Rationalia VS the Abuse of Science
Neil DeGrasse Tyson's Rationalia > Contrast > Abuse of Science in PoliticsFolksonomies: science governance
Folksonomies: science governance