Alan N. Shapiro, Hypermodernism, Hyperreality, Posthumanism

Blog and project archive about media theory, science fiction theory, and creative coding

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Sketches of the Car of the Future, by Nick Pugh

May 26th, 2010 in the categories: Car of the Future, Future Design

Visualisations by the virtuoso concept artist-designer Nick Pugh.
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The Car of the Future is a Virtual Reality Game Platform

May 26th, 2010 in the categories: Car of the Future, Future Design, Paul Virilio

In our concept of the Car of the Future, people will use their cars a good deal of the time for activities that take place in a virtual reality environment, and less for the physical activity of getting from point A to point B. This will have the direct outcome that less petroleum will be used, and less pollution will be given off.
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The Car of the Future is a Shapeshifter, by Nick Pugh

May 26th, 2010 in the categories: Car of the Future, Future Design

As population continues to increase and our cities become ever more dense the need will arise to develop new technologies that actively compact and minimize the products we use, especially the automobile.
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A Critique of the Idea of Neutral Language, by Marc Silver

May 26th, 2010 in the categories: Chaim Perelman, Jacques Derrida, Jacques Lacan, Language, Ludwig Wittgenstein, Sigmund Freud, Wikipedia

There has been intense scrutiny brought to bear upon the ways in which various disciplines deploy rhetorical devices to “argue their case,” as well as to consolidate their identities and maintain them intact. Marc Silver builds his argument upon such topical foundations, but also shifts the ground in new and original ways.