Alan N. Shapiro, Technologist and Futurist

Blog and text archive about media theory, science fiction theory, future design, social choreography, Computer Science 2.0, new media art, robots and androids, Star Trek, The Prisoner, Jean Baudrillard, Albert Camus, Michel Foucault, and Marshall McLuhan

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Improving the Information Society Through Awareness of Languages

September 29th, 2011 in Category: Information Society, Language

This is about half of a paper that I presented at the ISEA2011 festival of new media, electronic and digital arts in Istanbul, Turkey on September 21, 2011.
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What is the Meaning of Life?

September 29th, 2011 in Category: Albert Camus, Paul Goodman

On September 13, 2011, I gave a speech called "What is the Meaning of Life?" at the Plektrum Festival for Electronic Culture in Tallinn, Estonia.