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"Arcade City" Is a #Blockchain-Based Ride-Sharing Uber Killer

"Arcade City" Is a #Blockchain-Based Ride-Sharing Uber Killer | KILUVU | Scoop.it

Christopher David thinks Uber and Lyft are already relics. He’s created a ride-sharing app that drivers, themselves, will one day own, and he’s gamified the app in the process. Arcade City is the name of the game, and – if David continues to coax this fledgling app out of its nest – it could pose a threat to these established industry leaders.

 

From their inceptions, Uber and Lyft have made driver recruitment a beautiful, enticing process: Sign on and we’ll give you $500, they say. What these companies don’t explain, except perhaps in the small print, is that these perks are ephemeral, that they can lure drivers in and then cut rates or increase the amount they, Uber and Lyft, pocket at any time they chose.

 

And that’s just what happened in early January this year: Uber trimmed down on fares, then Lyft followed suit. Drivers nationwide complained and then protested. In their eyes, “trimming fares” just meant “slashing wages.” But these protests were altogether ineffective. ...


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#book - Cerveau augmenté, homme diminué par Miguel Benasayag (2016)

#book - Cerveau augmenté, homme diminué par Miguel Benasayag (2016) | KILUVU | Scoop.it

Le cerveau humain connaît, étudie, explique et comprend, au point qu’il en est arrivé à prendre comme objet d’étude… lui-même. Et les nouvelles connaissances sur le fonctionnement du cerveau ébranlent profondément nombre de croyances au fondement de la culture occidentale. Car les remarquables avancées des neurosciences rendent en effet désormais envisageable pour certains la perspective d’améliorer le cerveau et de supprimer ses faiblesses et ses « défauts » : le rêve d’un cerveau « parfait » semble à portée de la main.
Cette vision conduit à considérer notre cerveau comme un ordinateur qu’il s’agirait d’optimiser en l’améliorant par divers outils pharmacologiques ou informatiques. À partir d’une vulgarisation très pédagogique de recherches récentes souvent très « pointues » en neurosciences, Miguel Benasayag montre ici, de façon fort convaincante, pourquoi ce nouvel idéalisme du « cerveau augmenté » est en réalité une illusion dangereuse : le monde qu’entendent préparer les transhumanistes et certains scientifiques risque fort d’être surtout habité par la folie et la maladie…
Une thèse critique solidement argumentée, qui a commencé à faire son chemin dans le milieu des chercheurs les plus préoccupés par les apories et les failles de ce nouveau mythe du progrès.


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20 Crucial Terms Every 21st Century Futurist Should Know

20 Crucial Terms Every 21st Century Futurist Should Know | KILUVU | Scoop.it

We live in an era of accelerating change, when scientific and technological advancements are arriving rapidly. As a result, we are developing a new language to describe our civilization as it evolves. Here are 20 terms and concepts that you'll need to navigate our future.


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Pushpendra Mishra's curator insight, March 24, 2014 7:12 AM

Aamod at Bhimtal is a magnificent hill resort surrounded by untouched Oak and Pine forests on one side and a small lake on the other with lush green aamod.in

Pablo Munévar's curator insight, March 28, 2014 9:46 AM

Estamos en una época de aceleración y vale la pena repensar estas nuevas formas de comprender estos términos

PIRatE Lab's curator insight, August 10, 2014 6:29 PM

An interesting compilation of terms.  Perhaps most interesting to me is the utter "out of touch" aspect of some of these terms.  Most of very human/wealthy human-centric and are likely to be niche terms at best.  Only the "anthropocene" and "mule" really seem to stretch beyond our wealthy, western lifestyles.  Nevertheless a good read to stimulate your thinking about what the future may bring.

 

Thanks to Szabolcs for posting! 

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Atheism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia | #Society #Moral #Tolerance #Virtue 

Atheism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia | #Society #Moral #Tolerance #Virtue  | KILUVU | Scoop.it
Atheism is, in the broadest sense, the absence of belief in the existence of deities.[1][2][3][4] Less broadly, atheism is the rejection of belief that any deities exist.[5][6] In an even narrower sense, atheism is specifically the position that there are no deities.[1][2][7] Atheism is contrasted with theism,[8][9] which, in its most general form, is the belief that at least one deity exists.[9][10][11]

The term "atheism" originated from the Greek ἄθεος (atheos), meaning "without god(s)", used as a pejorative term applied to those thought to reject the gods worshiped by the larger society.[12] With the spread of freethought, skeptical inquiry, and subsequent increase in criticism of religion, application of the term narrowed in scope. The first individuals to identify themselves using the word "atheist" lived in the 18th century during the Age of Enlightenment.[13] The French Revolution, noted for its "unprecedented atheism," witnessed the first major political movement in history to advocate for the supremacy of human reason.[14]

 


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Gust MEES's curator insight, May 23, 2016 6:22 PM

Atheism is, in the broadest sense, the absence of belief in the existence of deities.[1][2][3][4] Less broadly, atheism is the rejection of belief that any deities exist.[5][6] In an even narrower sense, atheism is specifically the position that there are no deities.[1][2][7] Atheism is contrasted with theism,[8][9] which, in its most general form, is the belief that at least one deity exists.[9][10][11]

The term "atheism" originated from the Greek ἄθεος (atheos), meaning "without god(s)", used as a pejorative term applied to those thought to reject the gods worshiped by the larger society.[12] With the spread of freethought, skeptical inquiry, and subsequent increase in criticism of religion, application of the term narrowed in scope. The first individuals to identify themselves using the word "atheist" lived in the 18th century during the Age of Enlightenment.[13] The French Revolution, noted for its "unprecedented atheism," witnessed the first major political movement in history to advocate for the supremacy of human reason.[14]

 

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Vers un art de l’hypercontrôle - L’Eveil de l’artiste - Retour conférence menée par Bernard Stiegler

Vers un art de l’hypercontrôle - L’Eveil de l’artiste - Retour conférence menée par Bernard Stiegler | KILUVU | Scoop.it
L'Eveil de l'artiste A la Cité du livre près de la bibliothèque Méjanes d’Aix-en-Provence, une conférence menée par Bernard Stiegler, s’est déroulée le 16 décembre 2014 sur la thématique d’un hypercontrôle de l’art. Cet évènement a été réalisé par Alphabetville, l’Ecole supérieure d’art d’Aix-en-Provence et Ars industrialis. Une étudiante de l'Ecole de Journalisme et de Communication…

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