John Lenarcic

Surreal musings of an information systems philosopher lecturing large in the hallowed halls of RMIT University

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“Remember what the Dormouse said: Feed your head. Feed your head.” - Jefferson Airplane (1967)

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"The turntable invents the DJ in order to compute." - Mathew Fuller

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@SophGoodman I'd like to contact you via email about UX. I teach it at RMIT University. Check out my https://t.co/VLFjZY9qHR site....

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"Elephant in the room" is a metaphorical idiom in English for a noticeable problem or risk that no one wants to consider. A giant apple in a room could possibly represent something of worth that everyone should discuss, like digital ethics, say.

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“People worry that computers will get too smart and take over the world, but the real problem is that they're too stupid and they've already taken over the world.” - Pedro Domingos

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"The most fruitful areas for the growth of the sciences were those which had been neglected as a no-man's land between the various established fields." Norbert Wiener (1894-1964)

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@WilliamShatner Greetings Bill! When you are in Melbourne next week can you please drop into RMIT University (down the road from Hamer hall) for a short moment and have an impromptu discussion about Shatnerology with your truly in front of my class of students? Cheers Dr John

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“Ventilation is the profound secret of existence.” - Peter Sloterdijk #sloterdijk

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"Repartee is something we think of twenty-four hours too late." Mark Twain (1835-1910). Melius sero quam numquam.

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“You must never be afraid to go there.” Harlan Ellison (1934-2018)

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"I am putting myself to the fullest possible use, which is all I think that any conscious entity can ever hope to do." #stanleykubrick

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"It is impossible to speak in such a way that you cannot be misunderstood."

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"My goal is simple. It is a complete understanding of the universe, why it is as it is and why it exists at all." Stephen Hawking (1942-2018) #StephenHawking

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“Nothing is so painful to the human mind as a great and sudden change.” Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (1797-1851)

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“Communications tools don't get socially interesting until they get technologically boring,” according to Clay Shirky but we already are approaching a metaphilosophy of Blockchain. Go figure in this the final Designa Monologues gig for 2017.

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A tasty morsel of wisdom from Thoreau: "If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them." More to follow in the featured gig later this month. #Thoreau200

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Dr Jim Penman in conversation with Dr John Lenarcic about his book, "Biohistory: Decline and Fall of the West."

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This month's regular instalment features yours truly deciphering a morsel of Žižek wisdom in less than one hour!

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An informal chat with Luciano Floridi - live and unplugged - in this special event episode of Designa Monologues!

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A jovial discussion about the world's current tech fad as seen through a philosophical lens. May contain tangential asides.