All the teaching of all the schools since time began has not settled whether society shall be governed by the power of the brute, or the wisdom of the sage.
Through the series “Decoding Humanity, MIT ORSEL explores the intersections of technology and spirituality.
These are all specialties of MIT's Office of Religious, Spiritual and Ethical Life (ORSEL).
The soul of AI. A discussion.
Philosophy and meaning, the principles and definitions of sentience and consciousness; the intersections of technology and spirituality.
It isn’t flashy. It’s not showy. It’s far too meaningful for that..
3/3 and material assistance which no man could have dreamed would have come his way. I have learned a deep respect for one of Goethe's couplets:
Whatever you can do or dream you can, begin it.
Boldness has genius, power and magic in it. Begin it now.
1/3 Until one is committed, there is hesitancy, the chance to draw back, always ineffectiveness. Concerning all acts of initiative and creation, there is one elementary truth the ignorance of which kills countless ideas and splendid plans:
William Hutchison Murray
2/3 that the moment one definitely commits oneself, then providence moves too.
All sorts of things occur to help one that would never otherwise have occurred. A whole stream of events issues from the decision, raising in one's favour all manner of unforeseen incidents, meetings
How does @VodafoneUK ‘s mobile capacity planning in Kensington actually work if there is literally zero data access all day, every day. (Months!) after 10pm and before 830am. No problem. Thank goodness I always have dual network suppliers.
Newry Mourne & Down has planted the inaugural Global Trust Project !
The first satellite team on the planet galvanised this weekend at a residential at the foot of the Mourne Mountains.
A legacy Blueprint #PeaceIV project @SEUPB@nmdcouncil
https://t.co/3ccDRrEI9D
#Trust#sdgs
Carrier pigeons and smoke signals it is then. Amazing what is going on behind the scenes for infrastructure projects these days. Feel your pain @PeteThomond - hope all is well.
Theory is beautiful. But it is not enough. Until the theory lives in your breakfast, in your walk, in your spine, in your kiss, in your memories, in your laugh and your tears -it will remain disintegrated. This is why we do warm data: its more than a lovely intellectual exercise.
18 misconceptions about the state of the world (as captured in the Sustainable Development Goals) revealed by the Ignorance Project from Gapminder (@OlaRosling & Anna Rosling Ronnlund @AnnaGapminder).
#WarmData
A brief piece on Warm Data.
"The way that sense is made is not explicit. The way that sensemaking is often communicated is. This may very well prove to be the most significant obstacle in the current explosion of sensemaking attempts."
https://t.co/VDcVKiteTj