April 2018
@pruijter I think it might be time to catch up!
So I'm reading Homo Deus, and OMG, I want to smack some sense into Yuval Harari. So I'm only on page 54, but I already have some strong opinions and I'm wondering how much I can stomach his worldview. (Not an Aprils Fools thread.)
One, it seems the author has wholeheartedly drunk the Ray Kurzweil kool-aid. I just can not begin to describe how narrow and short-sighted this kool-aid makes you. It is a technology focused vision and lacks a contextual understanding beyond the tech-human vision.
He focuses on the success we have had surmounting war, famine, plague. And yes, we have come a long way. I'm not sure how he extrapolates the next three focuses of the human species to immortality, happiness, and becoming gods.
I will say, this book is excellent as a single data point for a single perspective for someone's vision of the future. A good futurist will read this book as a data input.
That vision of the future feels very male centric. It's hard to describe how I describe it male centric. It's the way the individual vision is put forth as fact (a history of tomorrow, is not far from a prediction).
And you know how I feel about people who make predictions. From page 55: "Any worthwhile prediction must take into account...." honestly, it doesn't matter what follows ... because there is NO WORTHWHILE PREDICTION.
I also think there are major mistakes in the extrapolations he's made regarding suicide data. He uses suicide numbers to show we're more likely to die of killing ourselves than someone else killing us (war). And yes, on the surface, that is makes sense.
But something feels very off. It is missing the context around the result. For example, why does someone in a developing nation kill themself vs someone in the United States or Belgium? This is a more interesting answer (IMHO). Which inevitable opens a lot more questions...
about the state of modern humanity and nation states. Like, for example, he extrapolates that any famines today are the result of politics. I could make the same argument for suicide.
Yes, I just made a radical statement that suicide can be solved through political means in the same way that famine can be solved through political means. (This had never occurred to me, but now that it has, I agree w/ my statement.)
Now, since I'm just in the introduction of this 400+ page tome, I was trying to hold my breath. It's great he got so much data to back up his extrapolations. (Another male thing.) But his extrapolations are the result of his worldview. And it's clear to me, I do not share it.
Another point on the style... it is written with such certainty (another male thing) but everything in the book (that I've read so far) is a house of cards. Yes, the research & possibilites are real. But doing something in a lab vs the messy, raw, human world is a LOT different.
The book seems to be based on ideas that are just beyond theoretical. But they are stated with much more certainty. It's based on the understanding when Harari wrote the book... which I am going to guess based on the publication date was before/around 2015.
The world is a very different place in 2018. I mean, look at the difference between US cultural expression in 2015 and 2018...
The same data extrapolations in 2015 can put forth a very different world when extrapolated from 2018. It's certainly a history of tomorrow from the perspective of 2015. How different can it be from jetsons retro futures from the 50s????
And this makes my job so much harder - as an actual trained futurist.
Now, I don't disagree with everything he writes, but already, just 50 pages in, I will read something I agree with (maybe I have even written similar) and then two paragraphs later my heart will sink, because of his conclusion. Which feels so off.
Seriously, reading this book breaks my heart. The data is there, but the extrapolations are biased and limited and put forth with certainty. But I guess that's what an author does. S/he puts a stake in the ground & writes from that view. That sells. (It did. Capitalism for you.)
Harari reaps the kudos for his views today, but will he take responsibility for where he gets it wrong in the future? Will he even be around to do so? Will anyone be able to trace it back to his ideas? Likely no.
In the end, how much does it matter. "There are more things in heaven and earth, than are dreamt of in your philosophy." & "Ours is not to wonder why, ours is but to do or die." My nihilist/taoist/existentialist/sarcastic self-soothing.
I know why the universe exists. Why you and I exist. And how to solve all the world's problems. These are not hyperbole. I actually do know this information. But knowing it, doesn't change anything, much like enlightenment.
@AtulAcharya Is it worth continuing to read? I mean, I also already read his conclusion (first thing I do).
@AtulAcharya Guess that's why this is a best-seller.
@AtulAcharya Have you read Theodore Modis? He has some good stuff... was written mostly in 80s and 90s.
@AtulAcharya Exponential extrapolations have their place. As do wildcards which can explode exponential predictions. A good researcher will utilized all the data points s/he can and rely on no single method.
@AtulAcharya I was briefly into some Singularity stuff... in fact, it got me started down the path of legit futuring.
@AtulAcharya I remember loving reading Conquering Uncertainty. Partly because I caught the tail end of this kind of stuff when I worked at startups in the 90s. Lifecycle stuff. Reading that, gave me the idea (his?) to combine S and Bell curves in a single analysis.
@AtulAcharya The S and Bell curves show different aspects of the same technology adoption. It blew my mind at the time. I'd love to mash that up with K-waves and signal processing algos.
@AtulAcharya Only if you want. Not required reading!
ROTFL. Wouldn't listen to "mom" anyway. https://twitter.com/wheatpond/status/980214010141429761
It's been never since I found someone who can anonymously co-drive like me. Mr guy in the white honda with the Supreme sticker, that was some deep satisfaction. Hope to meet you further down the road. Xoxo
Sapiosexual is when you're turned on by someone's brain. What is it called when you're turned by someone's drivig style?
@Acuity_Design @incognitosum Oooh, I love Damasio. Is this a book or article? Where might I be able to find it?
See you there! https://twitter.com/nobantu/status/981002631895121920
@Acuity_Design @incognitosum Thanks so much for the tip! So should I bother to keep reading Homo Deus, so far, I am not a fan.
Love being with my Identity community. See you all week. #iiw https://twitter.com/xmlgrrl/status/981210155734876160
Heidi @nobantu begins to explain agenda creation openspace style. #iiw
imageRT @windley: Opening at #IIW. Big crowd this year. Over 240 people. Looking forward to ask the sessions that will be proposed. https://t…
I had my twice yearly donut!! https://twitter.com/windley/status/981177516248346625
RT @AdamMGunther: Love these guiding principals for a great (un)conference #iiw
imageHeya @dgwbirch why are you missing #iiw?!!?!!!?!?!
OH: I'm partially confused and partially opinionated. (So perfect!!!) #iiw is the best
#iiw starting with a bang on ledger identity models... what a delicious rabbit hole!!!!
imageRT @windley: This session is an excellent example of the very best of #iiw because it uses discussion to drive design decisions. This is wo…
Is it the end of the day at #iiw already? Whew...
I try to live my whole life like an unconference... https://twitter.com/hackylawyER/status/981254690007584774
Love this pic of the community! #iiw https://twitter.com/windley/status/981241860399054848
We'll do it again tomorrow! https://twitter.com/SarahKSquire/status/981230870253187072
My session at #iiw today: An analysis of Self-Soverign Identity using appreciative inquiry. @… https://www.instagram.com/p/BhJ6XEKlkwS/
Day 2 of #iiw kicking off. So many fantastic sessions today.
@RandallGrahm Congrats on another turn around the sun. And thank you for making some very delicious wine in your time. Here's to many more years and bottles....
Starting out with zero knowledge proofs. #iiw https://www.instagram.com/p/BhJ-UyvFcOv/
Up next is DKMS: hot off the press. #iiw #firstlook #blockchain4identity #publictechimvestment @… https://www.instagram.com/p/BhKEGJLFT_y/
I'm never going to stop thinking about social key recovery systems as the Dark Crystal shard mending.
Zero knowledge proofs are off the hook here at this #iiw. #weaksignals
Today I used the phrase, "she's gaslighting men" for the first time ever. Felt weird to use that phrase that way, but it was accurate.
RT @NurtureGirl: Loving my time at #IIW and seeing @heathervescent and @IdentityWoman and lots of friends. #identity #personaldata
RT @windley: Kazue Sako reprises her popular Zero Knowledge Proofs with high school math session at #iiw
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Shades of dark and light. @ Half Moon Bay, California https://www.instagram.com/p/BhM-cQwlbu-/
My traveling paintings. Thanks lizwatson_hair for so so much. @ San Francisco, California https://www.instagram.com/p/BhNPyT2FSRs/
Tires kissing a road I haven't visited on 4 wheels for decades. But I'll never forget the curve I almost bit it.
Desert creature encounters rain and the results of a fecud environment. https://www.instagram.com/p/BhNkldvlExB/
The pleasure of solitude, after the pleasure of company. I inhale, I exhale, I can be myself again. #introvert
Super bummed I totally missed the earthquake in LA, even on Twitter in real-time... :-(
Why yes, I am a wine snob. I also have the best friends. @ Healdsburg, California https://www.instagram.com/p/BhN1SN3Fmun/
I still smile, even though the dead drop is over, when I get that craigslist alert. It's always going to be my secret.
Even if it breaks your heart. https://www.instagram.com/p/BhO4NzOFgq7/
I'm considering writing a guide to entering a new community - because I saw some pretty awful behavior by two individuals at #iiw. If one hopes to engage a community, you might not want to alienate them first. #protip
@raytemtp @nselby Thanks for your kind woulds. Would you consider writing an Amazon review?
Desert creature wakes up to the sound of rain all night, mist in the redwoods, graduations of green across the landscape. My heart is raw, I lay with the feeling of its longings wrapped in grief, finding solace in the moment. The golden rays are hidden by these heavy clouds.
@raytemtp @nselby What was most interesting/helpful/surprising/fun? Also, wanna send a picture of you reading it?
@raytemtp @nselby Thanks so much!
MUST READ ARTICLE. Your emotional expression expresses your political beliefs --> 4 studies triangulate on: People can, with greater-than-chance accuracy, figure out whether you’re liberal or conservative just by looking at your face.” https://www.futurity.org/liberals-conservatives-facial-expressions-1723472-2/
Critical. https://twitter.com/marasawr/status/982301874857693185
Rainy day + toast + avocado. Avocado is so bittersweet for me these days. It was something that… https://www.instagram.com/p/BhPZaKPBjwY/
Fantastic advice. This was one of the best #iiw's in recent memory. https://twitter.com/nobantu/status/982321404807823362
Finished call w/ @bobblakley co-author on the #futureofsecurity paper. We are on FIRE! 10 new paradigms, 11 scenarios & 2 force multipliers. This is my best foresight work yet. So excited to get feedback from the #infosec community.
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RT @changeist: Making/coding/fabbing a thing is not 'designing the future,' it’s making a thing that gets dropped into a future already in…
Soooo, I'm writing this fictionay thing with another writer and it's awesome. As we were working today, I realized for the second time in our time writing together that what I wrote actually happened to me. At least they were fun things.... so yeah... life of a futurist writer.
Last night. @ Healdsburg, California https://www.instagram.com/p/BhRqUp-hvAd/
Missing this guy today (everyday). Here he is doing his classic sleeping on whatever is on the… https://www.instagram.com/p/BhSLZ0oBL3N/
Current status: bliss and emptiness. https://www.instagram.com/p/BhUOLdPBC8O/
My favorite Bay Area bridge. https://www.instagram.com/p/BhU4EaMhRjL/
Golden hour in the central valley. No luck finding a driving companion to defrag the 5. Off I go into the golden light and back to my beloved Mojave lair.
Blackness of the Mojave night. I follow the signs to Las Vegas. I've been thinking about Defcon and Black Hat a lot. The past. The future. I smile.
Yeah, it's true. My dome house is the best. I've missed you dark skies, fresh air, and the sound bouncing around the space. Ahhhhh.
New addition thanks to the amazing Ghostwheel. Omg this is like a dream come true. Now just need… https://www.instagram.com/p/BhVtfPYBh_J/
Morning in the dome, Orb playing, coffee. Why do I ever leave this place?
When I tell people I live in a dome, they are always almost intrigued. Some think it's like a Burning Man dome... just the geodesic grid.
So I try to explain to them, it's really like a house, but round, not square.
Then there is the question of rooms... Which is a valid question. I mean, how can one have "rooms" in a dome. And admittedly straight walls are not a basic feature.
But the guy who built my dome in the 80s, was a genius. He "dormered" parts of the dome for the kitchen and bathroom that keeps the general dome-esque shape, but gives plenty of room in the kitchen and bathrooms.
And yeah, I have two legit, fully encased bedrooms, then there is the loft, which is open.
There are a bunch of domes down here in the Mojave desert by Joshua Tree National Park. I know of at least half a dozen. Bonita domes is interesting in that is was constructed of packed earth.
But mine is a more traditional house. From the outside it doesn't look big. But it's a tardis. You come inside and it is expansive. It protects from the environment - the hot sun, the relentless wind, the desert nights.
And I've filled it with all the things I love. It's always a work in progress. Comfortable, expansive, delightful surprises where you might look.
It's an expression of my identity for others to experience. For me to return to and refresh myself.
Leaving it, to return, makes me feel so grateful to have this evolving, growing Oasis in the Mojave. But that is what I do/am. So it's a perfect reflection. Good morning world!
Side trend for #futureofmen https://twitter.com/markmobility/status/982986024061194240
@dgwbirch It's a much better color now Dave. Give me a sec and I'll show you real-time. WHEN ARE YOU COMING TO VISIT?1?1
@dgwbirch Isn't this color better? Like living in a rock pile!
image image image imageReally bummed to miss this, but found out about it too late... Have a great event. https://twitter.com/NewAmCyber/status/983327587966574593
Theme today is go big or go home. Wait, I'm already home. Guess I'm only going big at home. lol
Kicking some ass today on my inherited heirloom mirrored desk. #grannypunk https://www.instagram.com/p/BhXOmy3BHHS/
What I am doing today --> "Do not add decorative section breaks or ascii tomfoolery to the application." #cryptic
If you only knew how much composing I do in a text file. Once, an x boyfriend wrote me a custom "app" so I could manage all my text files. I would have kept using it if I hadn't migrated to a mac. That's some geek love.
@Livable79 Are you sure you are not me in some alternate universe??
@Livable79
image@GordonBrianR Yes. Love it.
It's the time in the writing of a new character I spend time on baby names sites. Take that one surveillance marketers. #dazzledata
Taking a break, watching the hummingbirds, the jack rabbit and inspecting all the new buds the past 2 weeks. Lush. Well.... compared to the rest of the desert.
@GordonBrianR Yes, I use scrivner for my gtd method/goal setting. I either compose writing in textpad, word, or gdocs... depending on the output formatting and collaboration.
@MarisFreeborn . They were baby blue with ribbons of translucent pearl filled with rock doves and hummingbirds.
@evanpro What is that? It's purple so of course I like it.
Blast from the past. This morning I dug out my baton from when I was 13. There are some things… https://www.instagram.com/p/BhZOUxrBBw3/
LOOOOVE this mashup. Reminds me of all my favorite things in my life at the time. My life. My dreams. Reflecting, we're living in the dystopian present we dreamed in the past. That time had such sparkle to the current dun. https://youtu.be/PCsMnF34wns
My notes from "An Analysis of Self-Sovereign Identity using Appreciative Inquiry" my session at #iiw are up (& raw): https://www.slideshare.net/heathervescent/selfsovereign-identity-an-analysis-using-appreciative-inquiry
Just got around to reading this **phenomenal** piece on self sovereign identity by @IdentityWoman. Must read if you are into identity & implications. https://www.coindesk.com/theres-alternative-facebook-called-self-sovereign-identity/
Picked up this conehead this afternoon. His name is Frankie. I'm gonna try being his foster mom.… https://www.instagram.com/p/BhaBKkvh2rI/
Cone free and there go my deadlines. #bostonterrier #bostonbuddies https://www.instagram.com/p/BhaLD7-BbnD/
ROTFL my deadline are bust. This is Frankie. We are getting to know each other. I'm trying not… https://www.instagram.com/p/BhaNRYYhiHG/
RT @christlet: Now this is good
imageToday I picked up a cute little Boston Terrier as my first chance at being a foster dog mom. The little guy's name is Frankie, and he's a cute little brindled 7-8 year old. He's crashed out on the carpet, snoring like dogs do.
It's great to have another creature around and someone that needs care taking. He's so cute and sweet and I could tell from the picture the rescue organization sent me he just needed a little love. And I guess I could use some love too. So we're helping each other out.
But I have so many emotions. It's like tears of joy, and the release of grief at the same time. Rain in the desert. Momentary relief. It's like my heart is shedding its skin. And it feels great and hurts like a mofo at the same time.
@BradenMack On my instagram... videos too!!
@fatemehx2 Thank you. You are so wise in so many things my friend. Miss you.
@beingunbeatable Viv - check out my instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/heathervescent/
[Archive Blogging] Emotional Aikido... a good concept to revisit. http://www.heathervescent.com/deep/2017/08/emotional-aikido.html
Frankie napping. Silly guy sleeping with his head off the bed. Is this a Boston thing? Cause Mr.… https://www.instagram.com/p/Bhb9-WvBwaK/
If I play the music louder, I can drown out my emotions, right????
Love this poem. https://twitter.com/KamalaHarris/status/984197904888934401
In an instant the dust storm hit and the view across the basin was obscured in cream-sand. Maybe I was playing too much Moroccan music this morning...
In other news, I really want to take a rain vacation. I mean, I love the desert an all, but I miss water. I want to spend the summer near water... either some ocean or where it rains a lot. Where is that?
I'm kinda thinking maybe big island of Hawaii (Hilo side) or does it rain during the summer in the Pac Northwest? Or maybe central coast of California. Ideas???
So much dust storm. Considering getting out my Jellabiya from decades ago and just walking around in it, because I don't have my camel yet. The Beats Antique isn't helping with this theme at all. #mojaveliving #desert #duststorm
Hard to sneak up on this guy cause he's not deaf. I'm learning how attuned/programmed I was with… https://www.instagram.com/p/BhexG86hxJ1/
RT @ShitcoinSherpa: Best scam I've ever seen: 1. Guy posts his MEW private key in a chat. 2. $5k worth of Minerium in it, no ETH for gas.…
Today, looking for a citation for my own foresight transmedia narrative method in this academic paper I'm writing... I find it in 2 books. I guess that is something to be proud of right?
@nicoleradziwill Yeah, but I should really write a methodology paper on it to get full cred, hmm... :-/
This dog, it's going to make someone really happy. He is AMAZING! TIL, he is also into avocado. Be still my heart. If I was only ready to commit again sweet thing. We'll enjoy our short time together before you go to your furever home. #dogfostermom #bostonbuddies #bostonterrier
Blooming and budding in the desert. https://www.instagram.com/p/Bhfb2HmhgAV/
Booted this up tonight. #supermariobros https://www.instagram.com/p/Bhf2T_4B1nn/
Tonight has been pinball and nintendo in the dome... cause I hit my deadline and Im living my childhood dream.
New (old) addition. Haven't played in a couple years... since the x with the duck hunt t-shirt,… https://www.instagram.com/p/Bhf5u1vB7uI/
@KarunaSessions Ohhh, the tropics. I was thinking of keeping my base in the states... so was thinking Hawaii or Cali or NorWest Coast... but if I had my dream come true, I'd go back to Brazil. Tem muito saudade.
Morning sundog. . . . . #bostonterrier #bostonbuddies #fosterdogmom https://www.instagram.com/p/Bhg7mH6hZCQ/
@TheMadPrepper I'm trying to let this guy know everything is fine, he's safe, loved, and life is gonna get a lot better from here on out. It's an honor to be part of his transition to his furever home.
@TheMadPrepper He had a growth on his paw, which was removed before I got him. We're waiting to get all the vet details before listing him on the rescue site. He's gonna be a great dog for someone who wants a lot of love.
@TheMadPrepper Well, for the most part. Paid work also helps. :-)
@TheMadPrepper @BostonBelle4 You considering getting a Boston? They are great companion dogs IMHO. I know a really great one coming up for adoption. ;-)
I hate to admit it, but I've writing to lots of pop and dance/electronica music this week. I hate admitting I listen to pop music released after 1996. #guiltypleasure
Oh hai up ridiculously early again... #desertliving
@BostonBelle4 @TheMadPrepper Look at those cuties (and troublemakers too right?!)
@BostonBelle4 @TheMadPrepper Frankie's not released into the adoptable realm just yet. Just waiting to get the final sign off from the vet (expected Monday). He'll be here: http://www.bostonbuddies.org/ (I'm fostering through this org - where I got my dog that recently passed away.) He's in SoCal. *waves*
@BostonBelle4 @TheMadPrepper Also here on FB: https://www.facebook.com/BostonBuddiesInc/
Fine-tune writing, which means, please send me any little distraction...
@ShibumiKiDo It's the same in this life as beyond, we just have so many trappings here. Imagine the you that lives outside of time. I admit, I get the theory easily, the picture is more sublime, due to swimming in the waters of time. YMMV.
@ShibumiKiDo I think meditation tries to tap into the same "feeling." But being present in the moment, and seeing the snapshot outside of time are not the same thing. Or idk, maybe they are. It's something I actively practice.
@ShibumiKiDo In meditation, at least for me, there are these things that come and go. Delicious rollercoasters. Sometimes I ride them, sometimes I don't. But outside of time, I wouldn't expect those same rollercoasters. Because those things can only live inside time.
@ShibumiKiDo So what is the you outside of time? And how much of ideas (me as separate entity) is the same in and outside of time? IDK. Hard to see outside of the water, when you only exist inside of water for what you are perceiving.
@ShibumiKiDo I had a glimpse about this from the phrase, "You only tell one story ever in life." E.g. Stalker and Solaris are the same story by Tarkovsky. So what is Tarkovsky outside of time? OK, yeah, that is simplistic, but maybe you can see what I am saying. :-)
Dub and Middle Eastern music mashed? Oh yeah...
@Livable79 @SQUAREPUSHER Meow Wolf + https://youtu.be/VOaZbaPzdsk
Kinda different vibe, but you might like it @Livable79 https://youtu.be/pwvflO3QKrI
This is great! https://youtu.be/JaQj9V9hKRg
@Livable79 Yeah, that's right! #lyricsgame (Yes, of course I love this one).
@Livable79 Absolutely! This is my GOLD STANDARD: https://youtu.be/UBS4Gi1y_nc?t=4m3s
@Livable79 Of course!!!! One of my favorites. I think it's safe to say we agree on music! :-)
TFW you reference Jay-Z in your academic security paper.
@jerickso oooh, that is a good one!
Woke up with this earworm... https://youtu.be/PCsMnF34wns
GenX be like, where are my stompy boots: https://youtu.be/Z0GFRcFm-aY
Fell into the saturday morning music mashup retrospective hole. The best mashups in the world are from San Francisco circa 2002-5. https://youtu.be/wvwzDogVBf8
Used to drive down Hollywood Blvd in my convertible blasting this entire album. https://www.discogs.com/Various-The-Best-Mashups-In-The-World-Ever-Are-From-San-Francisco/release/2961971 I miss those times under the Vanilla Sky.
This was my theme song for years. Halllooooo... https://youtu.be/TXcYRPGJShQ
So ephemeral. http://www.partyben.com/PartyBen-Newdonna.mp3
DJ John was my fav mashup artist. (If you remember, this was back when GYBO was still around, I think maybe GYBO2 or 3. It kept getting shut down.) Anyway, love this one so much: https://vimeo.com/24565335 Everybody KISSSSS Now!
Country + Rap = Bliss. Another favorite. How can you not feel good listening to this one? Give me the open road, a car from the 70s, some tunes, friends and a dog. https://youtu.be/lgOGFIuCm6Q
Funk it up. How can you not dance when this comes on? Shake it... https://youtu.be/Lpfa9-i8xus
Aside: I think I need to have an old school circa 2004 mashup dance party in a remote GPS location in the Mojave...
Still get chills listening to this one: https://youtu.be/G7U5jpHWzeE Just perfect, bliss in the SoCal balmy air...
Another one for the dance floor. https://youtu.be/XmEnM9kEWZo How's your footwork?
Prodigy + Enya = sail away on the dance floor... so much floooowwwwww https://youtu.be/ViugiVIyhOY
SOLID: https://youtu.be/aOdnq8PdbAs
Close out this thread (cause I could go on and on) with this fav mix Depeche + The Cure. Have an awesome day! https://youtu.be/I16ZTqlI-CM
PS. I made a YT playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL70GoloiatNstKpOIGYKmMbEpflm6Hozu
Yo @Cruftbox look what I came across from what may have been our first email convo: http://www.djriko.com/dls2/DJ%20Riko%20-%20Is%20it%20in%20You.mp3 #Gatoradeisitinyou?
And oh noes, I feel back in the Mashup Hole. This one is SO! GOOD! https://youtu.be/yv3IlQ7W8IY
Can't stop, won't stop: https://youtu.be/59plwA5oC_s #milkshakebringsalltheghoststotheyard
Just sent a fresh #futureofsecurity research update to those on this list, & shared 1 scenario (Cold war 2.0) and two new paradigms. Sign up to get the info directly. All meat, no snake oil. https://app.convertkit.com/landing_pages/325779/#infosec #cybersecurity #future
@roseveleth I do this all the time with my phone. If you don't want to transcribe it yourself, throw it to a mechanical turk or http://rev.com. Bonus points for music in the background. (I always get ideas while driving.)
@pascalbouvier Um, we are already way into WW3 my friend. Like part 1 is already over and we are at least in the second chapter. #infowar
@roseveleth Yup, just voice recording. No need for rocket science app overthinking it here.
@roseveleth PS. I have a lot of new #futureofsecurity stuff going on if you wanna cover any aspects of that.
@roseveleth Batch throw em up on a dropbox folder when you are wifi connected and you're gold.
@roseveleth Yup. You can create a dropbox folder Data-Audionotes and just dump everythign in there. No need for titles, just kinda remember which dates you were thinking about things. I gave up in everynote and pretty much only use notes, textpad and scrivner.
@pascalbouvier Music lifts the soul. I listen to a lot of it. <3
Eric Carter is my favorite guilty pleasure fictional character imaginary boyfriend. Read the series. It rocks. (I hear I may also cameo as an anthropomorphic force of nature.) https://twitter.com/sblackmoore/status/985224196698419205
Paw in hand. . . . . #frankie #bostonbuddies #bostonterrier https://www.instagram.com/p/Bhj8h9khwT2/
Hammock weather with bonus actual lap dog. . . . . .#bostonterrier #bostonbuddies #fosterdogmom https://www.instagram.com/p/BhkJYgThLlZ/
@ShibumiKiDo Hmmm... maybe I should legit read up about it, I come at it from the perspective of a scientist who studies the medium of time and us beings who inhabit this habitat. #blissandemptiness
@ShibumiKiDo I've just been giving up getting ground under my feet... where does that "go"?
@pascalbouvier Would you like some assistance re-calibrating your scenarios/trend extrapolation within that context?
@pascalbouvier No, I meant suggestions regarding your trend extrapolations for 2018 (haven't read your post yet..... responding to your comment about ultimate risk...)
@Khanoisseur Wait, did Books, Inc move? When I drove by the old location in Mountain View it was shuttered? :-(
Frankie says hello! https://www.instagram.com/p/BhmIJTUhbL0/
Woke up like this. No filter. No makeup. Working on my skin probs that the desert exacerbates.… https://www.instagram.com/p/BhmJAdWhvOy/
My futurist litmus test: you know what CLA means.
@AlexRoy144 LOL @AlexRoy144 . I fail the test in the automotive industry.
@dougv heh. More like cull loathsome amateurs...
@AlexRoy144 Actually it might be fun to apply CLA to automotive futures... when are we gonna collaborate beyond that podcast ages ago?
Nation state powers continue to erode #weaksignal #corporatenation #futureoflawenforcement #decentralizedgovernment #virtualnation https://news.starbucks.com/views/starbucks-ceo-reprehensible-outcome-in-philadelphia-incident
Shout out to my dear friend @biosopher Keynoting at https://data.sphere.it/ tomorrow on the Present/future vision of data+AI. My friends are the best smartypants. Kick some ass!
Look who I ran into in Jtree!! #youmayalreadybeamember @ La Matadora Gallery https://www.instagram.com/p/BhmMSoxB8_v/
This is so beautiful, a foggy wood and a magical discovery. Thank you. ht @sserb https://twitter.com/gawanmac/status/984865835566141440
Safe and loved. We're doing some serious magic for each other. #fosterdogmom #bostonbuddies… https://www.instagram.com/p/BhmOQlNhuAe/
@Thogek Hmmm indeed. ;-)
Mojave Adventures. . . . . . #mojave #goffs @ Goffs, California https://www.instagram.com/p/Bhm7IOhBTl-/
Starting the stamp mill. This was so cool. . . . . . #mojave #goffs #stampmill #mining #adventures https://www.instagram.com/p/Bhm7mkRBN9B/
Getting my kicks on route 66. . . . . #mojave #mojaveadventures #route66 https://www.instagram.com/p/Bhm74zuhGqD/
Adventures with Mojave desert nining equipment. I love these rusted relics from the past. @… https://www.instagram.com/p/Bhm8WeABkrB/
My desert that I love. . . . . #mojave #mojaveadventures https://www.instagram.com/p/BhnBoXOhMde/
The Boulevard of Dream, Lanfair (rd). Heart of the Mojave. @ Mojave National Preserve https://www.instagram.com/p/BhnYDiDhxTn/
Feeling so good about my truck. Love this beast. Hey, sometimes money does buy you happiness. https://www.instagram.com/p/BhnYXq3BXOS/
Reading the story of the two dogs outside Amboy. Still so mysterious.… https://www.instagram.com/p/BhnYklrBWjD/
Came home to the sphinx moths impersonating hummingbirds in the dusky light. #lifeinthemojave
Would go great with my pi blanket. https://twitter.com/dwizzzleMSFT/status/984999368297082882
Since all bets are off in our current reality, I present Ozzy Osbourne as Earth Wind and Fire. Prepare to FUNK! https://youtu.be/FuOuUixdSvY
RT @anildash: (As an interesting exercise, read the tech & trade press writing about the company today, and see if any of them mention that…
ICYM I shared an update on my #futureofsecurity research this weekend: the paper abstract, 1 scenario (Cold War 2.0) & 2 new paradigms (the full 26 scenarios/paradigms are in the paper). Get it by signing up for my non-spammy email list: https://app.convertkit.com/landing_pages/325779?v=7
Same song, different time. Bliss and emptiness. Equanimity practice. https://youtu.be/htobTBlCvUU, https://youtu.be/0YuSg4mts9E
@PJManney No way you are over 50.
RT @TheLoganTrent:
imageLooking for old files, come across so many failed projects, and then there was that one time someone impersonated Banksy to get me to work with them. Life is so weird.
RT @internetofshit: EXCITING NEWS The US government (@USCPSC) is holding a hearing on the challenges the Internet of Things present to soc…
40 mph winds in the Mojave tonight... Glad I have a little dog and lots of reading material.
Super snuggling on a windy night. . . . . #bostonterrier #bostonbuddies #frankie @ Dome Sweet Dome https://www.instagram.com/p/BhqK8ophi-w/
Srsly, this getting up at 6am stuff has *got* to stop. This goes against my identity of myself. I am not the kind of person who gets up willingly w/out an alarm at 6 freaking am. I need to install my room darkening shades and return to my vampiric gothy self.
Also, this little wiggly guy likes to get up that early too... so maybe I can blame him for making me get out of bed... but how can I resist the cute wiggle and happy smile? Plus we've gotta refresh his training, cause being in the shelter solitary confinement is so traumatic.
RT @Spacekatgal: The time is long past to impeach @realDonaldTrump. I am committed to voting to remove from office on DAY ONE. I can win m…
Who am I / To make a judgement of / Your life I'm only Passing by / Passing by #lyricsgame
Do you remember when Peter Thiel said this in the NY Times? Talk about a DR-AMA QUEEN! --> “There’s a point where no corruption can be a bad thing. It can mean that things are too boring.”
Love this thread. Amazing story @PJManney https://twitter.com/PJManney/status/986347562851385345
Love all of Scott's books. Download it for free today... https://twitter.com/berkun/status/986137438623076354
RT @OURSAConference: 🚨We have a new link for the #OURSA livestream! Please share! Agenda & Speaker Lineup: http://oursa.org/agenda/ Lives…
RT @LindseySanford: Advice from panel on secure practicies: 1) Password Manager 2) Unique Passwords 3) Lying to the security questions 4)…
This is Frankie. He's an amazing dog. He's looking for his furever home. #bostonbuddies… https://www.instagram.com/p/BhsWx6BhU8N/
What you aren't seeing is all the writing I'm doing... what is freaky is when something I've written about actually happens... which happens more than I ever considered, so I have to be careful about writing...
Jeeze Frankie, laying it on thick here. No wonder it's hard to get things done. Ps. Frankie is… https://www.instagram.com/p/Bht0i3MBoBw/
Just shocking results /s https://www.futurity.org/belief-superiority-overestimating-knowledge-1734482/
@munin The Marine base near me has the only Starbucks in town. But it's near impossible to get a decent cup of coffee (unless I make it) until you get to Palm Springs... #justsayin
@munin LOL. Yes. The stumps. I do love it when the boys do bombing practice. I would never admit I troll their instagrams. And I make a good cup of coffee.
@munin Yeah, it's a hot inhospitable place. That's why I like it. ;-) #hermit #misanthropist
My first roadrunner sighting!! https://www.instagram.com/p/BhuCEPFhULs/
@ricetopher Wow! That is cool!
THIS is how you do "wearables." Great job! (One of the ideas I have never publicly spoken about, cause I have ideas.) https://twitter.com/samantha_gold/status/986075067204407296
Sometimes I spend time thinking/reading/writing, then there are the times me and the truck go out to the cabin in Wonder Valley and haul trash to the dump. There is a satisfaction in physical labor under a broad sky.
I have 5 meetings on my calendar over the next 10 days... The amount of open space on the grid is just ..... unnerving. Maybe I should go a-traveling... I miss water.
@hautepop Why the ROI on monetizing for individuals is not worth it. That was a great piece by the way.
RT @NurtureGirl: @holochain on upgrading our tools for democracy through infrastructure and reputation. https://medium.com/holochain/tackling-corruption-and-enabling-self-regulating-systems-5d143ecb9862 #holochats…
Nice piece @chaykak but maybe you can do a bit more research & dig into other innovators of "design futures" instead of focus on the male & corporate behemoths (needed to include me, @Superflux at a minimum). While you have great stuff, it reads like a marketing/PR puff piece. https://twitter.com/chaykak/status/986609702762176512
Maybe consider doing a follow-up piece that includes a more diverse examples.
@chaykak @Superflux I'm one of the innovators of design futures, yes and my work has been covered in industry pieces on the topic. And yes, if you had done more research you may have decided to include me & my work.
@chaykak @Superflux I realize you have a challenge in learning about the space as you're writing/researching the piece. Most of the innovators of this kind of thing are not the big names, yet the big names get the press/attention when they apply it because they are big names.
@chaykak @Superflux That's interesting. Maybe you can do a follow-up that provides a counter-point to that male, corporate view.
@chaykak @Superflux You can take it as that, but as someone who has innovated the space, it's frustrating to see others being covered - there are obvious biases in what is covered. My work is covered plenty of places.
@chaykak @Superflux The thing here is, when you cover with your perspective, so focused on a corporate view, you validate that view. You reinforce it. You are contributing to the "success to the successful archetype: http://www.systems-thinking.org/theWay/sss/ss.htm
@chaykak @Superflux So when I come across something that is in my wheelhouse, and fails to mention me/my work, others who I think do it well, is it not my duty to comment? To help enlighten? To broaden your knowledge?
@chaykak @Superflux Look, it's your piece. You did a good job, but you can do better. You left some people out that are important and innovators in the space. I'm communicating that information to you. Use it as you will. Or not. You're not the first writing about this space, nor the last.
@chaykak @Superflux "Any news is good news." Critique gives energy to the paradigm it is critiquing. It's like training a dog and using positive reinforcement. Do you yell at the dog for being bad, or do you reward for the behavior you want. Might find it interesting to check out that archetype.
@chaykak @Superflux I actually started with a compliment on the piece, but maybe you missed that. Then, I said you could do more research & be more inclusive. I'm attempting to help you be better at your job.
@chaykak @Superflux For example, here is a piece that covers the design futures and gives several excellent examples. You should have ideally read this in research for that piece. http://noahraford.com/?p=1625
@johnrobb Exactly my comment. A positive unintended consequence of the military.
Today the wide vistas of Mojave sky are obscured by the white filter of dust. I read about Jedidah Smith (impressed!!) and learn the first name of the Colorado River (the Grand). The wind is relentless.
I thought I loved the wind, I really did, but OMG days of constant 20-30 mph plus bonus gusts up to 60 mph. I'm honestly surprised these little leaves and blossoms are still attached to their plant-mothers. But even the petals on the pear blossoms remain. #lifeinthemojave
You guys, This is Frankie! He's a sweet little Boston Terrier wigglebutt. I'm his foster mom. He's looking for his furever home. Is that you? https://www.facebook.com/BostonBuddiesInc/posts/1804697149586772 #bostonterrier #rescuedogs #bostonbuddies
@nobantu I am so jealous of your lilacs. Those are my favorites, but I haven't lived in a climate that supports them for decades... My apricots are just sprouting leaves, but the pear blossoms are in full bloom. Pear Blossom in the Mojave. :-)
I have a seriously hard time understanding people who want to live forever or like 150 years. What, so you can not be present or conscious for another N years? Death as a constraint to live within, and to be conscious of, is so much more powerful.
Woke up from a nap to this. It's not called domestic bliss for nothing. I have been eating… https://www.instagram.com/p/BhzzdSZBJZX/
The dream. The temptation. Don't worry little guy, Heather makes all your dreams come true. https://www.instagram.com/p/Bhzz3t4Bivc/
Great thread. https://twitter.com/fatemehx2/status/987438106864336896
Fio maravilha, Faz mais um pra gente ver. #lyricsgame
No #lyricsgame when playing Mouse on Mars and Plone, For Beginner Piano. But the synapses in my brain are happy.
So ethereal. https://youtu.be/KcLPoB6NG5o
Watching the 4 rabbits in my front yard with Frankie...we're both silent. I teach him hand signals. We watch the rabbits frolic, chase each other, & attempt to eat my caged roses. #lifeinthemojave
The Now-Here. Mojave sunset bliss. https://www.instagram.com/p/Bh2yuaIhGZ7/
Sphinx month on Ocotillo bloom. https://www.instagram.com/p/Bh2y3ZDhmT-/
Seriously, you never know what someone is going through. They may look like it's all made externally, they may help you out of a jam, they may appreciate & emotionally support you. DO NOT TAKE THIS FOR GRANTED. Tell the people that you care about, you care about them.
Many people have these dark moments. They rarely reach out to people. Many might be shocked to see the black heart and souls many of us live with. It is hard. Sometimes the blackness wins.
Sometimes, it's a small gesture. The appreciation to an artist or creative person trying their damnest to make a living, to express their god given talents, in this fucked up economic system that gives us the will to keep getting up in the morning.
I believe there are political and economic solutions to suicide. We need to value more than short-term economic profits. To value human creativity, expression, and a stable, fear-reducing life. Right, life, liberty, the pursuit of happiness.
We shouldn't have to constantly bootstrap ourselves, or rely on a few (burned out) close friends. We live in the 21st century, our systems could provide the support wr need to feel safe and loved. They don't.
We have a long way to go. Which means, we each have to play a part in each others lives. You... reading this right now. Go tell that person you love/appreciate/other positive feeling, that feeling.
Life is short and we all die; and life is long and has many twists and turns. Xo.
I love living on a part of the earth that regularly kills people. Reminds me to be alive, to be respectful, to plan, know my limits, and go out and have a lot of fun. #mojavedesert #earthday #live2die #wildhumanity
90 degrees in the Mojave. This is my cooling beverage: zinfindel, homebrew kombucha, orange la… https://www.instagram.com/p/Bh5CSHCBh2O/
The fruit trees are blooming: pear, apricot, peach, plum, nectarine, grapefruit. My oasis in… https://www.instagram.com/p/Bh5C5k9BJ3w/
Black and white. Shadows and light. Wind in the pines. Soft calls of desert quail. A chirp… https://www.instagram.com/p/Bh5HFHjBcAB/
Three hummingbirds in flight. . . . . #zen #hummingbird #mojave #domesweetdome https://www.instagram.com/p/Bh5JLj0BpGX/
Hummingbird fight. Ok, not really a fight. They're really hilarious. . . . . #hummingbird… https://www.instagram.com/p/Bh5JS3RBhqC/
Feel like maybe there was just an earthquake. And now the coyotes howl. Hmmm.
Yup. It was a baby 3.9 in the low desert. Felt as a jolt at the dome. Strange feeling of the shifting one way, then the other.
@ShibumiKiDo Memes to enlightenment!
Another phenomenal piece by Rebecca Solnit --> "Some people are being left behind, not because the future is intolerant of them but because they are intolerant of this future." https://lithub.com/rebecca-solnit-the-myth-of-real-america-just-wont-go-away/
Solnit's work on communities during disaster times (A Paradise Build in Hell) significantly influenced my thinking when I researched #futureofmoney #futureoftransactions. It drove much of my community approach in my early #fintech involvement when I worked at SWIFT.
It was the antidote to my friends (and my own) concerns about the impending apocalypse. I stopped worrying about the next earthquake, disaster or some possible negative future. I stopped worrying and learned to love the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine.
What a grand opportunity we are living through? A revealing of the swirling cocktail of feelings, perceptions, fractured views of this reality we co-habitate.
You can't stop time. You can't stop the collapse of possible futures into a singular present. Why wait till that wave crashes on the shore, sweeping you off your feet? Come into the water and meet it, ride it to shore with me. You will get wet.
90+ degrees in the Mojave. Poor little Frankie is crashed out, but I'm like nbd putting on the dance music for writing motivation, waiting for sunset. #desertcreature #swampcooler #edm
I think it's pretty obvious if you've met me IRL. #MyHandleExplained #deadnamesclub #effervescent #dust #foam #sparklingwater
Brainstorming new sekret identities: lacroix, jarrito, schweppe (pronounced shwepp-ai), mineralie, perryai (never pelligrino - it's not carbonated enough). hmmmmm...
Sunset o'clock in the Mojave. Should be a good one. Wispy clouds to bounce the setting sunlight.
Typical now-here sunset. https://www.instagram.com/p/Bh78BdNBQGS/
I will never tell anyone my first handle on that one bbs back in the early 90s... it still makes me laugh.
Fostermom's conf call is sooooo snoretastic. #standards #w3c #dogsofstandards… https://www.instagram.com/p/Bh9bqW5BSnk/
Check out this sleeping snoopy pose... #bostonterrier #bostonbuddies https://www.instagram.com/p/Bh9dF1rBJCj/
I fell down a Minor Threat hole and it's so damn nostalgic. https://youtu.be/boRw7_ORR_Q
Just waiting.... https://youtu.be/cMOAXm94VWo
Don't wanna know... https://youtu.be/gEVi0IxC0yM
California.... https://youtu.be/eIqESwzCGg4
@MadelineAshby Happy belated birthday fantastic futurist writer friend.
Sure doesn't feel like 94 in the shade. #lifeinthemojave
Crap, I fell down a Duran Duran music hole... https://youtu.be/oDnNF5cHCdo
Dreamers of sleepers and white treason We dream of rain and the history of the gun There's a lighthouse in the middle of Prussia A white house in a red square #lyricsgame
Did I just hear the Orb sampling Pink Floyd????!!!?!?!?!
@dmiller23 I think it's freaking genius, but I had never heard this remix before. Wish they had sampled more. Little Fluffy Clouds on the Dark Side of the Moon please.
@dmiller23 https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/the-bbc-sessions-1989-2001/295994043 !!!!!!
@dmiller23 Ohhh, new Orb album this summer too. (that was the first place I found the album)
@dmiller23 No I haven't. I'll have to check them out. Orb is one of my all time go-to favs. Love the bouncing ball bass on Toxygene. Love playing that when I'm driving with the car screeching noises. lol.
@dmiller23 They were playing in LA at the Music Box a few years ago & I just happened to drive by. I did a cop u-turn to stop to ask if it was sold out. Unbelievably it was not. That show was transcendent! Bass goes so deep into my soul, while beats lift my heart outta this world. <3
@dmiller23 I like to listen to Little Fluffy Clouds back to back with A Beautiful Day (without a cloud).
@dmiller23 *listening*
Music soothes my soul. Especially in the warming morning desert air.
@dmiller23 I love the sample at the beginning for sure! It's a bit fast on the beats and breaks for 8am. :-)
@dmiller23 Yeah, it will be great for afternoon, saving for later. Thanks for the tip!
@dmiller23 See you in ultraworld.
Yaaasssss!!!!!! https://twitter.com/konichiwakitty/status/989254829636771840
WHAT?! We had a celebrity DJ and didn't even know it? Sneaky you! https://twitter.com/IdentityWoman/status/989564660142653440
YES --> "Dine on the banquet of his own consequences." - prosecutor Stewart Ryan #billcosby
@chaosprime fluidity. love it!
@diskgrinder You have such skill!
3pm is palleta o clock in the mojave.
RT @_danilo: There is an enormous sea change underway in how we live and love. It’s gonna be a big deal. It already is. Believe the women w…
@bobblakley Paleta, not paella. (Actually I misspelled it, it's paletas aka juice/fruit/ice cream bars.)
@bobblakley No worries my friend!
Sunset kiss. https://www.instagram.com/p/BiDtZMtBovj/
I've been playing with fire by walking barefoot outside. Stepping on cholla is no joke! (Thanks wind!)
Trust that the universe will wake you up with a dog biscuit and it will. #fosterdogmom
This is a great set of guidelines for *any* pitch. Very thorough. https://twitter.com/WarOnTheRocks/status/989715855603785730
@dominicsayers Yes!! It was so out of place I couldn't figure out/remember which riff. Despite those 4 notes etched in my soul. Hi!
Sleeping on a barrel cactus. . . . . #lizard #mojave #desert https://www.instagram.com/p/BiFnR6-B3Ea/
Cactus bloom. . . . . #cactus #bloom #mojave #frontyard https://www.instagram.com/p/BiGFLBMBmiJ/
Dog training this little guy. . . . . #dogtraining #fosterdogmom #bostonbuddies #bostonterrier https://www.instagram.com/p/BiGFTu3h4Yf/
On the agile board for the weekend. https://www.instagram.com/p/BiGYfdDhsiM/
In lieu of old head shots, I present my beauty pagent/baton trophies, that I leave as an ironic, cynical, genX ROTFL in my guest room.
29 Palms Farmers Market haul. @ Twentynine Palms, California https://www.instagram.com/p/BiHtdV6BS0J/
End of an era. https://twitter.com/burningman/status/990315575233601536
I love my new boots. https://www.instagram.com/p/BiI3xYABoQa/
Found the desert wildflowers in "my backyard." @ Joshua Tree National Park https://www.instagram.com/p/BiKkjZBhvUM/
Flowers in bloom in the National Park. @ Joshua Tree National Park https://www.instagram.com/p/BiKlAiLBlax/
My favorite kind of road. @ Joshua Tree National Park https://www.instagram.com/p/BiKlFHnBIwd/
Too much drama? Try out my Calm and Drama Free lifestyle. https://app.convertkit.com/landing_pages/319178?v=7 https://twitter.com/MadelineAshby/status/990718472299667456
Some jerk wild furball started eating the bark from my mesquite tree, demolished one of my uncaged Mexican Bird of Paradises & uprooted & chomped a very nasty beavertail adjacent prickle cacti. Where is my bb gun? I'm hunting rabbits.
Watching the boys do night maneuvers on the far range under a full moon.
@JoeAndrieu Thanks for the tip.
That distant rumble, even though it's made for war, still sooths me to sleep... like the rumble of thunder before rain... but here that rumble is a longing.
@ShibumiKiDo Attached to a timeline.
Current status: wrinkled toes. Water in the desert. https://www.instagram.com/p/BiNM0zCBIkD/
