Nebula #24
Hey,
In his Whiskey’n’Weed interview (which you should listen to, by the way), Elon Musk said something that struck me:
“A company is essentially a cybernetic collective made of people and machines.”
It’s a very particular way to look at the world. Of course it’s possible that we’re already merging with the machine. Of course we might already be cyborgs. We might just not be conscious of it. One question is of importance: By merging with the machine and creating a cybernetic collective, what happens to our individuality?
- 🔑 A very well designed article by ABC News on China’s Social Scoring.
- 🔑 Apple gives people ‘trust scores’ based on their iPhone data.
- 🔑 People working on Brain-Computer Interfaces are now able to make one person controls a drone swarm.
- ℹ️ A good twitter thread on why cryptocurrencies might face the same fate as RSS if the base UX is not dramatically improved. The concept might stay, but might be successful in a different way.
- 👩🎨 A VR adaptation of Dragon Ball Z? Yes please!
- 🍴 I’m quite fond of Mezcal, and this article explains very well how it is done: Oaxaca’s Potent Secret, Mezcal Is Born of Time, Tradition and a Slow-Growing Plant.
Cheers,
Marc
Image Credit: The Blue Horsehead Nebula in Infrared by WISE, IRSA, NASA; Processing & Copyright : Francesco Antonucci