Fluidity is a central characteristic of this species.
For the person, time and space define reality. Reality for the avatar however, is purely of the mind, emotion, and imagination; each fueled by invisible threads made of electronic impulses moving across networks.
A single avatar takes many forms. It is the individual profile a person creates [...]

I believe the avatar is the nexus. While most are focused on the platform or the technology or the tool of social media or virtual environments, the avatar is the only true constant. Platforms, tools and technologies come and go. Avatars are Liquid Beings that move among them and who reside in [...]

She showed us how the artifacts from one world ported over to another through recreation of the old world in the new, transforming both the place and the narrative of the new, joined community. Her experiences highlight how a true community, once created, does not die easily – indeed another world often becomes the [...]

A meme (pronounced /miːm or mɛm/) consists of any unit of cultural information, such as a practice or idea, that gets transmitted verbally or by repeated action from one mind to another. Examples include thoughts, ideas, theories, practices, habits, songs, dances and moods and terms such as race, culture, and ethnicity. Memes propagate themselves and [...]

A leading fear for those of us looking at the longer-term implications of molecular manufacturing is the technology’s capacity to give small groups — or even individuals — enormous destructive capacity. This isn’t unique to advanced nanotechnology; similar worries swirl around all manner of catalytic technologies. In fact, some analysts consider this a problem we [...]

«Jetzt können die Menschen das Leiden der Flüchtlinge an einigen der unzugänglichsten Orten der Welt sehen und dabei erfahren, was das UNHCR für diese Flüchtlinge tut», sagte Johnstone am Dienstag bei der Lancierung einer neuen Dienstleistung, die Google in der Schweiz registrierten gemeinnützigen Organisationen kostenlos anbietet.
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Für Naam hat der Mensch im 21. Jahrhundert nicht nur das Recht, sondern die Pflicht, sich mit Hilfe von Biotechnologie und Minichips intelligenter, schöner, schneller und stärker zu machen. «Die Gesellschaft sollte die Erkundung neuer Technologien nicht verbieten, sondern sich darauf konzentrieren, die Mächte, die unseren Geist und unserem Körper verändern können, so vielen Menschen [...]

A few years from now we’ll use our mobile devices to help us remember details of people we know, but not well. And it will help us meet new people for dating, business and friendship. Imagine walking into a meeting, classroom, party, bar, subway station, airplane, etc. and seeing profile information about other people in [...]