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Beagle: On the future of species The voyage of the HMS Beagle has been described as the most important journey ever made. During his travels, Charles Darwin gathered information and knowledge that would drastically change the way we look at the world. With his book “On the Origin of Species” (1859) Darwin would be the [...]

When an autist sees a sign where is written ‘ don’t step on the grass’ he or she wold understand it as ‘ do not step in all grass in the whole world at all times’. That is because they understand the message literally. We, “normal” people, would interpret the message and understand that as [...]

Everyone should have the right to disconnect. Seamless connectivity and rich social experience offered by web2.0 companies are the very antithesis of human freedom. Users are entrapped in a high resolution panoptic prison without walls, accessible from anywhere in the world. Everyone should have the right to quit her 2.0-ified life. Facebook and Co. are [...]

“We’re letting you see absolutely everything for free. So there! But we want something in return. None of your driveling, mindless comments. Instead, we want you to click on the links, buy our movies & TV shows and soften our pain and disgust at being ripped off all these years.”

(english underneath) Durou dois anos e o ‘ Livro em Rede’ http://networkedbook.org/ está aí, aberto a comentários, revisões e traduções. O público pode tambem submeter um capítulo, que, depois de consideração, pode ser adicionado ao livro. “Networked” , o ‘livro em rede’, parte do princípio de que a história e a crítica de arte interativa [...]