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to other sites that I have found interesting lately:
Organizations:
http://alternet.org/ -- Its
always nice to hear news that wasnt sent as a government or
corporate press release first!
http://www.prwatch.org/ --
The Center for Media and Democracy will tell you who wrote and sent
the press release and more importantly, why! Its the Matrixs
Red Pill of Media. Read it regularly and youll never look
at news the same way again. Nor should you. You cant consider
yourself an informed citizen without knowing where your information
feeds really come from.
http://www.edge.org/ -- John
Brockmans site for his stable of rock-star academics and their
writings
www.hplusart.org My
buddy Russell Rukins site, devoted to creatives interested
in the H+ future
http://www.transhumanism.org/
-- The site of the World Transhumanist Association. You may not
agree with them. But you should at least listen to what they have
to say. It may be your future.
http://www.accelerating.org/
-- The Acceleration Studies Foundation, run by another buddy, John
Smart
Authors:
http://www.theworksoftimpowers.com/
-- Tim Powers is one of the great contemporary fantasy writers.
Read The Anubis Gates and Last Call.
http://www.neilgaiman.com/
-- The Great Gaiman. To know him is to love him. Especially American
Gods.
http://www.dansimmons.com/
-- His Hyperion series is among the best SF of all time.
http://trevanian.com/ -- He
wrote one of the best espionage novels of all time with Shibumi.
May the ever elusive Trevanian rest in peace
http://techgnosis.com/ -- Culture
writer Erik Davis site. He connects the cultural dots and
spins your head around. In a good way.
Gaming:
http://www.peacemakergame.com/
-- Think youve got all the answers? You either play the Israeli
PM or the Palestinian President. And then you have to make the hard
choices
http://www.food-force.com/
-- The U.N. game that shows just how hard it is to solve global
hunger.
Blogs on Science,
Futurism, etc.:
http://www.corante.com/brainwaves/
-- Zach Lynchs thoughtful ponderings about our neurofuture.
http://foresight.org/nanodot/
-- The Original Nanotechnology Weblog from the Foresight
Institute
http://www.softmachines.org/wordpress/
-- Richard Jones nano-blog
http://nanohype.blogspot.com/
-- David Berubes (NanoHype) blog
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