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Presentation slides for VLEM2009 conference in Second Life.
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The 2-Sided Debate...
Technofascists
control the Tool
Technophobes
control the Takeover
and the operative word is?...
Immigrant Commonalities...
Both want control
Both view tech as other
Post Modern View...
Can you connect the dots using only 4 straight lines?
most of us have seen this...
Post Modern View...
Thinking outside the box is SOOo last century!
but Cyborgs can do it with only 1 line...
A Third View...
In Calculus, a straight line is a curve.
Can you break free of the old paradigm?
The Natives are Restless...
Mashup generation
Culture of uncertainty
Face unknowable future
Tradition disconnect
Boundaries irrelevant
Random preferred
Predictable is stressor
Hint: they know we don’t know.
Cyborg Learning Theory...
Posthuman
Blurred boundaries
Nomadic
Embrace ephemeral
Indefinable by nature
How to Engage a Cyborg...
Present future of fascination not fear
Flex boundaries collectively
Explore
Remove the pedestal
Visionize
Create social network