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  Joy Bringer : Visionary Creator & Artivist

Joy of Best Ideas for 2007

Joy Bringer said Dec 10, 2007, 11:54 PM:
 


Kurzweilainet When I need a dose of grounded in technology & science optimism & futuristic ideas I… dive into KurzweilAI.net & his amazing & inspiring newsletter of ideas, breakthroughs & innovations of all kinds. The focus is usually on daily happenings & developments of Artificial intelligence (AI) & GNR – that's genetics, nanotech, robotics, but there is so much more on the horizon & it is exciting.

So it was another of the endless interlinks in our collaborative mesh networks that resulted in finding the news and the Wired article about Kurzweil's new movie “The Singularity” in Albert's blog. 
Ray Kurzweil has plenty of titles already: inventor, author, futurist, techno-optimist, artificial intelligence expert. Now he's adding a Hollywood gloss to that list by writing, directing, producing and acting in his first feature film. He's adapting his latest book to make a movie titled The Singularity Is Near: A True Story About The Future, to be realeased in 2008.


BestIdea



On a similar wave/energy length, NY Times just announced 2007 Best Ideas & now we have plenty to explore, ponder & even laugh about as we share those. Any Idea WHY? :)
 
The Times' 70 best ideas of 2007 include Wireless Energy, Wave Energy, Crowdware, Wikiscanning, and The Best Way to Deflect an Asteroid. For better or worse, these are 70 of the ideas that helped make 2007 what it was. Enjoy.

Airborne Wind Turbines
Alzheimer’s Telephone Screening
Ambiguity Promotes Liking
Appendix Rationale, The
Best Way to Deflect an Asteroid, The
Biodegradable Coffins
Biofuel Race, The
Braille Tattoo, The
Cardboard Bridge, The
‘Cat Lady’ Conundrum, The
Climate Conflicts
Community Urinalysis
Craigslist Vengeance
Criminal Recycling
Crowdware
Culinary Orientalism
Death of Checkers, The
Digital Search Parties
Edible Cocktail, The
Electric Hockey Skate, The
Faces Decide Elections
Fake Tilt-Shift Photography
Fish-Flavored Fish
God Effect, The
Handshake Sex Appeal
Height Tax, The
Honeycomb Vase, The
Hope Can Be Worse Than Hopelessness
Iconic-Performance-Network Player, The
Indie-Rock Musicals
Interstellar Ramadan
Jogging Politique
Knot Physics
Lap-Dance Science
Left-Hand-Turn Elimination
Lightning Farms
Lite-Brite Fashion
Marijuana Mansions
Mindful Exercise
Minimal Chair, The
Mob Jurisprudence
Murphy Balcony, The
Neurorealism
Next Violin, The
Office-Chair Exercise (for Men and Women)
Pixelated Stained Glass
Pop Fecundity
Posthumous E-Mail
Postnuptial Agreements
Prison Poker
Quitting Can Be Good for You
Radiohead Payment Model, The
Right to Medical Self-Defense, The
Rock-Paper-Scissors Is Universal
Second-World Solidarity
Self-Righting Object, The
Smog-Eating Cement
Starch Made Us Human
Suing God
Telltale Food Wrapping
24/7 Alibi, The
Two-Birds-With-One-Stone Resistance
Unadapted Theatrical Adaptation, The
Vegansexuality
Wave Energy
Weapon-Proof School Gear
Wikiscanning
Wireless Energy
Youtube (Accidental) Audition, The
Zygotic Social Networking

If you find YOUR idea  missing and/or deserving enough to be part of the list - teleport it to me & if you find ANY of the above too wonderful or hilarious - the comments section is ALL yours & it happens still to work amid all the z tech baths & spas… :)
  Joy Bringer : Visionary Creator & Artivist

Re: Joy of Best Ideas for 2007 & BugMeNot

Joy Bringer said Dec 11, 2007, 7:31 AM:
 

If you don't like to be forced to register in order to read an article like the ones on the NYTimes list, you may use a site who's motto is BugMeNot - bypass compulsory registation…

I just registered the username: bestidea & password: bestidea for that purpose. (NY Times magazine  only)
So enjoy & share the BEST ideas as you do,
D a r i n a :)

bugmenot.com
  Joy Bringer : Visionary Creator & Artivist

Re: Joy of BIG Questions for 2008

Joy Bringer said Dec 30, 2007, 5:45 AM:
 

Unaskedtruth

Aaahhhh THE Question.

We keep asking, looking for answers, then searching again & trying to answer esp. the unanswerable. Questioning has become a BIG thing & deservedly so.

So WHERE do YOU go for Questions? WE Know WHERE the Answers are… :)


Here are some of the BIG Questions & Sites to consider while WE keep asking…

Davos Question 2008 (Thanks Albert) “What one thing do you think that countries, companies or individuals must do to make the world a better place in 2008?”

Edge's Ongoing Annual Big 2008 question - to be announced on New Year's Eve at the World Question Center site & the amazing List of their 10 last Annual Big Questions which I have compiled for you:

2007. “WHAT ARE YOU OPTIMISTIC ABOUT?”
2006. “WHAT IS YOUR DANGEROUS IDEA?”
2005. “WHAT DO YOU BELIEVE IS TRUE EVEN THOUGH YOU CANNOT PROVE IT?”
2004. “WHAT'S YOUR LAW?”
2003. “WHAT ARE THE PRESSING SCIENTIFIC ISSUES FOR THE NATION AND THE WORLD, AND WHAT IS YOUR ADVICE ON HOW I CAN BEGIN TO DEAL WITH THEM?”
2002. “WHAT'S YOUR QUESTION?”
2001. “WHAT NOW?”“WHAT QUESTIONS HAVE DISAPPEARED?”
2000. “WHAT IS TODAY'S MOST IMPORTANT UNREPORTED STORY?”
1999. “WHAT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT INVENTION IN THE PAST TWO THOUSAND YEARS?” … AND “WHY?”
1998. “WHAT QUESTIONS ARE YOU ASKING YOURSELF?”


Dropping Knowledge initiative and web site - challenges you to see yourself and the world anew by inspiring social transformation through innovative projects and multimedia. Current Hot Questions - the speed of life & change, what makes life ugly, idealist vs. realist, global warm/ning,…

Zaadz's own QaR Questions & Reflections is a very popular space thanks to Siona : Synchronicity Coordinator Siona's great questions (283 very meaningful ones as of today) & OUR great answers…If you have not tried answering yet, never too late…The Question of the day - Where do you feel you most belong?

Synchronistically Brian (Joyful Johnson :) sent out HIS Primary Question today:
“How can I let God flow thru me?”

MY BIG Question IS: WHAT is THE Question WE have Not asked Yet?

What IS YOUR BIG Question? You can even donate it here.
  Ian Gardner : Mystic*

Re: Joy of BIG Questions for 2008

Ian Gardner said Dec 30, 2007, 10:46 PM:
 

With reference to the question, as follows, raised in this post.
Q. How can I let God flow through me?
My A. You cannot, for the simple reason that you  are God so it is only a matter of acting accordingly. Tough call no doubt, but that is what we are hear to learn and we will return and return until we master the challenge and eliminate the Soul.