When Yoav Medan’s mother Judith passed away in June, the Israel-based medical technology executive couldn’t decide what he wanted to write on her tombstone. After deliberating with his family, Medan decided to turn to technology for the answer and attach a QR code to the grave in Haifa, Israel.
- full article at: Mashable / Reblogged from BMD Loveblog, Paul Kawai
![“We are both parent and child of technology – that’s the paradox we have to fight with for ever.”
“Humans are the sexual organs for technology right now. We could say that there would be no humans without monkeys, but now that there are humans, we don’t need the monkeys. […] Technology came through us. Termites build their mudtowers. They have an extended body like beavers building dams. That’s what technology is. We see other evidence of the technological force wanting to come through in the animal kingdom. My argument is that technology is not a human thing – it’s something self organising that runs through life itself.”
- Kevin Kelly.
Hear full interview by Henrik Føhns, DR P1 radio, with Kelly here, and see his TEDxAmsterdam talk here.](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lc7d4oVLYN1qao2wqo1_500.jpg)
“We are both parent and child of technology – that’s the paradox we have to fight with for ever.”
“Humans are the sexual organs for technology right now. We could say that there would be no humans without monkeys, but now that there are humans, we don’t need the monkeys. […] Technology came through us. Termites build their mudtowers. They have an extended body like beavers building dams. That’s what technology is. We see other evidence of the technological force wanting to come through in the animal kingdom. My argument is that technology is not a human thing – it’s something self organising that runs through life itself.”
- Kevin Kelly.
Hear full interview by Henrik Føhns, DR P1 radio, with Kelly here, and see his TEDxAmsterdam talk here.
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“Is there a way to visualize people’s innermost thoughts? Google Suggest lets you see what others are asking when they search the web. From the existential to the mundane, the questions form a portrait of human curiosity”
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