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Slides from The Future of Cyberspace - Professorial Lecture, DMU, 26/4/12 #Technobiophilia

Many thanks to everyone who came to my Professorial Lecture on 26 April. We had good conversations afterwards, and there were some interesting comments on Twitter too - see #technobiophilia

I've uploaded the slides here, and audio will follow soon. I've added two more slides at the end with some links I used in the lecture plus a brief bibliography for those interested in finding out more about biophilia.

Technobiophilia: Sue Thomas, The Future of Cyberspace, Professorial Lecture, De Montfort University, 26 April 2012

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Online booking available for my rescheduled Professorial Lecture, The Future of Cyberspace, Thursday 26th April 201

My Professorial Lecture was postponed from its original date last November and will now take place at 6pm on Thursday 26 April 2012. Tea and coffee are served from 5.30pm and refreshments are provided afterwards at 7pm. I'm really looking forward to it and extend a warm welcome to all friends and colleagues. Admission is free. Registration is here. 

The Future of Cyberspace

The act of entering cyberspace was, along with the entering of outer space, one of the most profound experiences of the twentieth century. In 1969, humans landed first ‘on’ the moon (July), and then ‘in’ cyberspace (September) with the connection of the first two nodes of the internet. Today the mountains of the Moon remain neglected and unexplored, but cyberspace has evolved into a deeply familiar habitat whose geography has been shaped by those who built and used it. This lecture will explore the evolution of the landscape of cyberspace from its creation as an unpopulated wilderness through its exploration, colonisation, cultivation, settlement and growth, and offers some predictions for the future of this most exotic place.

 

Draft book jacket 'Technobiophilia: nature and cyberspace'

I'm delighted to share this first draft of the jacket for my book, scheduled for early 2013. I think it's beautiful. 

Let's make sure that 2012 is deeply intertwingled. Happy New Year!

As we go into what will probably be a difficult year across the world let's remember the immortal words of computer pioneer Ted Nelson: EVERYTHING IS DEEPLY INTERTWINGLED (Nelson, T. Computer Lib/Dream Machines, 1974). And that's not just about computers...

(slide by Mark Bernstein)

UCLA and IFTF, California, January 2012

Next month I'll be in California to do further research on my book and give two talks. The first, on 'Nature and Cyberspace', is at the Technology, Knowledge and Society Conference at UCLA 16-18th January. The second is on 'Amplification and Biophilia in a Networked World' at the Institute for the Future, Palo Alto, on 24th January. It will be a special pleasure to go back to IFTF, where I gave a talk a few years ago. I'll also be doing some research during the trip, and very much hope to visit the new Kleinrock Internet History Center at UCLA, located in the room which hosted the very first ARPANET node.