Three years ago one of my favorite online organizations gave their annual Ted Prize to Karen Armstrong. The Ted Prize includes granting a wish, and Ms. Armstrong’s wish was to transform the world around a “Charter for Compassion”. The charter celebrates the “Golden Rule,” variations of which are at the heart of the ethics of [...]
Kevin Warwick, professor of cybernetics at the University of Reading underwent neuro-surgery that attached an electrode array to his nervous system in his left arm, effectively becoming the first human cyborg. With his new ability, one of the experiments Warwick conducted was to connect his nervous system to the internet in the United States and, [...]
