teme play

1. Irene Pepperberg says understanding the brain will enable us to identify ________ more readily.

2. The most powerful brain-altering technology is _______, says Alison Gopnik.

3. Kevin Slavin claims the difference between genuine memory and digital storage is that _______ is imperfect, and disappears over time.

4. (T/F) Susan Blackmore says technological memes, or "temes," are our newest and best tools for manipulating the environment.

5.Useful information grows at a _______ (linear, exponential) rate, and Charles Seife foresees a "Borgesian nightmare" of more than we can use or process, unless we can achieve wisdom about ___...

6. Physicist Kenneth Ford says this is the era of "if it is technically feasible _______________." (it will happen, it's too expensive, we can choose)

7. Just as we expect most public spaces to be free of nudity, sex, profanity, and toxic smoke, Sam Harris predicts we'll come to expect public  _______.

8. (T/F) Freeman Dyson says radiotelepathy will necessarily enhance mutual understanding and peaceful cooperation, and make us better stewards of the planet.

9. New, distributed, and pervasive artificial intelligence will get smarter each time someone _____________, writes Kevin Kelly.

10. More 'aggregation of individual preferences" will result, says Gloria Orrigi, in a softer and more civilized Web controlled by ____________. (precise formulas, human experiences, universal history)