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"Hack: Illegal Downloading" JJJ-FM, Australia
October 2006

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This broadcast of JJJ's daily "Hack" programme concerns illegal downloading of music and TV shows. I'm the guest, in the studio, during the broadcast. (I worked with the show's produced to line up stories for the show's pre-recorded segments.)
"You-biquity" Web Directions South , Sydney,
September 2006

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Here's where I tie it all together: human social networks, digital social networks, mobile phones and advances in interfaces which are about to create a revolution in social behavior. This keynote is among my best, ever.
"Hyperdistribution" Sydney Film Festival,
June 2006

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This short, direct talk to filmmakers attending the Sydney International Film Festival lays out the basic ideas behind "hyperdistribution", or audience -driven distribution of films and television programmes. The economics of production and distribution of media have changed radically - can filmmakers adapt to the new rules?
"Hyperintelligence" Viaggio Telecom, Pisa
May 2006

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This talk is an encapsulation of my ideas about the growth of "connective intelligence", as can be seen in Wikipedia. It goes on to explore how new forms of human social organization can be predicted from what we can already see happening around us.
"The Swarm" University of Melbourne
March 2006

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This lecture is an articulation of my ideas about the emergence of "hyperintelligence", as can be seen in the growth of Wikipedia.
"Libraries in the Age of Infinite Media" AFTRS, North Ryde NSW,
February 2006

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This lecture/conversation with the librarians of the Australian Federal institutions touches on how, when absolutely everything is available, does anyone find anything useful? Librarians are becoming the essential knowledge navigators of the 21st-century, and the discussion following my talk highlights their evolving and important role.
"The Kids are Alright" Kincoppal-Rose Bay School, Sydney,
February 2006

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It's always a delight to speak with educators. Here I spoke to about 100 teachers from one of Sydney's finest private schools about the implications of Wikipedia, mobiles and podcasting on the way children learn in the 21st century.
"When the Going Gets Weird" DIGIMART, Montreal,
September 2005

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This keynote presentation for DIGIMART was designed to shock & inform producers of digital films into a new sense of the empowerment of the audience in the age of pervasive networking. It's funny, and I hope, insighful.
"The Human Use of Human Networks" ISOC-AU, Sydney,
April 2005

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This keynote presentation for ISOC-AU is an exploration of human social networks, digital social networks, and mobile networks, against the background of pervasive internet access, courtesy of GPRS cellular services.
"Design in the Age of Active Materials" RMIT, Melbourne,
November 2003

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I always enjoy talking to design students - as I did in this invited guest lecture at the Lab3000 program at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology. I talked about advances in design, wrought by nanotechnology, leading to an age of "active" materials.
"Terror and Transhumanism" Stanford, May 2003

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This lecture for a Stanford course on "Quantum Theology", is loosely based on the themes explored in Paul Berman's Terror and Liberalism. In it, I offer a critique of transhumanism, extropianism, and the "singularity".
"Memes to an End" Berkeley, May 2003

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This lecture, delivered at the MINDSTATES 2003 conference, concerns the evolving nature of language, the "meme" theory of the transmission of ideas, and the ever-increasing advances in technology.
ABC Radio Interview Sydney, Australia
June 2003

Transcribed Interview
This interview, conducted by John Barron of the Australian Broadcasting Service, covered my own thoughts about the state of interactive media, and its future. My interview begins about 6 minutes into the program.

Coast to Coast AM
with Art Bell

Part One
Part Two
Part Three
Part Four
Part Five
Part Six
Part Seven
Part Eight

April 2001

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Art Bell's Coast to Coast AM is an infamous and hugely popular radio program for the insomniacs and third-shift workers in the USA. Art Bell explores every conspiracy theory, alien abductions, but also covers emerging scientific discoveries for his millions of listeners.


Evidentially Art Bell had not heard much about nanotechnology, or the dangers it presented to humanity - so he kept me going for 4 hours!

The inteview is divided into 25 minute segments.

 

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