Jun 012011
 

Pleistocene…    Holocene…
The Anthropocene.  We, as a species, are now beginning to change the earth.  No other species (probably) in the planet’s 4.5 billion years has ever consciously been aware of doing so.  This is the forefront, we’re flying blind, supercharged with cutting edge technological evolution.  For good or bad, we humans – we’re in charge now.  And our technology is everything.

[VIA THE ECONOMIST]

THIS STUFF IS RELATED:
Cybernetic Animals? Other than Humans? YES!
Human Super-Brain: Our Earliest Species-Level Technology?
THE BEGINNING IS NEAR: HUMAN+ Self-Augmentation Realities and Concepts
Robo-Pants! ReWalk’s Wearable Robot
[UPDATE] Watson Wins. Give it eyes… Give it a body… How long