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Exploring Social VR
Aug 09, 2019
Fill in the Blanks
Jun 26, 2019
The Fleet / Car and Rider
Jun 18, 2019
The Caregiver / The Artificial Caregiver
Jun 13, 2019
The Ruse / The Roshki Ruse
Jun 11, 2019
The Pass / I Shouldn't Have Done It
Jun 03, 2019
Scenes From 2027
May 31, 2019
A Wearable MRI Machine
May 30, 2019
Don't Fear The Black Box
May 21, 2019
Make It Just So
May 16, 2019
Kill Decision
May 07, 2019
Billions and Billions Transacted
Apr 30, 2019
Wetware-Hardware Hybrids
Apr 22, 2019
Homegrown Governance
Apr 17, 2019
Future-proof your strategies: Partner with IFTF
Apr 15, 2019
Simulacra and Simulations
Apr 11, 2019
Designing an Ethical Operating System
Apr 05, 2019
Equitable Futures Week Has No Boundaries
Apr 04, 2019
Digital Twins
Apr 03, 2019
Equitable Futures Week in New Mexico & Atlanta, GA
Mar 28, 2019
Cutting the Akashic Records
Mar 27, 2019
What Lies Beyond the Virtual Assistant
Mar 21, 2019
What Does Your Spoon Stand For?
Mar 12, 2019
The Ethical OS
Mar 12, 2019
Your New Telepresence Superpowers
Mar 08, 2019
Universal Basic Assets
Mar 04, 2019
Post Money
Feb 27, 2019
Embodied Learning
Feb 22, 2019
Teaching Robots How to Work Together
Feb 13, 2019
The Rise of Computational Propaganda
Feb 08, 2019
Who's in Control?
Jan 31, 2019
Rewriting the Rules of Reality
Jan 09, 2019
Black Twitter and the Future of Digital Disobedience
Jan 08, 2019
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