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from the dept. The John W. Kluge Center at the Library of Congress recently hosted an eight-part series that you can watch on your desktop. Speakers include Lawrence Lessig, Brian Cantwell Smith and Neil Gershenfeld, with topics ranging from quantum computing to intellectual property rights, the nature of the digital and the "internet of things." You can watch these presentations here (RealPlayer media, you may need to download a viewer). The talk most relevant to this blog is Smith's, of course--I've talked about his work here before. He contends that computers are not digital, which is great fun. More exactly, he identifies the realm where the concept of "being digital" applies, a sort of intermediate realm of pseudo-real artefacts; and that engineers and programmers are currently trying to push the digital further and further down, so that it becomes increasingly invisible. He gives concrete examples--weblogs, for instance--and in general, his talk provides a good introduction to his work, which is compatible with the programme I've been describing on this site. < | >
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