Tag: internet
Episode 206 – The Gutenberg Revolutions
The Gutenberg press was the catalyst for the Renaissance and the Reformation, but it shaped what we communicated as much as how we communicated. What, then, to make of the electronic global village of our modern Gutenberg revolution? Are we on the cusp of a new Renaissance, or will this technology only further degrade a culture already in decline? The promise of the Internet: Library of Alexandria or Library of Babel?
Episode 205 – Inside the Film Archive
This week we open the vaults of The Film Archive, a vast treasure trove of archival footage on everything from old documentaries to CIA training films to educational cartoons to Duke Ellington performances…and much much more.
Interview 396 – James Evan Pilato
This week on the New World Next Week: Citizens in Tokyo turn up radioactive “hot spots”; The Supreme Court of Canada rules against hyperlink libel; and the Greeks take to the streets as austerity bites.
Episode 194 – The Cloud Cometh
We are increasingly being encouraged to put our data on “the cloud”…but what does it mean that our information is being handled by third-party companies? This week we examine what the cloud really is and what it means for average internet users.
Interview 355 – Alex Jones
Alex Jones of Infowars.com joins us to discuss cloud computing and what it means for the future of the internet. We talk about the clampdown on the alternative media and how a cloud computing world will lead to a nightmare Orwellian vision of a totally controlled internet.
Interview 339 – Marc Ressl
Marc Ressl, a professor of signals processing in Argentina, joins us to discuss the end of public key encryption in the age of quantum computing.
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