Hi,
I had to take a small break from blogging for the past 5 days. But I am back again, this time to share something about a video that I saw from TED talks. Sir asked us to see at least 10 videos in the vacation time and I could start it only today. I opened the TED site and the first video that stroked my eyes was by ANTONIO DAMASIO. “THE QUEST TO UNDERSTAND CONSCIOUSNESS”. Without the ability of consciousness human beings will have no knowledge, no ability to create, no true happiness and much more. It is a total wonder and a total mystery.
What is consciousness????? In simple terms consciousness is what we loose when we go to sleep without dreams or anesthesia. We all have a self or a ‘ME’ in us. A conscious mind is a mind with a self in it. A self introduces a subjective perspective in the mind. We are fully conscious when a self comes to mind. These are few extracts from the talk. If you would like to watch the entire talk, just click on the link here.
http://www.ted.com/talks/antonio_damasio_the_quest_to_understand_consciousness.html
Next speak was by KEVIN SLAVIN. Kevin Slavin navigates in the algoworld, the expanding space in our lives that’s determined and run by algorithms. Have you been impressed by the game Facebook’s Parking Wars??? It was developed by Kevin Slavin.
“Kevin Slavin sees a world where games shape life and life shapes games”
O’Rielly Radar
Kevin Slavin argues that we're living in a world designed for -- and increasingly controlled by -- algorithms. In this riveting talk from TED Global, he shows how these complex computer programs determine: espionage tactics, stock prices, movie scripts, and architecture. And he warns that we are writing code we can't understand, with implications we can't control.
http://www.ted.com/talks/kevin_slavin_how_algorithms_shape_our_world.html
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