For the remainder of this week, I’ve signed on as a blogger for a fantastic conference that’s unfolding in Lake Tahoe called “Techonomy: A New Philosophy of Progress.” It’s a love-fest for Innovation that has just about the best list of speakers conceivable. There are many tiers, but at the top tier are people like Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos, and so on.
The Techonomy blog, where I’ll be covering the conference along with four other bloggers, is here. I’ll be crossposting here, but not giving the full content and just linking back over to Techonomy. Topics that I plan on blogging about include geoengineering, new advances in unraveling aging, and much else…
August 3rd, 2010 at 10:25 am
Can you you please inquire into the research being done to find out why Ozzie Osborn is still alive? Also let me know if Durk Pearson is there. Thanks.
August 3rd, 2010 at 11:07 am
Looking forward to reading your reports; should be a great gathering.
August 3rd, 2010 at 11:39 am
Hey Chris, I think you linked the Techonomy blog’s password protected page in the “here”.
August 3rd, 2010 at 1:43 pm
The blog link you give requires a user name and password, which leads me to believe that this is for your access as a contributor and not that for us readers.
The underlying philosophy of Techonomy is interesting, and the reading list is definitely worth pursuing. However the list of past, present and future “Techonomists” makes it seem like an elitist, closed, predominately patriarchal, and largely western oriented system. Can we really honor Francis Crick, for example, without recognizing the work of Rosalind Franklin?
I think that progress in this country has been gained by fostering a system that was as open as possible with a strong middle class. One where many innovators have an opportunity to make their ideas known. But also one in which the supporting players are recognized for their highly significant roles.
August 4th, 2010 at 11:09 am
The typical strawman is introduced in the “trailer:” namely that technology has a far greater potential to solve problems that its already acknowledged failings. This is a false dichotomy. The physical reality is that technology simply cannot begin to solve our problems, even if its potential drawbacks were magically neutralized. This is an optical delusion promulgated in a flurry of self promotion and shallow reflection. The innovators will save the world; how quaint. But it makes for a nice theme in a beautiful location. Can’t find fault with that.