Rearranging Stars to Communicate with Aliens
02.08.2008 A proposal to create special constellations that nature would never produce
by Jaron Lanier
Long Live Closed-Source Software!
There's a reason the iPhone doesn't come with Linux. 12.11.2007
Space-Faring Fungus Hats and Synthetic Biology
If the science moves like Moore's law, get ready for bio-freakiness. 10.22.2007
Are We Trapped in God's Video Game?
Probably not. And no, he's not looking at your underwear. 10.15.2007
Jaron’s World: Peace through God
The tangled dance of science, violence, hope, and strange beliefs. 08.13.2007
Jaron's World: Can Computers Recognize Faces?
In at least one way, the smartest machines can't match a baby. 08.06.2007
Jaron’s World: Computer Evolution
Most software stinks. It should learn from robots and bacteria. 06.27.2007
Jaron’s World: Virtual Horizon
VR in the real world may soon surpass the famous glove from Minority Report. 05.11.2007
Jaron's World: Shapes in Other Dimensions
Meet a 'regular' shape that lives in 4-D. 04.05.2007
Jaron's World: Sex, Drugs, and the Internet
Does anonymity breed nastiness in the online world? 03.14.2007
Jaron's World: The Meaning of Metaphor
A new theory may illuminate the nature of meaning. 02.26.2007
Jaron's World: Morphing Messages
Describing ideas so subtle they are literally beyond words. 01.10.2007
Jaron's World: Frozen in Time
Birth reveals the transitional nature of the design. 12.12.2006
Jaron's World: Digital Maoism Revisited
Is the connected generation too easily abandoning the individual for the wisdom of the crowd? 11.21.2006
Jaron's World: Raft to the Future
Does time come together like an island of boats floating on the open seas? 09.28.2006
Jaron's World: The Murder of Mystery
How Silicon Valley joined the superstitious fringe as the enemy of open inquiry. 09.01.2006
Jaron's World: Sing a Song of Evolution
Is language descended from musical mating calls? 08.01.2006
Jaron's World: Heads-Up
Why your next telephone may come mounted on a neck. 07.30.2006
Jaron's World: The Soul of The Machine
Can a random collection of data be conscious? 06.25.2006
Jaron's World: I Smell, Therefore I Think
Did odors give rise to the first words? 05.27.2006
Jaron's World
What cephalopods can teach us about language 04.02.2006
