http://discovermagazine.com Science, Technology, and The Future http://discovermagazine.com/2008/feb/rearranging-stars-to-communicate-with-aliens We could leave durable messages to intelligent aliens by guiding stars into certain configurations. One possible configuration: a “hyper-super-duper double-star system”—a pair of a pair of a pair of binary stars, 16 total. Jaron Lanier 2008-02-08T04:41:04Z Print Article http://discovermagazine.com/2007/dec/long-live-closed-source-software There's a reason the iPhone doesn't come with Linux: closed development systems allow for more powerful creations. Similarly, biological cells have have walls to protect their genetic codes. Jaron Lanier 2007-12-11T08:17:40Z Print Article http://discovermagazine.com/2007/oct/space-faring-fungus-hats-and-synthetic-biology If the science moves like Moore's law, get ready for bio-freakiness. Jaron Lanier 2007-10-22T03:25:04Z Print Article http://discovermagazine.com/2007/nov/are-we-trapped-in-god.s-video-game Probably not. And no, he's not looking at your underwear. Jaron Lanier 2007-10-16T04:49:42Z Print Article http://discovermagazine.com/2007/sep/jarons-world-peace-through-god religion can either incite or reduce violence, depending on some details that we can influence. Here's how I think that can work: Democratic capitalism avoids violence by supporting so many overlapping clan hierarchies that clannishness becomes confused. Why not defuse religious violence the way that democratic capitalism defuses clan violence? Jaron Lanier 2007-08-13T14:14:40Z Print Article http://discovermagazine.com/2007/aug/jarons-world-can-computers-recognize-faces In at least one way, the smartest machines can't match a baby. Jaron Lanier 2007-08-17T07:24:21Z Print Article http://discovermagazine.com/2007/jul/jaron2019s-world Most software stinks. It should learn from robots and bacteria. Jaron Lanier 2007-06-27T05:12:29Z Print Article http://discovermagazine.com/2007/may/jaron2019s-world The virtual games of today, like Second Life and the Nintendo Wii, will pave the way for virtual worlds where you can turn into DNA, play a piano, or merge with your computer. The "octopus butler robot" is what will bring VR way past what you saw in Minority Report. Jaron Lanier 2007-07-05T07:55:49Z Print Article http://discovermagazine.com/2007/apr/jarons-world-shapes-in-other-dimensions Meet a 'regular' shape that lives in 4-D. Jaron Lanier 2007-07-05T07:55:17Z Print Article http://discovermagazine.com/2007/mar/jarons-world-internet-and-the-war-on-drugs Does anonymity breed nastiness in the online world? Jaron Lanier 2007-07-05T07:55:43Z Print Article http://discovermagazine.com/2007/feb/jarons-world-metaphors-vocabulary A new theory may illuminate the nature of meaning. Jaron Lanier 2007-07-05T07:55:24Z Print Article http://discovermagazine.com/2007/jan/jarons-morphing-human-expressions-internet Describing ideas so subtle they are literally beyond words. Jaron Lanier 2007-07-05T07:55:30Z Print Article http://discovermagazine.com/2006/dec/jarons-world-human-evolution Birth reveals the transitional nature of the design. Jaron Lanier 2007-07-05T07:54:15Z Print Article http://discovermagazine.com/2006/nov/jarons-world-digital-maoism Is the connected generation too easily abandoning the individual for the wisdom of the crowd? Jaron Lanier 2007-07-05T07:54:53Z Print Article http://discovermagazine.com/2006/oct/jarons-world-raft-future Does time come together like an island of boats floating on the open seas? Jaron Lanier 2007-07-05T07:55:04Z Print Article