Cybernetic 8 — Volume 14

8 interesting things from a cybernetic world

What is this all about?

This newsletter is an irregular collection of the most interesting news from the tech and startup world I came across in the last couple of weeks, prepared and bite-sized for your reading pleasure.

It will mostly cover topics around #technology #startups #deeptech #neurotech #ai #robotics #decentalization #lifescience #healthtech #complexity #cybernetics #constructivism and #futurism, but also include some funny or otherwise noteworthy stuff from time to time.

Why cybernetic 8? Learn more about this worldview here, here or here.

Here we go → your Cybernetic 8

• As #technology drives our Society Forward and creates new winners, The Atlantic askes the super-relevant question of what the responsibilities of tech billionaires and big tech companies are in our society — LINK
• If you are interested in the future of #health and how #technology can help you gain insights to your body and health, Dr. Bertalan Meskó has a great overview of digital health sensors online — LINK

• Lots of people are speculating about the advances made in #neurotech. A. S. Deller has a great piece here on Medium about memory, conciousness and what it all means for the futuristic fantasies — LINK

• Those futuristic fantasies are often painting pictures of a #utopia or a #dystopia, but not much middle ground. Amber Case argues for a more mundane approach. Personally, I follow the concept of a #protopia, introduced by Kevin Kelly in the book “The Inevitable” — LINK
• Here is another critical piece one the #ageism and #transhumanistic approaches in Silicon Valley — LINK
• In #spacetech, researchers at Caltech have found a (still very) theoretical way to create a propulsion system for spacecrafts, based on lasers — LINK
• This article describes the current state of the Commercial #space business and how #SpaceX and #BlueOrigin are making Progress — LINK

• The most intersting #technologies of the #future will be created if specific technologies converge. For example, #robotics and #machinelearning. This robot learned to walk without programming, copying the way the #biological brain of a toddler works — LINK

Anything else?

Another nice video of a playful #robot and dog from Misty Robotics: