Cybernetic 8 — Volume 2

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 — the Cybernetic 8 in July

• Blockchain infrastructure is starting to play a role in the (industrial) Internet of Things — LINK and LINK
• If you want to learn more on AI, there’s a great 6-part course on the basics of artificial intelligence freely available on the web — LINK
• Oh, and by the way, AI is also generating ice cream flavors now… shall we call it AIce cream? — LINK

• This blog post talks about why Dungeons and Dragons could play an important role for the “intelligence” of AI — LINK
• A little history lesson never hurts, so here’s a great book on “The last man who knew everything” Enrico Fermi — LINK
• A confluence of technologies that project holograms ONTO brain cells could be a gamechanger in neuroscience — LINK
• What if the tools we use to think are a part of thought itself? This article in The New Yorker talks about it — LINK
• Finally, read about how “big tech” in the US changes how city life works — LINK

Anything else?

These stunning paintings by artist Scott Listfield are giving you a (faceless) astronaut’s perspective — LINK.

Closing remarks

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