Artdog Image of Interest: Dignity and Justice

All of us? How do we understand this idea?

Is this truly an ideal we extend to everyone? Alas, most of us do have an "other" category, who exist beyond redemption. How far are we willing extend our mercy?

IMAGE: Many thanks to the "Social Justice" Pinterest Board.

10 Ideas about Future Tech that may change our lives

What does the future hold?
As a reader and writer of science fiction, I like to keep an eye on what people are saying about the technological innovations that may fundamentally re-shape our world in the future. 

Science fiction itself has opened windows on many ideas that later became reality--think about Arthur C. Clarke writing about geostationary satellites, for example.

Sir Arthur C. Clarke was one of many sf authors who have correctly predicted future innovations.

Other things apparently were less predicted. Few people really seemed to foresee and understand the potential for massive changes that would ripple out from the advent of personal computers, the Internet, wireless technology, and smart phones, before they our lives forever.

Few of us realized what a revolution these represented, when they first came on the scene.

Nowhere is the wireless revolution and the advent of smart phones having a greater impact than in the developing world. Here's an image from rural Bihar, India.

I've been looking at recent videos on YouTube that attempt to answer this "what future tech is being developed?" question. I shared one in Bionic Sensory Enhancements that I thought looked interesting. 

Here's a video that explores "The Top 10 Future Technology That's Here Right Now." Published in early October by the Top Ten Archive, it predicts a range of innovations from sunscreen pills to personal nanotech factories.


The video's show notes include a full list of the ten technological developments profiled, as well as links that offer more detailed information about each.

IMAGES: Many thanks to the Telegraph Media Group for the image of Sir Arthur (unfortunately on his obituary). The photo of popular smart phone brands is from a TechReviewPro article about the top smart phones of 2015. The photo of mobile phone users in Bihar, India, is from an excellent article on the Design Public Blog. The video is from Top 10 Archives on YouTube.

Artdog Quote of the Week: ALL Humans

Social Justice February continues. And this week, we're on time. :-)

Race, politics, and wealth disparity are three American weaknesses. Overcoming them--building bridges, seeing the positive value of diversity, and celebrating our differences--will make us stronger.

IMAGE: Many thanks to Instagram, via the "Justice" Pinterest Board.

Artdog Image of Interest: Perception

How do you perceive others? Are first impressions colored by unconscious stereotypes, or tempered by experience?

I'm unfortunately familiar with the experience of seeing a group of individuals and realizing that my perception was radically different from those of the people I was with.

I'd see a group of teenagers who looked a lot like my students, while others would see a potentially dangerous and frightening gang.

I would see a group of people with long experience, while others saw only a bunch of boring old people.

I would see interesting people from other cultures with fascinating new ideas, while others saw only the strange, the exotic, or the bizarre.

"They're not like us," is too often a call to fear, not to embrace and explore and share. I'm just saying . . . Be careful who you stereotype. Instead, listen. Learn. Grow.

IMAGE: Many thanks to the "Social Justice" Pinterest Board.

Artdog Quote of the Week: Humanity

It's late this week--my apologies! But I thought we still needed our quote of the week. This is a good one, for Social Justice February.

Worth waiting for, in my opinion.

I hope you agree!

IMAGE: From the "Justice" Pinterest Board

Artdog Image of Interest: Equality or Justice?

Exactly what do we mean, when we ask for equal opportunity?

IMAGE: Many thanks to Imgfave (from FunSubstance).

Artdog Quote of the Week: Are you somebody?

When you see a problem . . .

IMAGE: Many thanks to A Spark of Passion.