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Telepistemology, Combat Robots, and Human Pacman

April 8th, 2005 · 2 Comments

[The following comments were presented during the War and (Computer/Video) Gaming session at the Occupied Spaces Symposium, Roy H. Park School of Communications, Ithaca College, April 8 and 9, 2005.]
First, I want to thank Patty Zimmerann for inviting me to this symposium. Patty played a vital role in my intellectual development when I was an […]

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Tags: collaboration and technology · politics and global justice

Weapons of Mass Communication

May 20th, 2004 · No Comments

Is the potential of communication technologies diametrically opposed to that of warfare technologies? If communication is the sharing of meaning, and shared meaning brings about understanding and empathy, then more communication should mean less war, right?
In an ideal world, perhaps. But in my more cynic moments, I cannot but see a parallel between the way […]

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