Stephen Black

Kristin Jackson, CEO of Freespoke, an alternative search engine focused on helping people find the truth faster, told Project Liberty that what she's seeing is that users feel like they might be missing something when searching for information online. “They’re no longer confident in the results,” she said. “They’re wondering, ‘Am I getting the full

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"Once you have a good VR / AR system you no longer need phones or TVs or any other major physical objects - They can just become apps in a digital store."

The same thing that is happening to journalism, to restaurants, to bookstores to Hollywood, to everything beautiful and interesting in this country, is happening to art. Jobs are disappearing. Venture Capital funds are getting involved. In early 2020, 1,350 jobs were cut at American museums. What was barely profitable is now being gutted with the... See more

The CMU device is a phased array of 64 tiny transducers. The flat, half-moon-shaped array is attached to the bottom of VR goggles so it rests just above the mouth.

The haptic effects consist of point impulses, swipes and persistent vibrations targeted on the mouth and synchronized with visual images. A variety of effects were evaluated using 16... See more

your amygdala just wants to scurry under a rock

This comes down to a common thread stretching from Rosseau, to Hegel, to Marx, and all the way to Crenshaw and Kendi: perception makes reality. Perception is power.

The current crisis in the design industry – this race-to-the-bottom pricing and confusion about value – stems precisely from this misunderstanding. When clients treat Design as decoration, they naturally seek the lowest bidder. But when they grasp Design as the methodology for creating desirable change, they understand they're not buying pixels but... See more