Chat log 033020

Monday, March 30 --

Bill Joy: What I’m Worried About, What I’m Excited About

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LN2shXeJNz8

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[08:19] Spiff (spiff.whitfield): OliveTree is here!

[08:19] OliveTree Lighthouse: :)

[08:19] Spiff (spiff.whitfield): but she's got a sword so watch out!

[08:19] OliveTree Lighthouse: I thought there's a TED talk to watch toda

[08:19] OliveTree Lighthouse: today

[08:19] Spiff (spiff.whitfield): Yes!

[08:19] Spiff (spiff.whitfield): you've come to the right place

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[08:19] Spiff (spiff.whitfield): Scott is the leader of the TED talks

[08:20] Spiff (spiff.whitfield): This space is perfect for this scott

[08:20] OptoMystic (scottmerrick.oh): Hi Olive!

[08:20] OliveTree Lighthouse: hi Scott :)

[08:20] OptoMystic (scottmerrick.oh): Are you seeing the vid?

[08:20] OptoMystic (scottmerrick.oh): It was randomly chosen and eerily related to pandemics

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[08:20] OliveTree Lighthouse: yes

[08:20] OliveTree Lighthouse: is it about poverty ?

[08:21] OptoMystic (scottmerrick.oh): It appears to be about ethics

[08:21] OptoMystic (scottmerrick.oh): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LN2shXeJNz8

[08:21] OliveTree Lighthouse: ah

[08:21] OliveTree Lighthouse: thanks

[08:22] Spiff (spiff.whitfield): Olive you were at VWPBE right?

[08:22] OptoMystic (scottmerrick.oh): Interesting. Ya'll want to start it over and watch it synchronously?

[08:22] OliveTree Lighthouse: yes

[08:22] Spiff (spiff.whitfield): what did you think?

[08:22] Spiff (spiff.whitfield): See good sessions?

[08:22] Spiff (spiff.whitfield): Did you present?

[08:23] OliveTree Lighthouse: I was mostly busy with the presenter that I was helping , and..

[08:23] OliveTree Lighthouse: still need to watch the rest

[08:23] OliveTree Lighthouse: but I felt that several talks were about the new situation and what it means for the future

[08:24] OliveTree Lighthouse: online learning

[08:24] OliveTree Lighthouse: the quality, the shape of pedagogy and the ethics

[08:25] OptoMystic (scottmerrick.oh): I'm at a spot when he predicted that the most powerful computer would be 10 dollars in 2020

[08:26] OptoMystic (scottmerrick.oh): ha

[08:26] OliveTree Lighthouse: two workshops that I attended were interesting in the sense that for a change they were more experiential

[08:26] OptoMystic (scottmerrick.oh): based on Moore's Law

[08:26] OliveTree Lighthouse: ah

[08:27] OptoMystic (scottmerrick.oh): I'm at 10 minutes in

[08:27] OliveTree Lighthouse: not there yet

[08:27] OliveTree Lighthouse: ah now getting there

[08:28] OptoMystic (scottmerrick.oh): I reset to there

[08:28] Spiff (spiff.whitfield): oh no

[08:28] Spiff (spiff.whitfield): did I goof it up

[08:30] OptoMystic (scottmerrick.oh): reset your player to right at 12 minutes

[08:30] OptoMystic (scottmerrick.oh): Spiff

[08:30] Spiff (spiff.whitfield): ok

[08:32] OptoMystic (scottmerrick.oh): Wow

[08:32] OptoMystic (scottmerrick.oh): from 59,682 views•Nov 25, 2008

[08:33] OliveTree Lighthouse: and we haven't seen anything come out of it

[08:33] OptoMystic (scottmerrick.oh): We don't have any of it, suckerslapped on a global scale

[08:33] OptoMystic (scottmerrick.oh): Wow, I wonder what happened to this initiative

[08:34] OptoMystic (scottmerrick.oh): 15th Anniversary: Why the Future Still Needs Us a While Longer ...

https://www.wired.com/2008/03/st-15joy/

Mar 24, 2008 ... Eight years ago this month, Internet pioneer Bill Joy led us on a hair-raising intellectual trip from Kurzweil to Kaczynski that left the lifelong ...

[08:35] OptoMystic (scottmerrick.oh): An article to read at leisure

[08:35] OptoMystic (scottmerrick.oh): /claps

[08:36] OptoMystic (scottmerrick.oh): Love that. We can't pick it but we can steer the future

[08:37] OptoMystic (scottmerrick.oh): Can ya'll hear me?

[08:38] OptoMystic (scottmerrick.oh): in voice?

[08:38] OliveTree Lighthouse: I can't no

[08:38] OliveTree Lighthouse: voice is not working today .. let me try

[08:38] OptoMystic (scottmerrick.oh): Well no problem let's stay in chat

[08:38] OptoMystic (scottmerrick.oh): My dog is being weird anyway

[08:39] OliveTree Lighthouse: :)

[08:39] OptoMystic (scottmerrick.oh): Thoughts?

[08:39] OliveTree Lighthouse: I remember seeing a BBC program where scientist were explaining some new technology and how they are creating batteries that almost never need recharging or something like that.

[08:40] OliveTree Lighthouse: the problem is we never saw anything materialize

[08:40] OptoMystic (scottmerrick.oh): So much science. I'm not normally a paranoid conspiracy guy but I wonder if business had anything to do with the lack of progress on that

[08:40] OliveTree Lighthouse: are the different industries pushing those things aside because they are not profitable?

[08:41] Spiff (spiff.whitfield): Sorry everyone... having to do tech support on my end. and a little distracted. This was pretty thought provoking, but he lost me with the policy prescriptions... too deep for me.

[08:41] OptoMystic (scottmerrick.oh): Ha, great minds

[08:41] OliveTree Lighthouse: yes exactly

[08:41] OptoMystic (scottmerrick.oh): Want to use teh next 20 minutes to watch another?

[08:41] OptoMystic (scottmerrick.oh): Or call it a day

[08:41] OliveTree Lighthouse: I'm not into conspiracies either but you have to ask where does all these ideas and discoveries go

[08:42] OptoMystic (scottmerrick.oh): I can

[08:42] Spiff (spiff.whitfield): yah.. I can hear both of you

[08:43] Spiff (spiff.whitfield): Have to run! Sorry gang!

[08:46] OptoMystic (scottmerrick.oh): Yes, I often have sound issues

[08:46] OliveTree Lighthouse: all other online sound works well but not vivox thing

[08:46] OliveTree Lighthouse: any way

[08:46] OliveTree Lighthouse: what do you use this spinning wheal for?

[08:46] OptoMystic (scottmerrick.oh): do you want to watch one more or call it a day? I'm going to have to do better PR for tomorrow

[08:47] OptoMystic (scottmerrick.oh): It randomly chooses a video to watch out of an EDU themed set of 53

[08:47] OliveTree Lighthouse: hehehe it's ok we can meet again tomorrow

[08:47] OptoMystic (scottmerrick.oh): Sir Ken Robinson: Changing Education Paradigms

[08:47] OliveTree Lighthouse: ah ok

[08:47] OptoMystic (scottmerrick.oh): Good We'll save that one for a bigger group

[08:47] OliveTree Lighthouse: ok good :)

[08:47] OptoMystic (scottmerrick.oh): I'm sure it will be great. Love me some Sir Ken

[08:47] OliveTree Lighthouse: see you tomorrow then :)

[08:47] OptoMystic (scottmerrick.oh): ㋡

[08:47] OliveTree Lighthouse: yes I like his talks

[08:47] OptoMystic (scottmerrick.oh): KK! Nice to meet you@

[08:48] OliveTree Lighthouse: nice to meet you too and thanks for organizing these sessions

[08:48] OptoMystic (scottmerrick.oh): It will be fun I think

[08:48] OptoMystic (scottmerrick.oh): Even today with just the three of us was fun and interesting.

[08:48] OliveTree Lighthouse: yes

[08:49] OptoMystic (scottmerrick.oh): Okay I'm going to go beat, err walk my dog.

[08:49] OptoMystic (scottmerrick.oh): See you tomorrow!

[08:49] OliveTree Lighthouse: it's an interesting activity .. thinking together about the information that we get form these videos

[08:49] OliveTree Lighthouse: have a great day :)

[08:49] OptoMystic (scottmerrick.oh): you too!

[08:50] OliveTree Lighthouse: hmm I thinnk i'll just leave my avi here at least for now :)

[08:50] OliveTree Lighthouse: byeee

[08:50] OptoMystic (scottmerrick.oh): all good!