Is There a Balanced Anarchy?

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I really don't see when the world as it will be within, let's say 50 or 60 years, is provided for by nano fabricators that make everything you possibly need from dirt, air and water pretty much. And there is no more money, no more work, no more social morays, no more values, no more anything really, except a life is what you want it to be. I think at that point, with machines doing everything else that we need to be done, that leaves us free of all the flin flam that we've been involved in for the last 35,000 years. We want to do without thinking lives as opposed to our physical doing lives.

Legendary science historian James Burke returns to explain his newest project, a Connections app that will allow anyone to "think connectively" about the webs of knowledge available on Wikipedia.

Burke predicted back in 1978 that we’d one day need better tools than just search alone if we were to avoid the pitfalls of siloed information and confirmation bias, and this month he launched a Kickstarter campaign to help create just such a tool - an app that searches connectivity and produces something Google and social media often don’t - surprises, anomalies, unexpected results, and connections, in the same style as his documentary series, books, and other projects.

In the interview, Burke shares his latest insights on change, technology, the future, social media, models of reality, and more.

To support the Kickstarter campaign for the Connections app, here are some links:

• http://jbconnectionsapp.com
• http://knowledgediscoveries.com
• http://kck.st/2eIg21R

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