Read moreIf distinguished from hypermodernity, supermodernity is a step beyond the ontological emptiness of postmodernism and relies upon a view of plausible truths. Where modernism focused upon the creation of great truths (or what Lyotard called “master narratives” or “metanarratives”), postmodernity is intent upon their destruction (deconstruction). In contrast supermodernity does not concern itself with the creation or identification of truth value. Instead, information that is useful is selected from the superabundant sources of new media. Postmodernity and deconstruction have made the creation of truths an impossible construction. Supermodernity acts amid the chatter and excess of signification in order to escape the nihilistic tautology of postmodernity. The Internet search and the construction of interconnected blogs are excellent metaphors for the action of the supermodern subject. Related Authors are Terry Eagleton After Theory, and Marc Auge Non-Places: Introduction to an Anthropology of Supermodernity.
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The unmanned Shenzhou 8 craft, launched earlier this week, has made contact with the Tiangong-1 space lab.
Being able to dock two space vehicles together is a necessary capability for China if it wants to start building a space station towards the decade’s end.
No astronauts were in the Shenzhou craft this time, but future missions will carry people.
Read moreFuturePresent News Special – 1-11-11
Here’s your menu for today’s FuturePresent news round-up:
- MSFT’s “Productivity Vision 2011″ video:
Click here to view the embedded video.
via GeekWire who give this nice description:
As the new video opens, special eyeglasses translate audio into English in real-time for a business traveler in Johannesburg. A thin screen on a car window highlights a passing building to show where her meeting will be the next day, based on information from her calendar. Office workers gesture effortlessly to control and reroute text and charts as the screens around them morph and pulse with new information.
FuturePresent News Special – 1-11-11
Read more "FuturePresent News Special – 1-11-11"100 Years of Synthetic Biology
Cyborg News Special – 08-10-11
Some tasty news lately for aspirant cyborgs. Let’s take a look:
- From BBC News – Monkeys’ brain waves offer paraplegics hope:

…researchers trained the monkeys, Mango and Tangerine,…
Cyborg News Special – 08-10-11
Read more "Cyborg News Special – 08-10-11"Miss Representation trailer
It is more important than ever, as nearly everything seems on the brink of collapse and/or rapid change, that we honestly examine the past and present state of our culture and society. To…
Read more "Miss Representation trailer"Read moreOur technology forces us to live mythically.
