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Where Do Companies Get Ideas for New Robots? They Look at Areas with Lots of...
Julia Kirby writes: I heard about other applications — the use of robots to inspect sewers for damage, to automate warehouse operations, to harvest crops in fields. The list goes on. In response to...
View ArticleNew York City Fast Food Workers Go On Strike, Demand $15 An Hour
Salon reports on a worker walk-out at McDonalds and chains such as Burger King, Domino’s, KFC, Taco Bell, Wendy’s and Papa John’s in New York City. The workers, organized by New York Communities for...
View ArticleAmerican Conservative: Raise The Minimum Wage
The American Conservative, a magazine founded by Pat Buchanan, is running a report calling for an increase of the minimum wage to $10-$12 an hour, nation wide. The report wasn’t written by the...
View ArticleNassim Taleb: The Future Will Not Be Cool
Black Swan and Antifragile author Nassim Taleb writes: Tonight I will be meeting friends in a restaurant (tavernas have existed for at least 25 centuries). I will be walking there wearing shoes hardly...
View ArticleThe Rise Of Workplace Surveillance
The Independent reports: The former employee said the device provided an order to collect from the warehouse and a set amount of time to complete it. If workers met that target, they were awarded a 100...
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The Quantified Man: How an Obsolete Tech Guy Rebuilt Himself for the Future
I wrote about the extreme quantification of work for Wired: Tesco — the company that runs a chain of grocery stores across Great Britain — uses digital armbands to track the performance of its...
View ArticleFollow-up Chat With Chris Dancy, The Quantified Man
My profile of Chris Dancy for Wired generated so much interest that we did a follow-up video chat where we took questions from readers about how much time he spends collecting data, how much is too...
View Article30% Of Community College Grads Out Earning Those With Bachelor’s Degrees
CNN reports: Nearly 30% of Americans with associate’s degrees now make more than those with bachelor’s degrees, according to Georgetown University’s Center on Education and the Workforce. In fact,...
View ArticleDystopia Now
Mark Fisher on the dystopian cinema of 2012: Ultimately, the Capitol’s domination of the Districts is perhaps most obviously read in terms of colonial domination. In the hunger games, the colonised are...
View ArticleWhat if Your Boss Tracked Your Sleep, Diet, and Exercise?
I wrote for Wired: Inside most companies, the typical health and wellness program includes regular blood pressure checks, a list of fresh foods for the office fridge, and some sort of exercise guru who...
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Mindful Cyborgs Ep 1: Data Exhaust, Augmented Dating and Fractalnoia
Mindful Cyborgs is a new podcast (or internet radio show, if you will) hosted by Chris Dancy and me. The tagline is: “Contemplative living in the age of quantification, augmentation and acceleration.”...
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Big Dada, IRL Fetish And More On Mindful Cyborgs Episode 2
Mindful Cyborgs: Contemplative living in the age of quantification, augmentation and acceleration. Hosts: Chris Dancy and Klint Finley. Listen or download on Soundcloud and iTunes. Follow: Twitter,...
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Mindful Cyborgs: Robotic Emoting Baristas from Enterprise Precariat
This week on Mindful Cyborgs Chris Dancy and I discuss the rise of the “precariat” and what it means for the future of work: One thing that’s really been on my mind with regards the Marketplace story...
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