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White Swan Update by Andres Agostini at https://lifeboat.com/blog/2014/04/white-swan

Extreme Swan and Ball

All The Wearables You Could Be Wearing Right Now http://www.fastcocreate.com/3030158/infographic-all-the-wearables-you-could-be-wearing-right-now

Why Algorithms Are The Next Star Designers http://www.fastcodesign.com/3029756/why-algorithms-are-the-next-star-designers

Scientists identify antibodies against deadly emerging respiratory disease http://www.dana-farber.org/Newsroom/News-Releases/Scientists-identify-antibodies-against-deadly-emerging-respiratory-disease.aspx

Synthetic Genomics Turning Donor Pig Organs into Suitable Transplants http://www.21stcentech.com/synthetic-genomics-turning-donor-pig-organs-suitable-transplants/

For the Anti-Genetically Modified Movement This is Not Your Report http://www.21stcentech.com/anti-genetically-modified-movement-report/

“Evolving Notions of Personhood” http://biotroveinvestments.com/biotrove-podcasts/2014/5/4/evolving-notions-of-personhood-guest-linda-macdonald-glenn

Disease Outbreak Warnings Via Social Media Sought by U.S http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-04-11/disease-outbreak-warnings-via-social-media-sought-by-u-s-.html

FirstNet CIO builds up his shop http://fcw.com/articles/2014/05/06/gwinn-firstnet-cio.aspx?s=fcwdaily_070514

Please read the entire piece at https://lifeboat.com/blog/2014/04/white-swan

Mr. Andres Agostini
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White Swan Update by Andres Agostini at https://lifeboat.com/blog/2014/04/white-swan

Extreme Swan and Ball

«… Quants …» AND «… Qualts …» at https://lifeboat.com/blog/2014/05/white-swan-qualts

Alibaba files $1-billion IPO in US at http://businesstech.co.za/news/internet/57025/alibaba-files-1-billion-ipo-in-us/

Three Strategies For Managing The Economy Of Access http://www.forbes.com/sites/stevedenning/2014/05/02/economic-game-change-from-ownership-to-access/

‘Electronic blood’ could power computers http://money.cnn.com/2014/05/06/technology/enterprise/ibm-electronic-blood/index.html

Facial recognition: is the technology taking away your identity? http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/may/04/facial-recognition-technology-identity-tesco-ethical-issues?CMP=twt_gu

Facebook Really Is Building The Metaverse http://www.fastcodesign.com/3030126/facebook-really-is-building-the-metaverse

Forget flexible: stretchy electronics will make devices truly wearable http://gigaom.com/2014/05/05/forget-flexible-stretchy-electronics-will-make-devices-truly-wearable/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=pulsenews

Magnetic Brain Stimulation May Trump Drugs For Severe Depression http://www.popsci.com/article/science/magnetic-brain-stimulation-may-trump-drugs-severe-depression

Patent reform legislation will hurt the American inventor
http://thehill.com/blogs/congress-blog/technology/204995-patent-reform-legislation-will-hurt-the-american-inventor?utm_content=5259123&utm_medium=social&utm_source=linkedin#ixzz310HZaBUg

Three Strategies For Managing The Economy Of Access http://www.forbes.com/sites/stevedenning/2014/05/02/economic-game-change-from-ownership-to-access/

Flexible Battery Could Unlock Wearable Electronics http://www.engineering.com/DesignerEdge/DesignerEdgeArticles/ArticleID/7546/Flexible-Battery-Could-Unlock-Wearable-Electronics.aspx

Lockheed Martin and RedEye Team Up to Validate Satellite Design http://www.engineering.com/3DPrinting/3DPrintingArticles/ArticleID/7533/Lockheed-Martin-and-RedEye-Team-Up-to-Validate-Satellite-Design.aspx
Read the entire piece at https://lifeboat.com/blog/2014/04/white-swan

Mr. Andres Agostini
The Lifeboat Foundation Worldwide Ambassador at https://lifeboat.com/ex/bios.andres.agostini
The «… The Human Race to the Future …» Worldwide Ambassador at http://amzn.to/19H3qf0 AND at http://amzn.to/1cujxeG
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The White Swan’s «… Quants …» AND «… Qualts …» by Mr. Andres Agostini at https://lifeboat.com/blog/2014/04/white-swan

Extreme Swan and Ball

What is a Quant?

A quant is brand of industrial scientist and engineers who applies mathematical model of uncertainty to financial and/or socioeconomic data and complex financial instruments. And a person who also studies the flaws and the limits of these models, understanding that there is a point of breakdown …. A quant has a combined background of applied mathematics, engineering and statistics. A quant spreads the usage of artificial intelligence in today’s markets …. Whether he or she acknowledges it or not, the quant is extremely AWARE of the many critical short-comings of many quantitative strategies (as he is never interested in qualitative analytics), such as their tendency to lead to crowded trades and their underestimation of the likelihood of chaotic, volatile moves in the markets …. Along with Central Bank chairpersons and world’s finance ministers, quants are the first ones to “…elicit…” that the global economy is being “ …affected…” by “ …systemic risks…”, that systemic risk turbo-charged by several corrupted politicians, manipulative economists and beautiful quants that never understand what the tangible corporate theater of operations is.

Industrial engineering, partly used by so-called Quants, is a branch of engineering dealing with the optimization of complex processes or systems. It is concerned with the development, improvement, implementation and evaluation of integrated systems of people, money, knowledge, information, equipment, energy, materials, analysis and synthesis, as well as the mathematical, physical and social sciences together with the principles and methods of engineering design to specify, predict, and evaluate the results to be obtained from such systems or processes. Its underlying concepts overlap considerably with certain business-oriented disciplines such as operations management. Black Swans are the brainchildren of quants.

And then:

What is a Qualt?

A qualt is brand of systems engineering who applies mathematical and ESPECIALLY non-mathematical models of uncertainty to financial and ESPECIALLY non-financial data and complex industrial operations. And a person who also studies the errors, the flaws and the limits of these qualitative models, understanding that there is a point of (i) inflection and (ii) Event horizon, in anything pursued by the for-lucre corporations …. A qualt has a combined background of advanced management, extreme project management (Agile) and systems engineering. A qualt spreads the usage of most-advanced business analytics and transformative and integrative risk management …. Whether he or she acknowledges it or not, the qualt is extremely AWARE of the many critical short-comings of many quantitative strategies and works hard at it advance to eliminate every form of downside through qualitative strategies …. For instance, qualts know that “…systemic risks …” are direct brainchildren of (a) Ignorance, (b) Manipulation, © Greed and (d) Corruption.

Systems engineering, hugely embraced by Qualts, is an interdisciplinary field of engineering that focuses on how to design and manage complex engineering projects over their life cycles. Issues such as reliability, logistics, coordination of different teams (requirements management), evaluation measurements, and other disciplines become more difficult when dealing with large or complex projects. Systems engineering deals with work-processes, optimization methods, and risk management tools in such projects. It overlaps technical and human-centered disciplines such as control engineering, industrial engineering, organizational studies, and project management. Systems Engineering ensures that all likely aspects of a project or system are considered, and integrated into a whole. White Swans are the brainchildren of Qualts.

Read the entire piece at https://lifeboat.com/blog/2014/04/white-swan

Mr. Andres Agostini
The Lifeboat Foundation Worldwide Ambassador at https://lifeboat.com/ex/bios.andres.agostini
The «… The Human Race to the Future …» Worldwide Ambassador at http://amzn.to/19H3qf0 AND at http://amzn.to/1cujxeG
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Growing up in the South gave me a certain perspective of the United States that I wish many wouldn’t have to deal with, from bigotry to ignorance, poverty to inequality. So listening to Hip Hop became my way of escaping these realities. As time progressed, however, and as society evolved, so too did Hip Hop. Now as we reach the Information Age and a nearing Transhumanist paradigm shift, I again look to Hip Hop and see what it’s saying and whether or not it’s keeping up with the times.

I was able to speak with two individual Emcees, in particular, who are making sure Hip Hop is alive and well in today’s age: M.C. Kilch and Maitreya One!

Both preside in New York, with Kilch from Brooklyn and Maitreya from the Bronx. They are Hip Hop Emcees and Transhumanists, dedicating their lives not only to achieve indefinite life extension for themselves, but for the culture and musical art they love.

First off, could you introduce yourself and tell us what it was that attracted you to the Hip Hop community? What inspired you to become an emcee?

Kilch PictureM.C. Kilch: They call me Kilch, I’m a Dreamer and Emcee from Brooklyn, NY. Hip Hop is practically in your blood when you’re from Brooklyn, so getting attracted to it was easy. The attitude and energy of the culture makes it influential, whether you listen to it or not. It was the Freestyle cyphers that got me involved.

Watching this group of people, who gather in a circle and take turns making up lyrics on the spot, was a representation of pure, unfiltered creativity, and it amazed me! I tried it myself one day, loved it, and ended up in cypher groups all the time. Not too long after that it became a regular part of my life, and I started writing songs. It was a natural progression since I was already writing poetry at the time, and I haven’t stopped.

maitreya oneMaitreya One: My name is Maitreya One or lord Maitreya for short. Many things inspired me. One of my inspirations comes from a man named J. Edgar Hoover who was the founder and director of the FBI in the 60’s. He started a program called COINTELPRO, short for counter intelligence program. It was designed to neutralize the black messiah – the one who would unify the masses.

Emceeing is just a element in the culture. Hip Hop has 9 elements as present. Hip Hop is beyond entertainment and is a form of higher intelligence (HI). I’m one of the avatars in the culture of Hip Hop, which just means that my purpose is not based on any industrial status symbol.

From the underground Hip Hop community to the mainstream, what role does Hip Hop provide today and what role should it play for our future?

Kilch: Hip Hop artists are much like the storytellers and keepers of oral tradition who have existed in human societies for thousands of years, such as the Griots of West Africa or the Minstrels of medieval Europe. However, the current stage features a technological backdrop.

As far as what role Hip Hop should play for our future, I’m less concerned with that, and more interested in blurring the lines between music genres/cultures, even exploring the creation of new ones. That being said, I don’t see the function of the Emcee going away anytime soon, and would like to see more people make music how they truly want to make it, instead of trying to meet the expectations of the masses or major corporations.

Maitreya: Hip Hop is the transformation of all subjects and objects with an attempt to define our consciousness. The goal for the culture of Hip Hop is to become the 51st state of the union and defeat congressional rule. Hip Hop’s role and purpose is to unite humanity and help relieve human suffering. We will do that by all means necessary. Hip Hop has the spirit of ‘76.

Speaking about the future, Transhumanism has become an increasingly popular topic and movement dedicated to changing what it means to be “human” via science and technology. Do you believe that Hip Hop has a duty, per se, to spread awareness on current movements and events like Transhumanism, or even the proposed Technological Singularity?

Kilch: I would like to see more Emcees making music that utilizes Transhumanist thinking or speaks about concepts such as the Technological Singularity, but I don’t think that Hip Hop has a duty to promote such. I only say that because I think people should use the cultural tools at their disposal the best way they see fit; some people might want to make music about love and getting drunk, and others promote political or philosophical ideas.

As an individual, I feel a certain sense of duty to advocate Transhumanism because applying its principles to my life leads to a very realistic view on existence, one of knowing that anything is possible, which is an alternative to a culture that falsely sells us our own limitations, fears, and even revolutions. I want to see as many people as possible understand why Transhumanism is important, but I don’t think the use of any type of force is the most productive way of getting that to happen, including prescribed musical subject matter.

Maitreya: Hip Hop’s duty is to show the proper use of technology, which is to be used in a humane way, not just to uphold a social order that oppresses and divides us. Hip Hop sees technology’s ability to free us from the mundane work-a-day schedule that limits our freedom and holds our bodies captive to a corrupt monetary system that enslaves us. Hip Hop’s version of the technological singularity is all inclusive and puts humanity first. Hip Hop has transcended our humanity. We are raceless and classless, a unique group of people with the ability to tap into our collective creative intelligence at will.

Recent polls have shown what many of us have always known, or at the very least hoped for, that is people both nationally and internationally are becoming more and more secular minded. Given your secular mindset, and given Hip Hop’s (both underground and mainstream) tendency to venue religious preaching, do you find it important to break away from that norm and try to promote more secular views for Hip Hop fans?

Kilch: I do understand that people have become more secular minded and it’s great to see the idea of the separation of church and state spread globally. I think secularism gives us a wonderful opportunity to learn from each other, no matter our differences. Although I have personally vied for the separation of church and state and have shown a general disdain for religion in some of my music, I can’t say I necessarily agree with Hip Hop trying to curb the influence of religion on the music. I can say that I would like to see more people who have a problem with religion begin to see it as a tool, instead of trying to somehow remove it from music, or human society for that matter.

temple of hip hopIn many ways I see religion as a byproduct of the human need to express ideas metaphorically/artistically. Some people draw inspiration from using that perspective in their lives to varying degrees. Many do this by reading comic books or watching movies and television shows about orcs, elves, and superheroes. There isn’t much difference between the two behaviors from my perspective. It’s the people who have used a religious context to impose their personal standards of behavior on everyone that are truly a threat to progressive thinking. In the future, when we are more than human, I could see people abandoning the idea of religion altogether.

Maitreya: Hip Hop doesn’t need fans, we need Hip Hoppas. The divide between science and religion is artificial due to the present social order that is in place in the world. When Hip Hop achieves superlongevity and statehood, these artificial boundaries will seize to exist and a new dawn will be upon us. The old age of divide and conquer is deeply rooted in this deathist culture.

Outside the realms of both secularism and Transhumanism, there are also other major issues in which Hip Hop has an opportunity in becoming a voice for — ex: anti-war, LGBTQ+ equality, immigrant rights, etc. Do you believe that Hip Hop is ready to become a major voice for these important issues? Yes or no, why?

Kilch: I would have to say yes and no. It’s very interesting how the rise of social media has given us the chance to hear many Hip Hop figures speak about their views on life via platforms such as YouTube, Twitter, etc. I recently saw a couple of videos featuring what I can only call the Nazi-Punks of Hip Hop who have obvious issues with LGBTQ+ equality, as well as make blatantly racist remarks during their interviews. We’re in 2014. This showed me just how immature Hip Hop can be, but then again, Hip Hop is a tool, and you won’t find uniformity in how it’s used no matter how hard you try, not for any music culture for that matter.

On the contrary, you don’t have to look far, especially given the rise of the internet, to find Hip Hop artists that are expressing their opposition to war or addressing issues like immigrant rights or LGBTQ+ equality. Having spent some time in the New York City Hip Hop circuit doing live shows and putting out independent music, perhaps I have seen more of this than many people, but there are artists on the up and coming that are going to be a major voice for social issues in the years to come.

Although I may not always agree with everything people are trying to get established, as long as it isn’t bigoted, I can only be thrilled to hear of people using Hip Hop to have serious conversations pertaining to the state and future of the world.

Maitreya: Hip Hop is a human culture that gives all people of the planet Earth a leg to stand on. The question isn’t, who are you a voice for; the real question is, do you have the courage to be the real you!?

Is there anything going on right now that you’re working on? If so, could you shed us any details?

Kilch: Yes, I’m working on a Mixtape called Cyberpunk Futures & Lucid Dreams, which will be out by early summer. It will deal with such subjects as Transhumanism, cryonics, sex robots and technological religion. The first single by the same name is available for free download right now, with the Mixtape to follow very soon! You can find the single and mixtape at http://mckilch.bandcamp.com/

Maitreya: I’m presently working on two albums, The Messiah of Morris Ave. and Maitreya One: The HipHop State. Both albums are the first of its kind. The first album will be to help build a Temple of Hip Hop in my hood in the Bronx. The second album is about freeing a colony and building a Hip Hop city. I also rap about mastering the elements of my culture and reversing aging. I want to give a shout out to the forefathers of Hip Hop: Kool Herc, Flash, Bam and KRS One. I also want to shout out Saul Kent, William Faloon, Stephen Valentine, Ray Kurzweil and Robert Ettinger. One, I’m out!

hip hop declaration of peace

For previous interviews by B.J. Murphy, check out “Ruling the Rhetoric on North Korea: A Pedagogical Perspective,” which interviews experts of northern Korea and provides an open-minded look into the ins and outs of the gravely misunderstood country.

Although I have already mentioned a recent technical note on the application of Astronomical Observation to LHC/Collider Safety in comments to other posts here and there, I have not posted specifically about it until now. So finally, a short mention:

The technical note follows on from a modest paper I wrote in 2012 (Discussions on the Hypothesis that Cosmic Ray Exposure on Sirius B Negates Terrestrial MBH Concerns from Colliders), which concerned micro-black hole (MBH) production and the white dwarf safety assurance. There I demonstrated that not only are most white dwarf stars not suitable as a safety assurance, but that those hand-picked for the 2008 safety report had magnetic field strength measured to just 99% confidence within the range for safety assurance. That is not to say that the LHC safety argument was only 99% reliable — just that one of the cornerstone assurances was. The affirmation of these measurements was needed for a safety assurance to LHC p-p collisions based on astronomical observations – as a safety assurance that is not based on Hawking Radiation theory — but based on verifiable measurement. The technical note captures the official LSAG (CERN) response on the matter after internal review at CERN in late 2012, which had remained archived from email discussions until recently, when those conclusions were formalised into this technical note:

Link to the technical note: http://environmental-safety.webs.com/TechnicalNote-EnvSA01.pdf

mostly harmless

That conclusion was fortunately, as expected, one of safety: significant progress had been made on the accuracy of B field measurement technology since the original 2008 safety report — and after a survey of latest literature, one finds that there are now extensive examples of WD with fields measured with uncertainty ranges within the 1–100 kG range required for assurance. However — despite an eventual conclusion of safety on this one matter (MBH concerns from p-p collisions) I would like to reiterate a point that I made back in 2008, that there is an obligation on industry to keep safety debate open and honest. We are not likely to see credible argument on any of the other concerns to LHC operations (strangelet production, magnetic monopoles, de sitter space transitions and vacuum bubbles, and so on), but these discussions do illustrate that re-visitations can be necessary.

Whilst onwards we strive to find new understandings to the universe, and to engineer new ways of being, we need to stand back and take a look at where we are, lest we get lost.

White Swan Update at https://lifeboat.com/blog/2014/04/white-swan

WHITE
Functioning of aged brains and muscles in mice made younger http://www.kurzweilai.net/functioning-of-aged-brains-and-muscles-in-mice-made-younger

Stem cells from teeth can make neuron-like cells and networks http://www.kurzweilai.net/stem-cells-from-teeth-can-make-neuron-like-cells-and-networks

How to change the crystal structure of graphene from metal to semiconductor http://www.kurzweilai.net/how-to-change-the-crystal-structure-of-graphene-from-metal-to-semiconductor

Bone marrow-on-a-chip unveiled http://www.kurzweilai.net/bone-marrow-on-a-chip-unveiled

Predicting the Future with Big Data http://www.dw.de/predicting-the-future-with-big-data/av-17613521

Will RoboBees Out-Swarm the Real Ones? http://motherboard.vice.com/read/will-robo-bees-edge-out-real-ones

The laws we need to rule cyborgs http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/home-news/aye-robot-the-laws-we-need-to-rule-cyborgs.24064199

Nokia Bets $100 Million on Smart Car Tech http://spectrum.ieee.org/cars-that-think/transportation/advanced-cars/nokia-bets-100-million-on-smart-car-tech

Let’s Bring Engineers into Studying the Brain http://www.singularityweblog.com/ed-boyden/

Autodesk Builds Its Own Virus, as the Software Giant Develops Design Tools for Life Itself https://recode.net/2014/05/05/autodesk-builds-its-own-virus-as-the-software-giant-develops-design-tools-for-life-itself/

The Neuroscientist Who Wants To Upload Humanity To A Computer http://www.popsci.com/article/science/neuroscientist-who-wants-upload-humanity-computer?src=related&con=outbrain&obref=obinsite

Sony tape smashes storage record http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-27282732

The history of the flying car http://autos.ca.msn.com/editors-picks/the-history-of-the-flying-car

This Psychedelic Virtual City Makes Music Controlled By Your Brain Waves http://www.fastcolabs.com/3030062/this-psychedelic-virtual-experience-makes-music-controlled-by-your-brain-waves

Internet Of Things: What’s Holding Us Back http://www.informationweek.com/strategic-cio/it-strategy/internet-of-things-whats-holding-us-back/d/d-id/1235043

Xerox Chief Technology Officer Sophie Vandebroek shares her vision of healthcare made simpler through robotics and 3D printing. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AjAn05AQHS4&feature=youtu.be&sf25713119=1

New U.S. Report States “Climate Change Has Moved Firmly into the Present” http://www.21stcentech.com/u-s-report-states-climate-change-moved-firmly-present/

Mr. Andres Agostini
Chief Polymath Officer (CPO)
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The May 2014 Scientific American article, “Super Symmetry, A Crisis in Physics”, got me thinking. If the proton mass is substantially greater that the sum of the masses of the quarks & gluons in the proton then there is an outrageous question regarding the Standard Model.

Before I attempt to answer that question we need to understand the concept of falsifiability.

The reason why I am qualified to ask this outrageous question is because I solved the physics of gravity modification, and falsifiability opens up more avenues for research, more questions and the finally the reasons for the outrageous question.