Homo Futurus


“… a documentary about a controversial theory regarding the mechanism that drove the evolution of humans from primates to modern man; challenging the presently accepted evolutionary premise. It also speculates on humanity’s future evolutionary path.”



evolution, fluxus, fractal, language, neurogenesis, topology

Evolution’s new wrinkle:

Princeton University -  Proteins with cruise control provide new perspective

“What we have found is that certain kinds of biological structures exist that are able to steer the process of evolution toward improved fitness,” — Raj Chakrabarti, Herschel Rabitz, Stacey Springs and George McLendon



evolution, panpsychism

“You see, I need you.
I use poetry to teach people.
The world I created
Has been overrun by ignorant thinking
And I need poets to take the world back
And break the curse. “



evolution, heritage, poetry, salvation, voice

John Hawks


“How do the problems of information transfer relate to the human perception and use of signs?
What are the connections between information theory and semiotics in the origin of culture?”



evolution, posthuman

Eno at Pop Start:
“…what Darwin did for life, we need to do for culture…”
“…culture is the way we look at ourselves, with which we can surrender…and try out different ways of being and feeling…”



algorithm, art, artist, darwin, eno, evolution, generative

TED | Talks | Sir Martin Rees: Earth in its final century? (video)


“…this uniquely crucial century…”



astronomy, complexity, consciousness, evolution


“This study generates predictions about the evolutionary conditions conducive to the emergence of communication and provides guidelines for designing artificial evolutionary systems displaying spontaneous communication.”

Floreano et al., Evolutionary Conditions for the Emergence of Communication in Robots,Current Biology (2007), doi:10.1016/j.cub.2007.01.058



AI, emergence, evolution