Xtreme Thanks 08
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Overview
In the Thanksgiving spirit, Biota Live is recording four shows in four days to bring together people who wouldn't normally participate in Biota Live and also give a chance for regular participants to call in too.
Show Notes, Times and Links
- Nov 29th, 2008 [Title TBD], 7am PST, 60 minutes
- Nov 28th, 2008 [Biota Live #38, The Hobby of Artificial Life], 8pm PST, 60 minutes
- Nov 27th, 2008 [Title TBD], 11am PST, 90 minutes
- Nov 26th, 2008 [Title TBD], 8pm PST, 90 minutes
The call in number will be +1 646-200-0640
If you want to talk on a specific topic (either below or another one you suggest, please make contact!
Overview of Topics
(Evolving show notes)
Outline for an Artificial-life Course or Curriculum
What We Have to Be Thankful For
luxury of time and computing power to do such esoteric explorations as artificial life
correspond all this to cosmology, biology, space xploration, nano-synthology, debates over origins and religion
new soup called the Net
Hobby of Artificial Life
The luxury of time, computing power and esoteric explorations. Some of this would talk about how hobbyists move into academia and industry, which I think is critical. Re-enforcement that we should look at other engineering hobbies for metrics in terms of user/developer numbers to create super-projects, monetization, and percolating back into popular consciousness.
