Here's a talk I gave at the Long Now Foundation about my optimistic hopes that the advent of the internet will mitigate threats that brought down previous civilizations.
This is an idea I've been working on for several years. It started as a short piece in Nature, then a short essay on Edge.org, and finally debuted as an iPad app called Why the Net Matters. For over a week this was the most watched video on fora.tv.
I performed a CT scan on an Egyptian mummy, and found beautiful objects inside.
Think it's unlikely for a scientist to be featured on the cover of an Italian fashion magazine? Me too! But strange things happen...
Why do groups of people inflict violence on unarmed neighbors? (Germany, Rwanda, Darfur, Nanking....). Here's the neuroscience point of view.
How significant is the subconscious?
See David Eagleman's TED talk entitled "Can we create new senses for humans?"
Read David's new article in Wired magazine: "Apocalyse? No. Six Ways the Internet Will Save Civilization"
New Scientist magazine features David Eagleman's time perception research as their cover story.
