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The Living Body & the Ecological Crisis

Edit CounterPunch 30 Sep 2016
Since the colonization of the country, Americans have never known how to relate to nature, whether it be the natural world or their human bodies ... Early colonial settlers of the new nation conceived human nature, especially the human body, not dissimilar to how they perceived the natural world that enveloped them and the native peoples they felt threatened by....

Why We Must Embrace, Not Fear, The Rise Of Artificial Intelligence

Edit Huffington Post 30 Sep 2016
Our best political, sociological and economic minds will need to devote their attention to finding ways to help those whose roles are made obsolete through automation, eventually even completely redefining what 'jobs' mean in a world where human labour is increasingly unnecessary....

In the age of the algorithm, the human gatekeeper is back

Edit The Guardian 30 Sep 2016
The rise of algorithms has been relentless, but we need human input in our world of technological innovations ... how to recommend books without human intervention ... Humans out; machines in ... How algorithms rule the world ... Far from disappearing, human curation and sensibilities have a new value in the age of algorithms ... Humans are back ... This is where the arts and humanities strike back in a world of machine learning ... human taste....

Getty Images appoints Leander LeSure as Chief Human Resources Officer (Getty Images Inc)

Edit Public Technologies 30 Sep 2016
London, 30 September, 2016 - Getty Images, a world leader in visual communication, today announces the appointment of Leander LeSure as Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO). In his new role, Leander will further develop Getty Images' innovative culture and values, ensuring that the company has a world-class human resources strategy to support the business through an exciting period of growth and evolution....

History shows we must proceed with caution on designer babies

Edit The Dallas Morning News 30 Sep 2016
We can bring into the world babies who fulfill parental dreams, who are beautiful and intelligent, humane and successful ... There are some who think a world without flaws is not only desirable, but that parents bear a responsibility to improve the human stock using current technology ... Designing babies could also make for a boringly homogenous world in ......

ILGA welcomes Vitit Muntarbhorn’s appointment as SOGI Independent Expert (ILGA - International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association)

Edit Public Technologies 30 Sep 2016
The appointment, made as a package today together with four other human rights expert positions, went through by consensus of the United Nations Human Rights Council, the 47 government member world body charged with overseeing human rights around the globe ... Never has there been a more urgent need to safeguard the human rights of LGBTI persons around the world....

Experts warn home 'gene editing' kits pose risk to society

Edit The Guardian 30 Sep 2016
“This could transform our range of expectations and ambitions about how humans control our world,” said Andrew Greenfield, a geneticist and chair of the Nuffield Council’s working group ... In 2015 another Chinese team became the first in the world to edit human embryos, when they tried, and failed, to modify a gene that causes beta-thalassaemia, a potentially fatal blood disorder....

Discover the American South from home with new online course (Northumbria University)

Edit Public Technologies 30 Sep 2016
'The American South' will give students from the around the world the chance to experience Northumbria's excellence in teaching and research as they learn online from experts at the University's Institute of the Humanities ... Northumbria is recognised for world-leading research in several Humanities' disciplines ... Northumbria offers a range of courses in the Humanities, including American Studies....

UN fails to launch independent robe into rights abuses in Yemen

Edit Press TV 30 Sep 2016
Sayed Ahmed Alwadaei, the director of advocacy at the Bahrain Institute for Rights and Democracy, said the Thursday resolution is an indication of “another failure by the top human rights body which shamefully accepts the membership of Saudi Arabia, one of the most brutal and cruel repressive states in the world, and allows it to dictate resolutions.”....

Mayor Garcetti signs agreement with Department of Homeland Security to step up L.A.’s fight against human trafficking (City of Los Angeles, CA)

Edit Public Technologies 30 Sep 2016
LOS ANGELES-Mayor Eric Garcetti today strengthened L.A.'s fight against human trafficking by entering into an agreement with the U.S ... The campaign leverages those partnerships to educate the public on recognizing human trafficking and reporting suspected instances ... 'Human trafficking is a heinous crime that tragically occurs in this city and in cities and towns throughout the world,' said Deputy Secretary Mayorkas....

The DeanBeat: Westworld finds the frontier between the real and the virtual, between humans and A.I.

Edit Venture Beat 30 Sep 2016
HBO’s Westworld debuts on Sunday as a major TV show that delves into enduring sci-fi and morality themes about whether we should create human-like artificial intelligent beings, how we should treat them, and what’s the difference between humans and machines ... The human guests can do anything they want, with no consequences, according to the corporation that runs the technological paradise....

HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS: UN SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR TO PROBE THEIR CURRENT SITUATION IN AUSTRALIA (UNOG - United Nations Office at Geneva)

Edit Public Technologies 30 Sep 2016
In particular, he was the Director General of Amnesty International (France) and Secretary General of the first World Summit on Human Rights Defenders in 1998 ... name of the independent fact-finding and monitoring mechanisms of the Human Rights Council that address either specific country situations or thematic issues in all parts of the world....

Philippines: Anti-torture movement pays tribute to Max de Mesa (OMCT - World Organisation Against Torture)

Edit Public Technologies 30 Sep 2016
OMCT - World Organisation Against Torture). Geneva, 30 September 2016 -Max de Mesa, a leading anti-torture activist in the Philippines and a member of the World Organisation Against Torture's General Assembly, passed away on Wednesday. OMCT's SOS Torture network will miss him terribly, as his country faces challenging times in the protection of human rights....
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