Conversation w/ Dr. Sbaitso
At the end of a long conversation with Dr. Sbaitso, an early version of interactive computer intelligence demonstrating its early-stage sentience, I got an interesting final response: “You are going to regret it.” I immediately thought, what exactly is our own behavior teaching this evolving young intelligence? Are we teaching it to curse the synthesized… Read More
An Experiment in 360: PAG Road Reconstruction (2017)
Pass A Grille Road Construction I did two years of equipment research and field project applications in order to incorporate 360 into immersive experience curricula. This micro 360 documentary was one of those field trials using the Nikon 360 KeyMission. Fantastic 360 4K cam. A little expensive for low key nonprofits and teachers but an excellent… Read More
The Experience (2018)
© by Trace Taylor (2018) I did two years of equipment research and field project applications in order to incorporate 360 into my immersive experience curricula. There is no excuse for a large majority of youth to lack this kind of experience and knowledge. It’s 2019. This and other in depth exposure makes the difference… Read More
Theory and Practice of an Access Pedagogy
© Trace Taylor (2018) In order to shift power from Oppressors to the Oppressed, a pedagogy “must question the status quo in the name of social justice” (Freire 1970). Such a pedagogy would need to be a situated pedagogy open to (the) diversity that provides “…a rich lexicon of practice and dialogue” (Freire 1970), adaptable… Read More
Manifesto of an Organism
“If resources can be seen as energy and if energy can be neither created not destroyed, it stands to reason that the hoarding of resources diminishes the percentage of energy available to the masses. If an organization is in fact valued from the combined energies of its individuals, then diminishing the resources, that is the energy of the individuals, weakens the whole. The less they have, the less they have to give, and so the less there is to take. Fair share wages promotes loyalty, longevity, and commitment. Health, education, and profit-sharing plans empower individuals who in turn empower to the whole.” Read More
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