“All education springs from some image of the future. If the image of the future held by a society is grossly inaccurate, its education system will betray its youth.” -- Alvin Toffler” -- Alvin Toffler
PROGRAMMING REALITY

Fractal12




Fractal'12 was held on february 24th, 2012 at Comfama Parque Arví in Medellín, Colombia; an event for considering how would people live and work in a near future where almost everything can be programmable.

Paul Di Filippo report

 Pictures@Flickr

In city like Medellín you get into your ofiice, pay for Metro tiquets and open your garage door using RFID cards. At the mall, sensors reveal which spaces are available for parking. You get out of the mall and CCTV camaras watch for trafic and report unusual behavior. We're heading into a future where almost every part of our lives can be programmed.

But...

How do we adapt to that future?
Which codes and rules would operate?
What is the impact in everyday life and work?


* Image: Eric Fischer

SPEAKERS

Fractal'12

Jennifer Magnolfi [architecht]: . more info
Paul Di Filippo [science fiction writer] more info
Keiichi Matsuda [designer and film maker] more info
Raquel Herrera [arts and digital communications researcher] more info
Federico Builes [programmer] more info
Juan G. Lalinde [mathematician and engineer] más info

* Imagen: kreetube