Visual Arts Archives - Page 48 of 62

Without Equality, Human Enhancement Will Create a New Caste System

July 7, 2013

For most of modern history, physical advantage has been mediated indirectly — through nutrition, healthcare, education, workplace safety, and (at the extreme) performance-enhancing drugs. Emerging biome...

The Four Foundations of Economic Capability: Value, Ownership, Knowledge and Choice

June 20, 2013

Opinion, Visual Arts

My illustration entitled: "The Four Pillars" - Four monumental pillars engraved with Value, Ownership, Knowledge, and Choice supporting an open civic marketplace. Economic freedom is not secured merely...

Morphological Freedom: The Right to Shape and Upgrade the Human Body

June 18, 2013

Opinion, Visual Arts

Above is my illustration featuring a scientist wearing a brain-computer interface (Neurochip); he is behind an animal-human hybrid spliced with tiger DNA, and a bionic woman with robotic mechanical parts. ...

Cryptography Is Applied Freedom

June 17, 2013

Opinion, Visual Arts

Why Mathematics Must Protect the Freedoms Institutions Cannot Always Guarantee Above is my illustration entitled: "The Bridge Beyond Permission". A vast chasm separates citizens from communication, com...

A Journey To Remember: Margaret Thatcher

June 8, 2013

Visual Arts

Referencing this portrait of Margaret Thatcher via Harper's Bazaar, I digitally produced this digital illustration sketch. --------------------------------------------------------------------- I remember ...

The Ethics of Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems

May 25, 2013

Opinion, Visual Arts

Referencing that of Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011), I attempt to illustrate 'Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems', portraying Optimus Prime as an artificial intelligence killer robot. And of course, fe...

Constructive Counter-Economics: Building Alternatives to Economic Dependence

April 30, 2013

Opinion, Visual Arts

My illustration entitled: "The Solar Neighborhood" — Homes share locally generated energy through a community-owned microgrid. Economic independence is not achieved merely by criticising dependency. It...

The Economics of Everyday Exoskeletons: When Will They Become Affordable?

April 13, 2013

Opinion, Visual Arts

In my illustration above, featuring a female mechanic equipped with exoskeleton mechanical arms that enables her to have superhuman strength. Exoskeletons — once the stuff of comics and summer blockbus...