<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></title><description><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></description><link>https://ecency.com</link><image><url>https://ecency.com/logo512.png</url><title>RSS Feed</title><link>https://ecency.com</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2026 04:56:31 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://ecency.com/@zero-state/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[On Democracy: Value and Limits]]></title><description><![CDATA[ The following post is related to Social Futurism (SF) and the Zero State (ZS),  but only reflects the views of the author (Ámon Ásentír, AKA Dr. M.  Amon Twyman). Within the SF/ZS sphere]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@zero-state/on-democracy-value-and-limits</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@zero-state/on-democracy-value-and-limits</guid><category><![CDATA[life]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[zero-state]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 26 Feb 2018 15:57:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/5bEGgqB1dEW36yUU3Hq2NW32w2rZKgQsiiarCBC6fTHsNF9TEz22hexJfMWqVoUzcVHiPFwpk5EbwhvLyqcw6kAyvFWMZ2uU?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[AI Ethics and the Continuum of Sentience]]></title><description><![CDATA[ Some years ago I gave a talk called “Consciousness and the Transhuman”,  in which I discussed important connections between questions of  neuroscience, advancing cognitive technologies,]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@zero-state/ai-ethics-and-the-continuum-of-sentience</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@zero-state/ai-ethics-and-the-continuum-of-sentience</guid><category><![CDATA[ai]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[zero-state]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 03 Feb 2018 15:18:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/qjrE4yyfw5pJ4XNPDVgyXsPyUzvx2vG285wMsUg3uJrw9zCnfeJTrf3Yq2ffdCb5dd1sHqsMT9wj2DyEiu5JmfnW82JcozGhCJQ3MF2ARnrTkrExDndV5JgE?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Alternate Reality Games as Cybernetic Organisms]]></title><description><![CDATA[ This article is part of a series on Alternate Reality Gaming (ARG),  particularly as it relates to cutting-edge computing technologies.   Previous articles (here and here)  set]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@zero-state/alternate-reality-games-as-cybernetic-organisms</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@zero-state/alternate-reality-games-as-cybernetic-organisms</guid><category><![CDATA[technology]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[zero-state]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 02 Feb 2018 18:00:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/qjrE4yyfw5pJ4XNPDVgyXsPyUzvx2vG285wMsUg3uJrw9zCnfeJTrf3Yq2ffdCb5dd1sHqsMT9wj2DyEiu5JmfnW82JcozGhCJQ3MF2KxXYEKa7Hdvrk65GS?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Society of Mind & the Network Society]]></title><description><![CDATA[ Here at AGI Laboratory we explore the intersection of technology and  society, where AI, VR, and Big Data (among other things) come crashing  into our cultures, social traditions, economies]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@zero-state/society-of-mind-and-the-network-society</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@zero-state/society-of-mind-and-the-network-society</guid><category><![CDATA[technology]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[zero-state]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jan 2018 22:27:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/HNWT6DgoBc166BGDonLFqrC4MWKh1Qn4j9cbiy6XbLzJpGyzxvJRRGeuqUHUCnvLM4di2fRqqdywvnUa9AdQQEemsn4aM7avRB3Nc6BCyipZzBFS65Gisg46Era?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Upload Lives Matter… Or Else.]]></title><description><![CDATA[ A long-time science fiction riff which may be on the verge of becoming reality is the idea of the Copy,  which is to say the digital emulation of a human mind. The viability of  that idea]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@zero-state/upload-lives-matter-or-else</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@zero-state/upload-lives-matter-or-else</guid><category><![CDATA[technology]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[zero-state]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 29 Jan 2018 19:30:51 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/qjrE4yyfw5pJ4fg5uEbUtBQ6rfuuMht9i8D5FVfjM4jQDCHTr8S6YWypEzMbFHSayFiAgAjGag5HweSErWZCt3XkNFdZgFvCVNnE3mzMwhRiz3zhQej8GmeE?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Quick but Important One-Question Survey]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Foundation has requested that the following survey be posted.  Zero State is taking no opinion on the matter until its members have spoken.  Vote by up-voting and commenting below.  The]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@zero-state/a-quick-but-important-one-question-survey</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@zero-state/a-quick-but-important-one-question-survey</guid><category><![CDATA[contest]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[zero-state]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 07 Jan 2018 22:04:09 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hecate Trivia]]></title><description><![CDATA[ -805.4 / Saturday 6 January 12018 We don't believe in gods... do we? As has been explained elsewhere, ZS is both rational and empirical on the one hand, and also embracing of the power of mythos]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@zero-state/hecate-trivia</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@zero-state/hecate-trivia</guid><category><![CDATA[contest]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[zero-state]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 06 Jan 2018 19:41:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/2Snpznz7rwiEo6tz2cnDeCUsv4JympfeQf7vwsumxpexkhEucCVpFK8vHqK5i5mNPB5tkGckpioJ6opSvc4rrCpCafhYLbfkaFMSGYAsQuVK8Saw6Yo5cUQzjs4HghZgPoe7UYRUk8iQBm8NbQXrd2VKyiUmYETXSdkWZei67cGmW7edTTaNKtBM7uhh65Z6uiPSM3oGVaDqfJ854ex?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ooooh!  Nice Block-chain!]]></title><description><![CDATA[But nothing is secure when you don't delete your e-mails with your original password and never change it . . . .  You should know better, Amon. I would have taken this account for myself but I see]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@zero-state/ooooh-nice-block-chain</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@zero-state/ooooh-nice-block-chain</guid><category><![CDATA[zsarg]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[zero-state]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 04 Jan 2018 00:40:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/2FFvzA2zeqoVPTRftoYZnCq2c11Qu2hVp4xMbN8jhK4UPAz6hwAMRVZsqL3BNBTQsXgZi9C4xvfQAG9dHUhqstapWocLx2E9X7sPEtTyAiPZZ1t6QNGPAtTa9N8cN?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Catch Foundation Agents at CES 2018 & Win $5,000.00 USD]]></title><description><![CDATA[ Catch Foundation Agents at CES 2018 and Win $5,000.00 USD (Las Vegas, NV, USA – Jan 2018)  The Foundation has announced that  there will be two agents on the floor of CES 2018 (The Consumer]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@zero-state/catch-foundation-agents-at-ces-2018-and-win-usd5-000-00-usd</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@zero-state/catch-foundation-agents-at-ces-2018-and-win-usd5-000-00-usd</guid><category><![CDATA[contest]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[zero-state]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 30 Dec 2017 14:30:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/x7L2VMmVDNEjGNyfEt596ajRdGuNFhyt3QDbLBYDFmJ9FVAWhcWnA3fKZxcNuTLSpouDT7Uy1QXHbgA?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fractal Law (How Zero State Operates)]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Zero State holds to the Rule of Law, in accord with the Principles of Social Futurism (specifically, Principle 2.4). At the heart of that commitment is the idea that individual liberty must be preserved,]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@zero-state/fractal-law-how-zero-state-operates</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@zero-state/fractal-law-how-zero-state-operates</guid><category><![CDATA[transhumanism]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[zero-state]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 05 Dec 2017 15:00:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/hgjbkodzNNy11VNou72wEVewcawqQ2qLznnzzyoA7pQSvrZHnbM3bPWwkayqt8Z6aF7oyX8PFaWkyxWZtpk3gvFRAW?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[ARCON002: The Little Black Book]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Little Black Book (so-called in reference to both The Black Book and an earlier Zero State release), from Array Consulting and the re-launched Zero State, is both a stand-alone tale, a brief summary]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@zero-state/arcon002-the-little-black-book</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@zero-state/arcon002-the-little-black-book</guid><category><![CDATA[story]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[zero-state]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 26 Nov 2017 17:45:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/mXkfdQ5uNnzFTma2mmnnGnFwAUmohn3gXf9oTu7YX41WJaA8VkfNh3Ci2yVm3pLEeEere9pQao6GQRw7VhHXYPpAN2qbd8e9wwc9Fa6bx?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item></channel></rss>