Distant Early Warning System

“Survival of Japan’s Internet, says Cowie, is most likely due to the ‘dense web of domestic and international connectivity’ built by Japanese engineers ‘that is among the richest and most diverse on earth.’”

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“Eventually, I believe, current attempts to understand the mind by analogy with man-made computers that can perform superbly some of the same external tasks as conscious beings will be recognized as a gigantic waste of time.”—Thomas Nagel

“Google used a similar service following the recent earthquake in Christchurch, New Zealand and following last year’s quakes in Haiti and Chile.”