Submitted by Cathy Davidson on Oct 27, 2009, 08:48 AM

If the twentieth-century paradigm for the brain is the hardwired CPU, I would argue that the new paradigm for the twenty-first century brain is the iPod or iPhone, with 75,000 possible Apps (and counting) available for downloading, some created by developers, others by users, all in constant need of updates and customising. There's an App for just about everything in the twenty-first century brain because a changing world needs a brain that is not a product but an interactive processor.

Submitted by Cathy Davidson on Sep 18, 2009, 09:25 AM

Think about the name "Tyrannasaurus Rex." Hard to get more hyperbolic than that. Think of values of regency, tyranny, and the equation of the tyrant and the king with bigger size. We move quite easily from the fossil record of life 125 million years ago to values that sound like Marvel Comics.

Submitted by Cathy Davidson on Apr 23, 2007, 09:30 AM
In welcoming participants to the HASTAC conference, I outlined many of the ways that working across domains is exactly what makes for paradigm shifts. The Information Age is too important to leave only to the domain of scientists and engineers. We all need to work together to understand this moment.