The Singularity?

Comment below on the video interview "10 Questions for Ray Kurzweil."

Global Genome

Respond below to the first part of the Introduction to The Global Genome by Eugene Thacker.

"Risky Bigness - On Obesity, Eating, and the Ambiguity of 'Health'" by Lauren Berlant, and "The Biggest Loser"

Fat in History

The intro to the episode of The Biggest Loser that we'll watch for next week.

Comment below on the short article, "The Inner Corset, A Brief History of Fat in the United States," by Laura Fraser.

Stasis Theory

These sites provide more in-depth explanation of stasis theory:

• Paralepsis blog we read in class
• Purdue OWL page on stases

Cancering

Comment below on Danny Hillis's talk on "Understanding Cancer through Proteomics" or on the rhetorical concept of "stasis."