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#Zoomposium interview with Prof. Dr. #Godehard #Brüntrup SJ: "The #Metaphysics of #Consciousness"

In the first part we ask Professor Brüntrup mainly about the possibilities of a #New #Metaphysics of #Consciousness arising from his philosophical positions concerning #liberal #naturalism, #process #philosophy according to Alfred N. #Whitehead and a #panpsychism.

In the second part we deal with Professor Brüntrup's #self-experienced #near-death #experiences.

More at: philosophies.de/index.php/2022

𝗪𝗜𝗞𝗜𝗣𝗘𝗗𝗜𝗔 𝗣𝗜𝗖𝗧𝗨𝗥𝗘 𝗢𝗙 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗗𝗔𝗬

✧ Webb's First Deep Field ✧

Webb's First Deep Field is the first operational image taken by the James Webb Space Telescope, captured by the telescope's Near-Infrared Camera (NIRCam) and revealed to the public by NASA in July 2022. The deep-field photograph, which covers a tiny area of sky visible from the Southern Hemisphere, is centered o...

#Near-InfraredCamera #SouthernHemisphere #Webb #NASA #Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Webb%27s

#USA #Privacy #Surveillance #Near #DataBrokerage #DataBroker: "The bankruptcy order also provided a rare glimpse into how data brokers license data to one another. Near’s list of contracts included agreements with several location brokers, ad platforms, universities, retailers, and city governments.

- The order listed “Data Monetization” agreements with location data broker X-Mode from 2017 through 2023, including an agreement valued at $122,706 from 2023 with X-Mode parent Digital Origin. The FTC recently banned X-Mode from selling sensitive location data as part of a settlement. The Markup previously revealed that X-Mode was one of the companies family tracking app Life360 was selling location data to (the company has since limited such data sales).
- Location data broker Tamoco was listed as having a data licensing agreement from 2021 that was amended in 2023.
- Location data broker Irys was listed as having a data supplier agreement with Near from 2019, worth $72,000. Irys and Tamoco were both among the 47 companies that The Markup identified as part of the multibillion-dollar location data industry.

It is not clear from the filing if the agreements covered Near data being licensed, Near licensing the data from the companies, or both."

themarkup.org/privacy/2024/02/

themarkup.orgWhat Happens to Your Sensitive Data When a Data Broker Goes Bankrupt? – The MarkupData on sensitive locations, such as abortion clinics, could be sold off, raising alarms