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CAN HUMANITY SURVIVE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

June 23, 2020 | Carvalko

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The ideas, the analysis, the predictions, everything fills the pages of Carvalko's mind and his latest book, “Conserving Humanity at the Dawn of Posthuman Technology,” is a provocative case study in this conflict between man and machine— and their inevitable melding. And their inevitable misgivings.   QUINNIPIAC MAGAZ I N E 9 B Y B R I A N KO O N Z P H O T O AU T UM N D R I S C O L L CAN HUMANITY SURVIVE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY? Imagine a time when the human brain is connected to a computer network, downloading data quite literally in the blink of an eye. The potential gain for knowledge i..

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NEW PUBLICATION ANNOUNCEMENT

June 1, 2019 | Carvalko

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I just submitted Sundering of the Species--Conserving Humanity at the Dawn of Posthuman Technology--, to my publisher, Palgrave Macmillan, 400 pp. The challenge I set for myself was to write a creative non-fiction about new science and technology and our changing role in what will prove to be a new order of social and aesthetic engagement. I have researched and thought through the consequences of the recent turns in science that has created two genetically altered humans, and brought us advances in implantable bio-computers, enabling communication between the brain and the digital world. These..

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SELF ABSORPTION-Where Will Technology Lead Us?

December 22, 2015 | Carvalko

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JURIMETRICS BOOK REVIEW-The Techno-human Shell-A Jump in the Evolutionary Gap

May 10, 2014 | Carvalko

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IEET BOOK REVIEW -The Techno-human Shell-A Jump in the Evolutionary Gap

February 23, 2014 | Carvalko

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On Remembering, and Forgetting: One Veteran Speaks

November 15, 2013 | Carvalko

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By Heather Brandon WNPR News at WNPR.org November 11, 2013 The following is a keynote address delivered by Joe Carvalko at the Milford Veterans' Day parade on Sunday, November 10 on the town green. Carvalko is an American author and lawyer born in Bridgeport. His recent novel is We Were Beautiful Once, Chapters from a Cold War. Carvalko is a veteran of the Air Force (’59-’64), 307th Bomb Wing, Strategic Air Command, and is Adjunct Professor of Law at Quinnipiac University, School of Law. Learn more about him at carvalko.com. Remembering, and ForgettingBy Joe Carvalko Each year, on the eleventh..

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Veterans Reflect on Military Service Through Creative Writing

November 15, 2013 | Carvalko

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Veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars and the Cold War era gathered at Fairfield University Monday night, November 11, to read from their creative writing. After the readings, the veterans participated in a panel discussion about the therapeutic value of writing. Three of the veterans served in Iraq and Afghanistan. Colin D. Halloran is a U.S. Army combat veteran who served in Afghanistan and is the author of the award-winning memoir-in-verse Shortly Thereafter. He read from the book Monday night. "The only way to determine the pain and suffering experienced in the wars is to ask the peopl..

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Proud to Be” Volume Two

November 15, 2013 | Carvalko

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“Proud to Be” Volume Two Launch Friday, November 15, 2013 10 a.m.-12 p.m. University of Missouri—St. Louis St. Louis Mercantile Library AND 7-9 p.m. St. Louis Public Library Central Branch Auditorium Please join us to celebrate the publication of the second volume of the “Proud to Be: Writing by American Warriors” anthology series with reading by and about veterans. The anthology is a collection of prose, poetry, interviews and photographs by veterans, military service personnel and their families. The series is made possible through collaboration of the Missouri Humanities Council, Southeast..

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Korean War murder mystery & legal drama subject of Joseph Carvalko’s “We Were Beautiful Once”

May 7, 2013 | Carvalko

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Sunbury Press has released Joseph Carvalko's novel "We Were Beautiful Once"; a murder mystery and legal drama set during the Korean War Mechanicsburg, PA - Sunbury Press has released Joseph Carvalko's novel "We Were Beautiful Once"; a murder mystery and legal drama set during the Korean War ABOUT THE BOOK: "We Were Beautiful Once" is a psychologically complex courtroom novel that builds an intriguing web of events, creating a sustained sense of anticipation from chapter to chapter in the mold of John Grisham’s The Pelican Brief, where trial lawyer Nick Castalano tries to uncover the fate of Ro..

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Poems of the Road Contest Winners

May 7, 2013 | Carvalko

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So, without further ado, here are the Esurance Poems of the Road winners. Congratulations to you all! First place My Favorite Roads, Khristian Kay My Favorite Roads are ashen a chalky white of patched and cracked arthritic asphalt aged and bleached there is no centerline no paint no makeup just raw flesh under a midday sun no defined lines limiting access but rather following the collective observable rules of good conduct and neighborly jurisprudence specifically for the polite travelers the vagabonds trespassing moments these are not the shiny black roads the glistening star lights on a sabl..

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The Techno-Human Shell

May 3, 2013 | Carvalko

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The Techno-Human Shell-A Jump in the Evolutionary Gap, discusses smart prosthetics and medical devices for therapeutics, particularly the implications of the proliferation of in-the-body technologies to augment and enhance physical performance, intelligence, extending lifetimes and controlling technology outside the body via digital I/O and thought. It looks at the history of a number of therapeutic devices, such as the modern pacemaker, as well as the current state-of-the-art and conjectures as to where science and technology is headed. For example, medical and prosthetic technology now verge..

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We Were Beautiful Once

May 3, 2013 | Carvalko

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Nick Castalano, a small town lawyer ventures into a web of betrayal, murder and corruption in this legal-suspense thriller to solve the mysterious disappearance of a POW during the Korean War. Using the courtroom juxtaposed to the battlefield, Carvalko methodically takes us through how a soldier MIA behind enemy lines has a profound effect on the lives of those left behind. Out of two rooms over Zorba’'s Luncheonette, Nick runs what the local white-shoe firms call a one-lung law practice. On behalf of the family searching for their brother, Nick sues the U.S. Army to uncover the truth behind P..

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