Dang it's a good thing I like snippy-bright people. Most would have flushed your note, ignoring the underlying friendliness.
In fact, KP kind of mocks "transcendance", as you well note. It acknowledges that it may happen, but (as in my other books) I also say the "life will go on". I just returned from a major Singularity conference, so I'm in there with that community, albeit as a grouch-contrarian. I do not expect them to save my life though I appreciate and cheer on the effort. Funny you ignore the singularity aspect of KP. SERIAL immortality is really rather churlish, stealing from our descendants. What busy people REALLY want and need is PARALLEL immortality. The power to get more done now. I'd assign a ditto to answering email.... --- Maru <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > So Dr. Brin, I was reading Kiln People your new > novel. > Rather good, although towards the end seemed you'd > tossed too > many balls in the air. And what is it with you and > endings > involving some sort of Transcendance? That makes > ~three now (not > that I'm counting). > But my question really is that early into KP, the > narrator or > golem remarked in an aside and insulted the idea and > people who > accept the idea of the 'Singularity'. My question > is, did you do > that because you needed some reason your future was > eminently > comprehensible, or because you regard such > techno-optimism as > foolish moonshine? > Enquiring minds want to know! > > ~Maru > If anybody else knows, I'd appreciate that too. > > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Check out the new Yahoo! Front Page. > www.yahoo.com > > > _______________________________________________ > http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l > _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
