> > On Sun, May 2, 2010 at 2:38 PM, Keith Henson <[email protected]> > wrote: > > The concept here leads to "the singularity," of nanotechnology and > weakly godlike AI. I see no way to avoid it. > > It doesn't matter if humans manage to keep up with advancing > technology or wind up relating to our successor the way cats do to > humans. Things are going to change radically and it's likely this > change will happen before mid century. This offers, for example, an > explanation for the Fermi Question. > > There are lots of things to discuss, but very few people want to > discuss such an unsettling future. > > I'm certainly interested in discussing the future, the Fermi paradox, and the possibility of a technological singularity, and I'm sure many others are too.
I don't think that is the root problem. I think because there are so many places that people can go to discuss issues now, that it is (ironically) much harder to find people to discuss things with - if that makes sense. IHere? Facebook? Twitter? LinkedIn? Wave? Buzz? Somewhere else?
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