Vinge did get a mention, but the article's focus on Kurzweil was weird. I suspect the business community--or at least the Times writer-- finds it easier to wrap its mind around a rich eccentric like K, rather than the more abstract (and not so rich) Vinge.
-cb On Sun, Jun 13, 2010 at 9:34 AM, Eric Scoles <[email protected]> wrote: > > At least Vinge has a better sense of history: he cites Claude Shannon as > his source for the concept. > > > > On Sun, Jun 13, 2010 at 9:00 AM, delancey <[email protected]> wrote: > >> The NYT has a huge article about the Singuliarty (in the business >> section, because it uses Singularity University as its context), which >> (1) never mentions SF or the SF sources of the concept, and (2) seems >> to think the concept was entirely invented by Kurzweil and is now >> wholly owned by Google. Alas. Even a WIki search could have shown >> them better.... >> >> >> http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/13/business/13sing.html?sq=singularity&st=Search&scp=1&pagewanted=all >> >> cd >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "R-SPEC: The Rochester Speculative Literature Association" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]<r-spec%[email protected]> >> . >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/r-spec?hl=en. >> >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "R-SPEC: The Rochester Speculative Literature Association" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<r-spec%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/r-spec?hl=en. > -- Charlene Brusso -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "R-SPEC: The Rochester Speculative Literature Association" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/r-spec?hl=en.
