On Tue, Jun 3, 2008 at 10:28 AM, Perry E. Metzger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Thaths <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>> Also found Bruce Sterling's take on the
>> singularity ('The Singularity: Your Future as a Black Hole')[3][4]
>> compelling.
> I must disagree -- I thought Sterling's talk was snide, not
> informative. He didn't really address any of Vinge's technical
> observations, he just sneered at the idea in various ways. (It is
> possible that some of his talk had content -- about 2/3rds through I
> just turned it off.)It has been some months since I listened to the Sterling talk. IIRC, the gist of Sterling's talk was that the Singularitarians spoke in a vein similar to Millenarians and that we all know how successful the latter have been in terms of predicting the future. Thaths -- Bart: We were just planning the father-son river rafting trip. Homer: Hehe. You don't have a son. Sudhakar Chandra Slacker Without Borders
