[extropy-chat] singularity conference at stanford

[Russell Wallace]

On 5/14/06, Metavalent Stigmergy <metavalent at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> What a great day.  The singularity is much nearER the day after the
> summit than it was the day before.  Or maybe, just maybe, IT HAPPENED,
> yesterday.  Who can really tell and how would we really know, after
> all?  Odds are that we won't ever "see" it anyway, but in hindsight.
>
> And  THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU to both Doug Hofstadter and (live
> by the most bitchin' gadget of the conference, Teleportec) Bill
> McKibben for their much needed cross-examination.  If not for their
> ever loyal incisive contributions, the Singularity would rapidly
> implode under the weight of it's own self-centered gravity.  Doug: It
> might be time for "A  Coffeehouse Conversation" update on this 25th
> anniversary of the May 1981 Scientific American essay. :)
>

I never thought I'd wish for the day when the "need a fantasy to latch onto"
crowd just waited for the mothership to beam them up. Being a pessimist only
means _most_ of your surprises are pleasant ones.
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