[ExI] RIP Singularitarianism

[Thomas]

> Russell Wallace wrote:

> I was once a Singularitarian. [...]
>
> But [...] Fear and paranoia contaminate it
>
> [...] explicit Singularitarian work is already dead, cf: SIAI,  
> Novamente. All I can do is get on with my own (non-Singularity) work.
>
> My point, though, is that there's a gap in meme space: anyone want  
> to coin a philosophy that means making actual progress, _no_  
> parasite memes admitted?
We err to take fear-speak too seriously.  Fear merchants have  
abounded by virtue of the hypnotic effect of their scary headlines.   
They sucked space, but if you could tolerate them, and not succumb to  
suggestibility, you could avoid getting sucked down.  Trying to  
suppress negative memes seemed to strengthen them.  There remains  
plenty of hard evidence that love resolves fear.  That corny old  
philosophy has never failed.  If you can't do that then love yourself  
for not tolerating singularitarianism.  By the way, what work do you  
do?  -- Thomas

Thomas at ThomasOliver.net

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