[ExI] Inevitability of the Singularity (was Re: To Max, re Natasha and Extropy (Kevin Haskell)

[Eugen Leitl]

On Sat, Jul 09, 2011 at 02:01:48PM +0100, BillK wrote:

> So, apart from that, we'll be OK then????

To manage overshoot (we're in the early phases of where
we state to deviate from the exponential) you need to improve
the carrying capacity of the underlying ecosystem. 

If we fail to do that for a while we'll get a die-off.
This is awful, no good, pretty bad. Don't want to do that.

In an ideal world we have begun addressing these problems
around 1975 latest. We do not live in an ideal world.

The peak fossil issue is a kind of a touching stone. Will we
be able to ace that, we're likely to be able to address the
food and resource issue, as well as develop the ability to
sustainably innovate in a steady-state population with according 
demographic.

We stumble and fall on this first step, we're unlikely to ever
claw our way back. We can do it. Will we do it? We'll know soon enough. 

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