[ExI] seamless uploading
Eugen Leitl
eugen at leitl.org
Thu Jul 14 11:31:41 UTC 2011
On Wed, Jul 13, 2011 at 07:00:06PM -0700, Jeff Davis wrote:
> Over the years I have repeatedly expressed my utter delight at living
> in and witnessing this juggernaut of science and technology. Not just
> reading and dreaming about what might be possible, but actually
> watching the wonders of imagination tumble forth into reality. Each
> time, I thought to myself that the pace would remain more or less the
> same, and that I could handle it, could absorb it. By which I mean
> superficially, to be sure. Now things are coming at me so fast I
> can't keep up, not even superficially.
It's possible if you don't do anything else but keep up.
> Anyone else feel similar? What about you younger folks (I'm
> sixty-two, now. How the hell did that happen?! I don't feel
> sixty-two)? Do you feel more in synch, more in control?
I'm 45 and bored out of my wits. Trivial advances take some 30+
years. Most things don't move at all. Some even regress.
We're getting pretty close to dropping the ball entirely. Few seem to
be aware or care.
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