[ExI] seamless uploading

[Eugen Leitl]

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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