[ExI] Virtual Reality is where the aliens are

[spike]

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From: extropy-chat [mailto:extropy-chat-bounces at lists.extropy.org] On Behalf
Of Keith Henson
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> >...  Or the really smart minority persistently get out-bred, so the
population's collective intelligence and drive gradually dissipates like a
mist in the cloudless spring dawn...  spike


>...I used to worry about this, but not for a number of years.  If Ray is
close to right, the kids who will lead the way into the singularity have
already been born.  If not, another generation will see advanced genetic
engineering and a crop of really smart kids... Keith


I am astonished at how good are the educational materials available free
online.  Any optimism I have now is based on how we have had a sudden
explosion in the past ten years in stuff like Khan Academy and the other
free resources.  We are making progress.

spike