[ExI] new neurons

[William Flynn Wallace]

On Sun, Apr 12, 2020 at 1:36 PM spike jones via extropy-chat <
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> > *On Behalf Of *William Flynn Wallace via extropy-chat
> *Sent:* Sunday, April 12, 2020 10:57 AM
> *Subject:* Re: [ExI] new neurons
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> By keyboard do you mean a Clavinova or similar?  I have the top of the
> line Yamaha and it sounds like a grand piano (or any other instrument you
> can think of).  In fact I sold my grand piano when I bought it.
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> BillW, my comment isn’t about pianos, but you inspired it with your
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> When Kurzweil came along we could make a hell of a good sound with those
> electronic keyboards, which can be weighted to feel just like a grand and
> sound better in a way: they can be perfectly in tune.  If you really go in
> for the expensive ones, they can even resonate nearby pitches the way piano
> strings do.
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> We know how much room a grand piano takes in a house.  Those electronic
> keyboards take up only a fraction of that space, never need tuning, and two
> fellers can easily move one, so they are better in that sense.  Being in an
> area where floor space is absurdly expensive, I tend to focus on footprint.
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> How many examples can you think of where modern technology has allowed us
> to pack more tightly and do so comfortably?  Camera gear used to be
> suitcases of specialty lenses, now nearly all obsolete, with a camera in
> your phone the smaller than the eraser on a standard number 2 pencil.  The
> computer has obviated the filing cabinet for the most part, and
> bookshelves, both bigfoot obsolete systems now.
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> Because of improved technology, we can now pack tighter more comfortably.
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