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

Stefano Vaj stefano.vaj at gmail.com
Fri Jul 8 17:08:50 UTC 2011


On 7 July 2011 23:51, Kelly Anderson <kellycoinguy at gmail.com> wrote:
> I see the market
> demand pushing much more in the direction of the Singularity than in
> the direction of neopaleolithic scenarios.

Well, it depends on... the market demands. Which is not an independent
variable. See for instance all the issue pertaining to Global Warming.
What is the "market demand" for emission reduction? It depends.

> We do have to keep working at it, for sure. And until someone comes up
> with a different rationale, I'll stick with Kurzweil as a first
> approximation to what is likely to happen. Perhaps, you'll just have
> to call it faith in human nature.

I have more faith in human *action*. Im Anfang war die Tat... :-)

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Stefano Vaj



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