[ExI] phone eats city

[William Flynn Wallace]

Super-interconnectedness can help us live lives more together, even while
alone.  spike

Yes, it is going to be interesting what people will create with all this
connectedness.

I still want to know this:  what's new on the horizon for gadgets?  Will
smartphones live forever?  Is the next step implants?  What will nanotech
bring us?

bill w

On Tue, Jan 24, 2017 at 8:26 PM, spike <spike66 at att.net> wrote:

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> This 59 second video with no dialog is a good expression of a current
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> *From:* extropy-chat [mailto:extropy-chat-bounces at lists.extropy.org] *On
> Behalf Of *William Flynn Wallace
> *Sent:* Tuesday, January 24, 2017 5:14 PM
> *To:* ExI chat list <extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org>
> *Subject:* Re: [ExI] phone eats city
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> >…It really is a fantastic thing, no?  Connected to the world.  Here's my
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> If anyone knew the answer to that question, it is a worth a buttload of
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> The classic transhumanist answer is to say Singularity Ahead.  But that is
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> I have some fuzzy visions of things to come.  It will involve the
> spontaneous creation of a kind of super-organism made up of individual
> autonomous units.  I can best describe it by way of an example.  We have
> super-organisms of sorts already: the Elks Lodge, the Masons, the Boy
> Scouts, churches, that sorta thing, groups who work together to accomplish
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> Now, consider the geocaching crowd.  The game is to squirrel away a small
> jar or container out in nature somewhere, then post clues to its location.
> Finders sign a log and write observations if they wish, take something out
> of the cache, put something in, take the item they took to the next cache.
> It can be anything; a coin, a keychain, a little toy, anything that can be
> identified online.  We have the cub scouts look for any litter in the area
> and pack it out.  Since the internet came along, geocaching has exploded in
> popularity, since there is so much more one can do with it: track tags on
> international travel and so forth.  My son loves it.
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> OK cool, the geocaching community acts as a superorganism, one of the
> early-ish ones.  Now consider all the other things one could do with
> super-organisms: the systematized wildlife observations we have discussed
> before.  We could use it to remove and eradicate noxious weeds or establish
> beneficial plants.  We could use it to fight crime (already doing that.)
> We could use it to do some kinds of repairs or clean up messes.  Play
> massive virtual reality and mixed reality games.  Manage resources.
> Support and protect wildlife.  Create educational simulations.  Help
> businesses operate more efficiently.  Help prevent accidents.  Uncover or
> propagate historical information.  Help the poor.  Help the rich and help
> everyone in between.  Get the singles laid.  Help people find others of
> similar values and interests.  Build community esprit de corps.  That kinda
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> This is an appealing prospect for those of us who know what it is to feel
> lonely in a crowd of our own friends and feel like we are attending a great
> party while sitting alone in our own home.
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