From: Peter C. McCluskey (pcm@rahul.net)
Date: Thu Dec 05 1996 - 08:47:45 MST
jamesr@best.com (James Rogers) writes:
>Too me, the Singularity stuff is kind of an easy way out. Its like an
>excuse not to do anything because "the Singularity will do it". Whether
Strange. I find that the singularity meme is one of the most
powerfull motivators possible.
The more sudden the transition to a world dominated by electronic
intelligence is, the easier it is to imagine one person making an
important difference between a future dominated by friendly beings
and a future dominated by hostile ones.
There are a few areas where the singularity meme makes me more
complacent (e.g. cryonics research), but they wouldn't be at the
top of my priority list anyway.
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