From: Forrest Bishop (forrestb@ix.netcom.com)
Date: Thu Aug 28 1997 - 18:14:07 MDT
Anders wrote:
>
>(no, I simply can't stay out of a thread with this name :-)
>> but it looks like Sandberg was right; the "Singularity" CAN lead to
passivity.
>One way of presenting the Singularity idea to avoid passivity is to
>point out that we can detemine what kind of singularity it will be.
Exactly, cf chaos theory. I think this is the subtext of our lists.
>Do we want a singularity where a small nano-elite transcends and
leaves
>everybodye else in the dust,
Sure, as long as moi is in it. ;)
> a Borg-de Chardin
This sound clever, but I don't know the reference.
> singularity where we
>all become one,
Probably the most boring.
>a cambrian explosion of new kinds of beings
My personal favorite.
> or
>a heads-in-the sand Singularity where things happen without any
>attempts to control them?
This actually seem the most unlikely.
> Individual choices will make these
>more or less likely.
More or less,
Forrest
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