From: Dan Clemmensen (Dan@Clemmensen.ShireNet.com)
Date: Sun Oct 05 1997 - 15:32:28 MDT
Estacado66@aol.com wrote:
>
> >>I find it very frustrating that the list spends so much time on
> irrelevant issues of economics and politics. The current economic
> and political environment will not change significantly prior to
> the singularity: there's not enough time, even if the event occurs
> in 2025.<<
>
> No, indeed, as long as people hold this mystical concept of
> singularity in their minds there will be little change in
> their condition of slavery under the present political
> system.
>
> Estacado
In what way is a straight extrapolation of Moore's law
"mystical"? I feel that the assumption that the human
condition will remain substantially unchanged is much
more of a fantasy. Moore's law is a simple observation
of our current reality. What do you think life will be
like in 2020?
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