The Next Really Big Enourmous Thing

From: Robin Hanson (rhanson@gmu.edu)
Date: Wed Sep 20 2000 - 09:34:06 MDT

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I just gave this talk to GMU economists yesterday:

http://hanson.gmu.edu/ppt/NextEnormousThing.ppt

I am available to give it elsewhere as well :-).
It combines material on long term history which
predicts a "singularity" in the next century,
with an explicit model of how cheap robots could
cause such a singularity.

Robin Hanson rhanson@gmu.edu http://hanson.gmu.edu
Asst. Prof. Economics, George Mason University
MSN 1D3, Carow Hall, Fairfax VA 22030-4444
703-993-2326 FAX: 703-993-2323

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