From: Emlyn (emlyn@one.net.au)
Date: Sat Apr 28 2001 - 22:31:41 MDT
Marlow wrote:
> > ...
> > I am spending almost all my time and effort working toward the
Singularity,
> > myself.
>
> #Not sure that's a good idea. We're not ready for it. We must be
> prepared when it hits or extinction is likely. It'll get here; no
> need to rush it.
>
You don't really grok the concept of Singularity, do you? There's two
important point about it, to my mind...
- It's already beginning. The "spike" is an extrapolation of occurences from
before now.
- You can't be prepared... at best, you can be less unprepared than everyone
else.
- Extinction? In this context, that's all about definitions.
- It is no way pre-determined that a technological singularity will occur.
It seems likely, but a lot can happen between now and then. The absence of
pre-destination in all things, including the human environment of the near
future, is the basic reason that tranhumanism, and extropianism, need to
exist.
Emlyn
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