From: Christopher Whipple (CWhipple@alliancecenters.com)
Date: Tue Sep 07 1999 - 07:07:12 MDT
Did you say "leadership when Singularity hits"?
-c.
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-extropians@extropy.com
[mailto:owner-extropians@extropy.com]On Behalf Of CountZero
Sent: Sunday, September 05, 1999 1:05 AM
To: extropians
Subject: Who cares
Ok, folks, I can't stand this much longer!!!
I don't care whether I'm talking humans, >Humans, gals, guys, whatever,
we're all on the 'bleeding edge' regardless.
The 'powers that be' are going to stomp us flatter than dried elephant
shit unless we take care.
For once and for all:' The Ideas Expressed in this Group are
_Subversive_ !!!!'
Governments are _not_ going to respond rationally to the technologies
that we expect, people (in general), are going to be caught _totallly_
unaware and _we_ must be able to provide some sort of leadership when
the Singularity hit (~10-20 yrs hence).
And if you think I'm over optimistic about the time frame, look to your
latest postings for guidance, things are progressing even better than I
(an unabashed technophiles) might have predicted.
I don't have a lot to contribute to the truly productive discourse here
_but_ I feel that I have a good, overall, grasp of the issues, and that
grasp tells me that that we're in for 'stormy weather'.
Please forgive my '60s take on the current scene but also _please_ don't
discount it completely.
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