Archive for the ‘Future’ Category
The Technological Singularity: it will change everything
You know it’s a mainstream idea when Cringely devotes his weekly column to the topic. Late last week, he wrote Surviving Immortality: just getting to the Singularity is the hard part which is a fairly balanced introduction to the notion of a Technological Singularity. Having long been a follower of Kurzweil’s writings, I’ve been reading [...]
In: Art, Future, Life, Technology
Blogroll entry #1: The Future and You
While seeking more background on Vernor Vinge, I ran into The Future and You, a blog by one Steve Cobb which apparently generates monthly podcasts on “ideas and opinion about the future based on verifiable facts of today”. Hmmm, this does look like some interesting listening. At any rate, here are podcasts of interviews with Vernor Vinge (two at [...]
My new aspiration: To be an “early post-human artist”
So I have finally decided to start a blog. Initially (and for the forseeable future) this will be little more than a personal journal where I track and record thoughts and ideas for which I have some greater-than-passing interest. It is mainly for myself (a journal more than a blog) but also a means of [...]
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