A Must Read by Robin Hanson

By Daniel Miessler on April 20th, 2009: Tagged as Future | Philosophy | Technology

An interesting collection of stuff to think about, by Robin Hanson:

http://hanson.gmu.edu/wildideas.html

On similar topics is one of my favorite essays of all time, by Bill Joy:

Why the Future Doesn’t Need Us

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  • Michael S Black

    rambling train of thought here:
    1=true
    2=who cares
    3=idiocy
    4=yeah, probably
    5=nope
    6=more than 5, less than 20
    7=LOL…ROFLMAO…..wow, again nope
    8=falls into the Singularity domain, so…Meh
    9=nope, doubt we'll still be matter then, so who needs worlds?
    10=nope
    11=So the entire material wealth of the system is worthless? I don't buy it
    12=wholeheartedly agree
    13=NO, to use the current vernacular, and when the “Black Swan” hit, what sahll we do?
    14=Bahh, he's playing with riddles of reality and the “FINAL” truth…topics best left for 10 year olds and those with the senses to perceive it.

    yeah, yeah, I'll be here all night..please, try the pork, it's delicious!

  • Michael S Black

    rambling train of thought here:
    1=true
    2=who cares
    3=idiocy
    4=yeah, probably
    5=nope
    6=more than 5, less than 20
    7=LOL…ROFLMAO…..wow, again nope
    8=falls into the Singularity domain, so…Meh
    9=nope, doubt we'll still be matter then, so who needs worlds?
    10=nope
    11=So the entire material wealth of the system is worthless? I don't buy it
    12=wholeheartedly agree
    13=NO, to use the current vernacular, and when the “Black Swan” hit, what sahll we do?
    14=Bahh, he's playing with riddles of reality and the “FINAL” truth…topics best left for 10 year olds and those with the senses to perceive it.

    yeah, yeah, I'll be here all night..please, try the pork, it's delicious!


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