January 2009
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“Point transition or a rapid process, Singularity still seems difficult to come...”
– Alexander Chislenko Comments on Vinge’s Singularity
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FDA OKs First Human Trials of Embryonic Stem Cells →
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SpaceCollective →
Where forward thinking terrestrials share ideas and information about the state of the species, the planet and the universe, living the lives of science ficiton.
The intro videos here are a fine example of the kind of faith referred to by Brin below. Speaking in such absolutes is dangerous territory for a futurist. Still, the gallery and project pages alone are worth repeat visits.
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“This long tradition — of bright people pouring faith and enthusiasm into...”
– David Brin from Comments on Vinge’s Singularity
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On Becoming Posthuman →
by Max More
1994
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Tiny motors may be big in surgery →
Surgical procedures could soon be helped along with tiny robots, according to researchers.
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The Coming Technological Singularity →
Within thirty years, we will have the technological means to create superhuman intelligence. Shortly after, the human era will be ended.
Is such progress avoidable? If not to be avoided, can events be guided so that we may survive? These questions are investigated. Some possible answers (and some further dangers) are presented.
by Vernor Vinge
1993
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The Future of Man--How Will Evolution Change... →
This article hilights a common and frustrating argument against human enhancement: to reference a hollywood doomsday scenario as good forecasting, (in this case, The Matrix.) It is a serious mistake to fail to “take into account the prospect of dramatic progress in technological capabilities,” and cast a future based on our own crude image of the world today.
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“A million years ago humans were going through all the pangs of self-uplift,...”
– David Brin
“The evolution of the human race will not be accomplished in the ten thousand...”
– The Next Million Years - Charles Galton Darwin