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comment by Drylandfish
Drylandfish  ·  3383 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: The Dawn of the Singularity: A Visual Timeline of Ray Kurzweil's Predictions

A lot of this techno-utopian stuff seems seriously unlikely.

Marshall Brain wrote an interesting short story that tries to contrast some worst and best scenarios for technological development.

Sadly, I feel the former is far more plausible than the latter.

You can read it here: http://marshallbrain.com/manna1.htm





ButterflyEffect  ·  3383 days ago  ·  link  ·  

That Manna essay deserves its own post, what a great read.