People are concerned. It used to be a world of just *DO* science without our full awareness of the consequences. It was just a general thirst for knowledge coupled with a panic of discovery driven by a primal human capitalism. I believe this led to be the blood on his hands, of which Oppenheimer spoke about. *Now*, there is an awareness that scientific discovery has very real consequences now and in the immediate future, while we prepare to innovate ourselves towards perpetuity. Like Nellie said in Contact… if we can get through our technological immaturity, and learn without killing ourselves in the meantime, the human race has the capacity to be infinite. What we look like at the end of it, however, is just what these tiny conversations are currently about. The current ethical issues will be forgotten in time, and our future selves won’t understand how much we cared what we become… but the nature of evolution is as murky as how human the human race will be when we get to the finish line. I am hoping distant relatives intone a slight humanity at the end of time, while being evolved enough to withstand the infinite crispness of entropy, moving through a frozen time where energy has ebbed to a blackened figment. No one beats the outcome of this universe, but I still have hope a vestige of the human race will be party to it.
Monthly Archives: December 2011
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I haven’t dug deep on this yet, but, my initial thoughts: a) Aristotle was working out inane philosophical questions that are, literally, being asked by 10 year kids, nowadays. I never thought of him Continue Reading…
Fascinating stuff. The link goes to the Atlantic article: Drone-Ethics Briefing: What a Leading Robot Expert Told the CIA: Last month, philosopher Patrick Lin delivered Continue Reading…
If you like mind bending futurism regarding the re-wilding and population of vast stellar distances, you might enjoy some of the below. The Paper Conversation #1 Conversation #2 Taken from Abstract: It Continue Reading…
Every word below these are his. I got it in an email because I footed the $5. Thought you would be interested. I would be curious if anyone has any data regarding whether torrenters took it easier on this Continue Reading…
Just… wow. This speaks for me on so many levels…. happiness, community, life as adventure, connectedness… This is so prescient and ahead of it’s time and mind blowing. IT’s amazing, and Continue Reading…
Some are crazy, some are interesting, all are weird. Â They can’t be legal. ha. Enjoy. I have them listed after the jump thingy…. How many golf balls can fit in a school bus? How Continue Reading…
The internet…. ads, yes. Monetize, yes…. now the internet is filled with endless clutter because of attempts to drive revenue and monetize…. booking engines, shopping sites, etc. Think of tripadvisor, Continue Reading…