----- Original Message ----- From: "Brad DeLong" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, October 30, 2002 7:01 PM Subject: Re: heading towards a singularity
> >----- Original Message ----- > >From: "The Fool" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >To: "Brin-L" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Sent: Wednesday, October 30, 2002 9:49 AM > >Subject: heading towards a singularity > > > > > >> http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/10.11/view.html?pg=4 > >> > > > > > >I started reading this and felt that I had read it before. > >I read a bit further, skimming, and knew I had read it recently. > > > >Oh Hell!!!! Its that article by Brad Delong. > > > >Been posted recently on the Culture list, where Bradford can be seen with a > >bit more frequency than here. > > > >xponent > >Brilliant Brinnellers Maru > >rob > > Yes. My secret has been revealed. I now control the "Change" column in _Wired_. > > Mwuhahahahahahaha!! > > > Now any suggestions on what I should tell the cybermasses? Why energy and farm prices go up and down so much? Is productivity is as critical as Greenspan thinks? Is there a tradeoff between economic growth and pollution control? BTW, I know the consensus among scientists at sci.physics is that the pace of technology change is slowing, not speeding up. I'd be happy to debate that with you. Dan M. _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l