I would suspect it has more to do with cool-factor than business-focus. Yes, Kurzweil is a rich eccentric -- but he's also regarded as cool by the NYC-provincial cultural crowd because he hobnobs with people like Eno & Byrne. Vinge don't.
As a NY art or music critic who Ray Kurzweil is and they'll most likely be able to give you a bio (albeit one probably missing a bunch of stuff I suspect you'd be interested in). They'll never have heard of Vernor Vinge or Claude Shannon. It's a question more of who Kurzweil knows than what he's done. On Mon, Jun 14, 2010 at 6:39 AM, Charlene Brusso <[email protected]> wrote: > Vinge did get a mention, but the article's focus on Kurzweil was weird. I > suspect the business community--or at least the Times writer-- finds it > easier to wrap its mind around a rich eccentric like K, rather than the more > abstract (and not so rich) Vinge. > > -cb > > > > On Sun, Jun 13, 2010 at 9:34 AM, Eric Scoles <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> At least Vinge has a better sense of history: he cites Claude Shannon as >> his source for the concept. >> >> >> >> On Sun, Jun 13, 2010 at 9:00 AM, delancey <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> The NYT has a huge article about the Singuliarty (in the business >>> section, because it uses Singularity University as its context), which >>> (1) never mentions SF or the SF sources of the concept, and (2) seems >>> to think the concept was entirely invented by Kurzweil and is now >>> wholly owned by Google. Alas. Even a WIki search could have shown >>> them better.... >>> >>> >>> http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/13/business/13sing.html?sq=singularity&st=Search&scp=1&pagewanted=all >>> >>> cd >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "R-SPEC: The Rochester Speculative Literature Association" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> [email protected]<r-spec%[email protected]> >>> . >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/r-spec?hl=en. >>> >>> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "R-SPEC: The Rochester Speculative Literature Association" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]<r-spec%[email protected]> >> . >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/r-spec?hl=en. >> > > > > -- > Charlene Brusso > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "R-SPEC: The Rochester Speculative Literature Association" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<r-spec%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/r-spec?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "R-SPEC: The Rochester Speculative Literature Association" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/r-spec?hl=en.
