Re: [FRIAM] Fwd: Hacking the President's DNA—New Article

2012-11-08 Thread Russell Standish
On Thu, Nov 08, 2012 at 11:37:31AM -0700, Steve Smith wrote: > 4. If not a literal Singularity, is there a subcritical Technological >Explosion underway? The Singularity is based on the technology growth curve becoming hyperbolic (reaching inifnity in finite time), as opposed to exponential (w

Re: [FRIAM] Fwd: Hacking the President's DNA—New Article

2012-11-08 Thread Victoria Hughes
Fascinating. The future got here before we did. On Nov 8, 2012, at 8:43 AM, Stephen Guerin wrote: Awesome article, Steven. Congratulations! -S FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's C

Re: [FRIAM] Fwd: Hacking the President's DNA—New Article

2012-11-08 Thread Steve Smith
Ditto on the congratulations to Kotler! I have some questions for the list (composed of a mixture of optimists and pessimists, all technophiles): 1. What do you think of Singularity University and the ideas presented in Kotler/Diamandis' book "Abundance"? 2. What do you think of the *appare

[FRIAM] Fwd: Hacking the President's DNA—New Article

2012-11-08 Thread Stephen Guerin
Awesome article, Steven. Congratulations! -S -- Forwarded message -- From: Steven Kotler Date: Thu, Nov 8, 2012 at 7:47 AM Subject: Hacking the President's DNA—New Article To: Stephen ** Hacking the President's DNA, a very scary look at our very near future. Email not d