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“Apocalyptism: Hey, man, have you heard? There’s this bunch of, like, crazy nerds out there, who think that some kind of unspecified huge nerd thing is going to happen. What a bunch of wackos! It’s geek religion, man.”

If we haven't solved our problems within the next decade, even these theoretical godlike AIs aren't going to be able to help us.

“Imagine living in an ageless, disease-free body with youthful looks, superhuman strength and a brain that can out-think computers. Now further imagine an affluent, happy, crime-free population residing in a world terraformed for comfort without dangerous storms, tsunamis, or unbearable source...

I'm writing this now as I'm not sure what I'll remember tomorrow. Hell, I'm not even sure I'm writing this now. Yesterday when I woke up... Well, let me back up a little. I don't know who will ever read more...

Exponential technological change. And where is it leading us? Is it leading us to some kind of technological singularity -- a point where machine intelligence exceeds human intelligence, and our society and economic system enter a new and fundamentally different more...

"Humankind's presence in space is essential to long-term human survival. That is why I urge that we reject any major humans-in-space initiative that does not have the prerequisite goal of much cheaper (at least by a factor of ten) access more...