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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-30-09 04:42 PM Original message |
Ray Kurzweil: "The recession has made no dent in the exponential advancement of technology" |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-30-09 05:29 PM Response to Original message |
1. Thanks. That was great! |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-30-09 05:44 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. IMO the vast majority of people do bad things out of stupidity and ignorance more than... |
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ret5hd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-30-09 06:53 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. IMO the vast majority of people do bad things out of greed. |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-30-09 09:32 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. Doubling every two years, 16 years for world photovoltaic utilization. |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-31-09 12:07 AM Response to Reply #4 |
5. Yep, that same thought left me grinning ear to ear. |
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Occulus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-31-09 12:16 AM Response to Original message |
6. AAAAAAANNNNND Singularity University's webpage is live |
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Posteritatis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-31-09 12:57 PM Response to Original message |
7. I tend to think Kurzweil's a bit *too* optimistic... |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-31-09 09:36 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. The thing is, by using S curves, he can claim exponential growth on dissimliar technologies. |
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