just a question
In what sense can we distinguish reality from technology? How far can we go before our words become so inter-defined that there is almost nothing we can say without saying everything?
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"Not the animal world, not the plant world, not the miracle of the spheres, but man himself is now the crucial mystery. Man is that alien presence with whom the forces of egoism must come to terms,...
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I've been wondering about mind uploading. If our mind can be fully uploaded to a non-biological operating platform, and we do invent the necessary hardware requirements to house one, what will that...
View ArticleTolstoy on the Art of the Future
I found this and thought I'd share it. Leo Tolstoy “What Is Art?” The art of the future is not the possession of a select minority but a means towards perfection and unity. People talk of the art of...
View Articlechecking unbridled optimism
an 11 page wired article of one computer scientist's attempt at coming to terms with the looming dangers of advanced technologyThe Drives of Artificial Intelligence I am hopeful of the future. It seems...
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R15K For 2-6 Players – AGES 10+ R U L E S O F P L A Y—————- INTRODUCTION You are about to play a variation of the most unusual game that has appeared in many years. It is not difficult, but because it...
View ArticleThe 2000 Page Suicide Note of Mitchell Heisman
In it he confronts the topic of nihilism, how technological evolution overtakes biological evolution, what forces in the past influenced this shift, and the eventual building of a god...
View ArticleIs Space Collective too big?
In response to schmuck's post about the openness of SC, I thought I'd bring up another issue the community is facing—the problem of scale. Not the amount on members, no, but the size of the library,...
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