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We have no idea how that's gonna play out. We always think in terms of linear extrapolation, when in reality every new development eventually veers off into uni
by interfixus 8y ago
We have no idea how that's gonna play out. We always think in terms of linear extrapolation, when in reality every new development eventually veers off into unintended consequences and totally unforeseen societal directions. Nobody in the nineteen sixties foresaw where computers where going. They thought Multivac paradise. We got the Facebook nightmare. Nobody in the eighteenth century saw past the exiting novelty of self driving carriages to the unliveable infernos we have let our cities turn into today. Nobody foresaw the overwhelming cultural rifts eventually resulting from universal wealth and mass education.
A new race of superhumans may vanquish Everything Bad That Ever Was™, or they may blow up the universe. We just don't know.
- wallace_f 8y agoI agree. In fact it seems almost certain some traits will be sacrificed in search of others. Who is going to build more fit Thomas Paines or Edward Snowdens, and under which powrer structures would they be allowed to?
- magduf 8y ago>Nobody in the nineteen sixties foresaw where computers where going. They thought Multivac paradise. If you're referring to giant computers that took up a room, they really weren't that far off with that vision. Sure, a modern laptop computer or even smartphone has more computing power than an old mainframe, but we still have giant room-sized systems, but today we call them "server farms" or "datacenters".