Sure, in a timeline that includes energy becoming matter and biogenesis and complex life evolving, our era is going to turn out to be uniquely influential. I d

Sure, in a timeline that includes energy becoming matter and biogenesis and complex life evolving, our era is going to turn out to be uniquely influential. I don’t think the word hubris does justice to this line of thinking. Edited to add: the “hinge” people think they can make out is likely just an illusion caused by the phenomena known as the present. Reminds me of Kevin Kelly’s essay “The singularity is always near”: https://kk.org/thetechnium/the-singularity/ https://kk.org/thetechnium/the-singularity/ I’m also amazed at how good Betteridge’s Law actually is in practice, considering it’s meant to be a joke and not a reliable tool for finding the truth.