http://www.kurzweilai.net/2011-year-in-review Accelerating Intelligence Sun, 19 May 2013 05:03:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 http://www.kurzweilai.net/2011-year-in-review/comment-page-1#comment-6704 Spikosauropod Sun, 01 Jan 2012 02:43:40 +0000 http://www.kurzweilai.net/?p=137487#comment-6704 @IQ146 None of the measures imagined by even the most zealous environmentalist will have any measurable effect on climate. New technologies are the only thing that might make a difference. @IQ146
None of the measures imagined by even the most zealous environmentalist will have any measurable effect on climate. New technologies are the only thing that might make a difference.

]]> http://www.kurzweilai.net/2011-year-in-review/comment-page-1#comment-6680 Singme Fri, 30 Dec 2011 17:34:45 +0000 http://www.kurzweilai.net/?p=137487#comment-6680 Ray knows that solar power will soon be economic due to the accelerating returns. I think in about 10 years it will be achievable. Shortly after that more and more gas based engines will go away, and eventually their emissions as well. Ray knows that solar power will soon be economic due to the accelerating returns. I think in about 10 years it will be achievable. Shortly after that more and more gas based engines will go away, and eventually their emissions as well.

]]> http://www.kurzweilai.net/2011-year-in-review/comment-page-1#comment-6677 IQ146 Fri, 30 Dec 2011 15:19:01 +0000 http://www.kurzweilai.net/?p=137487#comment-6677 It was also a great year for extreme weather, anyone notice the increased; storms, rain, floods, mudslides, droughts, crop failures, typhoons, tornados ... no? Must have been too busy ogling some hi-tech toy. Climate change is accelerating too, very soon not even Ray Kurzweil will be able to ignore it. It was also a great year for extreme weather, anyone notice the increased; storms, rain, floods, mudslides, droughts, crop failures, typhoons, tornados … no? Must have been too busy ogling some hi-tech toy. Climate change is accelerating too, very soon not even Ray Kurzweil will be able to ignore it.

]]> http://www.kurzweilai.net/2011-year-in-review/comment-page-1#comment-6673 gbrennan Fri, 30 Dec 2011 14:23:08 +0000 http://www.kurzweilai.net/?p=137487#comment-6673 Great list! Check out this list of the Top Innovations of 2011: http://www.33rdsquare.com/2011/12/top-ten-innovations-of-2011.html Great list! Check out this list of the Top Innovations of 2011: http://www.33rdsquare.com/2011/12/top-ten-innovations-of-2011.html

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