http://www.kurzweilai.net/techno-utopia-and-human-values Accelerating Intelligence Thu, 13 Jul 2017 15:57:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 http://www.kurzweilai.net/techno-utopia-and-human-values/comment-page-1#comment-17636 Yggdrasill Wed, 13 Jun 2012 04:01:27 +0000 #comment-17636 Your final paragraph was well put and encapsulates the gist of our human quandary: if we don't shift our culture away from waste, power imbalance, and exploitatio of natural resources, we're doomed. I think Kurzweil is on to something though, insofar as technology as a vector of communication can accelerate that cultural shift, which will in turn yield greater technology for accomodating it. Fingers crossed ;) Your final paragraph was well put and encapsulates the gist of our human quandary: if we don’t shift our culture away from waste, power imbalance, and exploitatio of natural resources, we’re doomed. I think Kurzweil is on to something though, insofar as technology as a vector of communication can accelerate that cultural shift, which will in turn yield greater technology for accomodating it. Fingers crossed ;)

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