>From: Dan Fabulich <daniel.fabulich@yale.edu>
>
>'What is your name?' 'Zero Powers.' 'Do you deny having written the
>following?':
>
> > Kurzweil seems to give us a 50% chance of avoiding our own extinction.
> > Personally, I don't like those odds. Heads you get immortality and
> > unlimited wealth. Tails you get global sterilization. I need a little
>more
> > convincing before I vote to flip that coin.
>
>The coin will not be flipped by democratic vote. To the extent that you
>have a vote, you can vote "YES!" or "Not yet, please?"
I'm sure I won't have even that much of a vote. The tech race is on full
bore (or pretty darn close to full bore) already. There is *nothing* I can
do to stop Nanotech Inc. from pursuing development of the first
nano-replicator when that development will probably guarantee the addition
of a zillion dollars to Nanotech Inc.'s market cap. But I can prod those in
the know to attempt to give me some factual basis to believe that we are not
sealing our own doom. Because, frankly, without that belief it will become
increasingly difficult for me to get up and go to work everyday.
-Zero
"I like dreams of the future better than the history of the past"
--Thomas Jefferson
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