Anders Sandberg wrote:
> I think the medicine against shrinking prediction horizons is not
> invention in itself, but rather to set the values and standards that
> will underlie it. Predicting the next 30 years of computing is hard and
Yes, the memetic angle is indeed the one with the best ROI, but it
assumes proficiency in dissemination. Unfortunately, the people
who're Getting It are not neccesarily qualified to be the people
to be Telling About It, in fact, if anything, it's the opposite.
Which kinda challenges the folks who're supposed to be the ones
in charge of memetic dissemination and generic memefection.
> misty, inventing them can only be done from the now boundary. But
> discussing and defining the philosophies that should or could guide the
> designs is both worthwhile in the here-and-now and the future. They
> range from the practical realisations (modularity, reusability etc are
> good, hence object orientation) to ethical issues (cryptoanarchy or the
> transparent society?).
So let's start (or, rather, resume) cranking. It's only about our
(own) future, right?
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