From: Entropyfoe@aol.com
Date: Thu Feb 06 2003 - 21:34:58 MST
Lee,
As we go from vacuum tubes, to transistors, to integrated circuits, and now
to ICs with features at the 130nm size, the trend is clear. Smaller [less
material] devices, consuming less power, going faster, doing more processing
per unit of time and energy. The remaining matter must be purer, more
precisely controlled in its spatial extent etc.
Similarly with CR. Less matter, and more intelligence, in the sense that the
remaining food in the diet must be chosen more wisely to avoid malnutrition.
And the result is a small body [less mass], with longer life.
Do more with less is the theme. Victory of Quality over quantity !
-Jay
In a message dated 2/6/2003 12:51:47 AM Central Standard Time,
lcorbin@tsoft.com writes:
> > Now brilliantly proven out with the acceleration of chip
> > technology. The tendency for the material component of
> > systems to decrease and the idea or intelligence component
> > to increase [Extropy].
>
> I still need to get further into Heylighen's paper,
> but perhaps you would say more about the way that
> chip technology illustrates ephemeralization.
>
> > I have always seen an analogy of CR [calorie restriction].
>
> And you've completely lost me here.
>
> Lee
>
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