Thursday, May 17, 2007
The 10,000 Year Clocks
I know this is old news, but I have just finished listening to Danny Hillis's 2004 talk (summary MP3) to the Long Now Foundation on his several attempts to build a 10,000 year clock. What a fascinating journey!
Labels: clock, danny hillis, long now
Tuesday, May 08, 2007
Edelson's Law
I have just started listening to Vernor Vinge's talk to the Long Now Foundation entitled, "What if the Singularity does NOT Happen?" In the first part of the talk he cites the following provocative quote by Steve Edelson, which Vinge calls Edelson's Law:
The number of important insights that are not being made is increasing exponentially with time.Others have commented that this issue arises out of the exponential growth in infotech, biotech, mechanotech, etc. The interplay of all the new discoveries produces insights beyond the ability of the collective wisdom of human beings to grasp.
Labels: edelson, law, long now, vernor vinge
Monday, May 07, 2007
Long Now Podcasts
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