Comments on: Are Bloggers Pushing Society Closer to a Technological Singularity?

By: John Wesley

John Wesley — Mon, 28 May 2007 21:56:50 +0000

Once the main stream population finds blogs and the internet in general things are going to get huge. I think most smart people prefer reading a great blog to a newspaper or magazine already. Why? Because bloggers aren’t restrained by a corporate influence, they’re free to tell the truth and inject their personality.

Right now the top bloggers are all relegated to technology, entertainment, and business stuff for the most part. We’re still in the infancy of all this. Once everyone is reading blogs, the top bloggers will be among the most influential people in the world.

By: Jan-Willem Bats

Jan-Willem Bats — Sun, 27 May 2007 21:17:21 +0000

I once wrote a crappy piece on the Singularity to start off my own blog:

http://jwbats.blogspot.com/2005/07/singularity-faq-for-dummies.html

Can’t believe I actually went with that title…

By: Robyn

Robyn — Sun, 27 May 2007 19:41:26 +0000

Steve, this notion of singularity also engenders the spirit of individual difference. People participating in social media have something to say. It’s a chance to have a personal say which was muffled by just a few voices in past. It is truly an interesting adventure and I’m riding the waves. You?

By: Michael Graham Richard

Michael Graham Richard — Sat, 26 May 2007 18:54:44 +0000

Steve (and readers of Steve’s blog), I *highly* recommend that you read Ray Kurzweil’s “The Singularity is Near” if you haven’t already.

Or at least check out this video from a speech he gave at MIT:

http://mitworld.mit.edu/video/327/

By: Steve

Steve — Sat, 26 May 2007 13:45:04 +0000

I found the idea of a technological singularity fascinating. With the rapid change and interconnectedness, I wonder where this is all leading. How many people out there remember the days before the internet. I mean really remember it. We’ve come so far, so fast, and now we are moving faster… and faster… and faster… but where are we going?

By: Attila Borcsa

Attila Borcsa — Sat, 26 May 2007 08:59:42 +0000

Steve, I guess self-interest already started to broaden. If this broadening will bring tolerance, that is to be seen. Usually I tend to dislike the term ‘tolerance’. It showed up as a clumsy substitute for love during the reorganization of major moral values. And also trough this mentioned “illusion of freedom” another major clumsiness is showing up. Freedom - social freedom - and its carrying memes are trying their best to survive. But does this singularity bring a better quality of life?