'Technology Is at the Center'


	'Technology Is at the Center'

wildcat

5-10-2008 6:10 AM

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singularity, peter thiel

wildcat says:

a worthwhile read

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5-10-2008 7:12 AM

Silkweaver

The whole point about the singularity, is thinking cleverly and creatively about the future. Those who wish to control humanity would like anybody to think too much about the future, and much less about a different future. Technology will help us to transform culture, and eventually evolve into a more mature intelligent specie. Peter Thiel is first and foremost an active optimist we need many like him.

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