The Future Is Now? Pretty Soon, at Least


	The Future Is Now? Pretty Soon, at Least

wildcat

6-3-2008 6:34 AM

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ray kurzweil, singularity, future

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6-3-2008 9:58 AM

bignosemousie

Ah, the thing about "the future" is that they keep moving the line.

6-3-2008 12:28 PM

tabsey

I don't mind them moving the line, as long as I'm moving after it. "Moving" being the operative word.

6-3-2008 12:29 PM

bignosemousie

6-3-2008 1:04 PM

tanyamm

Aren't we all still waiting for the stuff they said back in the fifties that we'd have now?

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