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Singularities and Nightmares
KurzweilAI.net ^ | 3/30/2006 | David Brin

Posted on 03/30/2006 4:52:09 AM PST by Neville72

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To: TC Rider
"..lab on a chip is commonplace.."

Yeah, but this is a somewhat different subject---a "chemical plant" on a chip--that is, a miniaturized system for chemical synthesis, rather than a system for chemical analysis.

21 posted on 03/30/2006 12:39:41 PM PST by Wonder Warthog (The Hog of Steel)
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To: kms61

"It's difficult to evision a scenario under which this would be offered to all comers gratis. "

I believe in his new book, Ray Kurzweil makes a good case for the therapies being, not free but widely available.I'm paraphasing heavily but his belief is that once proven the political pressure to make treatments relatively easy for most to acquire(at least in the developed countries) will be so enormous no politician who opposed it could win election.


22 posted on 03/30/2006 12:46:11 PM PST by Neville72 (uist)
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To: kms61
That whole have/have not thing was pretty much demolished by the automotive industry and the proliferation of the Internet.

Who said anything about "gratis"? Capitalism works better than socialism.

23 posted on 03/30/2006 12:53:55 PM PST by Dead Corpse (I believe that all government is evil, and that trying to improve it is largely a waste of time.)
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To: Neville72
Funny, people like this cannot imagine the possiblity that we live to see tomorrow.

I would prefer to fight for a beginning, not an ending.

24 posted on 03/30/2006 12:56:43 PM PST by Paul C. Jesup
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To: Paul C. Jesup; kms61; Mr. Jeeves; RogueIsland; Dead Corpse; ThinkDifferent; Jack Black; ...

Brin's article is one in a series of 11 recent essays that address the possible dangers and opportunities inherent in the coming nanotech/genetic revolution.

I gotten through seven so far and all are interesting, thought provoking reads.

Enjoy!

http://wise-nano.org/w/CTF-Essays


25 posted on 03/31/2006 5:21:17 AM PST by Neville72 (uist)
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