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  • The Tech Giants Whose GOAL Is Human Extinction

    09/06/2023 10:41:54 AM PDT · by spirited irish · 7 replies
    PatriotandLiberty ^ | 6/23 | Selwyn Duke
    In the year 2000, Sun Microsystems cofounder Bill Joy wrote an essay provocatively titled “Why the Future Doesn’t Need Us.” Despite being published April 1, it was no joke; and despite its 11,000-word length, it would go viral. The reason why was encapsulated in its subhead. To wit:“Our most powerful 21st-century technologies — robotics, genetic engineering, and nanotech — are threatening to make humans an endangered species.”
  • Sun co-founder Bill Joy to leave company

    09/09/2003 7:04:05 AM PDT · by HAL9000 · 1 replies · 210+ views
    SAN FRANCISCO (CBS.MW) -- Sun Microsystems co-founder Bill Joy, a driving force behind the company's key technologies, said Tuesday he's leaving after 21 years. "I have decided the time is now right for me to move on to different challenges," Joy said in a press release. He was not immediately available for further comment. Sun shares fell 7 cents to $4.17 in early trading. The stock is up from a trough of $2.34 a share in October 2002, but is down from its 52-week peak of $5.64, set in June. Sun took its usual position among the Nasdaq Composite...