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Famine, plague and war - the scourges of mankind's 70,000 year history - all soon to be replaced with immortality, and abundance.
‘War is obsolete; you are more likely to commit suicide than be killed in conflict. Famine is disappearing; you are more at risk of obesity than starvation. Death is just a technical problem; equality is out but immortality is in.’
As we use technology to change the world, there are new risks - risks that we don't see clearly, even though we are speeding directly towa ...more
‘War is obsolete; you are more likely to commit suicide than be killed in conflict. Famine is disappearing; you are more at risk of obesity than starvation. Death is just a technical problem; equality is out but immortality is in.’
As we use technology to change the world, there are new risks - risks that we don't see clearly, even though we are speeding directly towa ...more
And this book will also stick with me for one idea, interestingly an idea I think is wrong. The idea that humans are nothing more than algorithms is dangerous and incorrect. Maybe human individuals act as algorithms, but human society is a complex system. The fact that individuals can impact the overall system to any extent is remarkable, but we surrender that ability if we give into the human as algorithm trope. If in fact we are evolving towards Home Deus or Homo God, then it will be because w
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