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Findings - Vernor Vinge's View of the Future - Is Technology That Outthinks Us a Partner or a Master ? - NYTimes.com
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In Vernor Vinge’s version of Southern California in 2025, there is a school named Fairmont High with the motto, “Trying hard not to become obsolete.” It may not sound inspiring, but to the many fans of Dr. Vinge, this is a most ambitious — and perhaps unattainable — goal for any member of our species.

Dr. Vinge is a mathematician and computer scientist in San Diego whose science fiction has won five Hugo Awards and earned good reviews even from engineers analyzing its technical plausibility. He can write space operas with the best of them, but he also suspects that intergalactic sagas could become as obsolete as their human heroes.
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http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/26/science/26tier.html

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    • frank smith frank smith
      18 months ago


      thanks for this Calvin!! I'm a big Vinge fan.

      Have you read Marooned in Realtime??
      The Singularity

    • Calvin Smith Calvin Smith
      18 months ago


      Yeah, I've read Marooned (and lots of other Vinge). I didn't like Marooned as much as the two ...Deep... novels, but it was definitely a fun read and kept me guessing for quite a while trying to figure out who dunnit. I was disappointed not to see more of young Wili (from The Peace War) though.
      The Singularity
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