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  The Rise of the Cyborgs | Machine-Brain Connections | DISCOVER Magazine

  “First we build the tools, then they build us.” —Marshal McLuhan It is a stiflingly hot summer day in Atlanta. Scientist and physician Philip Kennedy has a packed schedule, so he suggests that I interview him while he drives to the tiny town of Bowdon, Georgia, just east of the Alabama line. ...

  Michael Silverton added 2 months ago

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  the Foresight Institute » Singularity or Bust

  By J. Storrs Hall, on August 25th, 2009 It’s a question of some interest whether the Singularity will consist of just more exponential growth, or whether some superexponential growth mode is likely to happen (or is even possible), such as would be required for a real mathematical singularity. On...

  Bonnie DeVarco added 2 months ago

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  A Cosmist Blogifesto | temetics.org

  Prime thoughts on accelerating technology.

  mind-twine added 5 months ago

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  Scale Independent Thought: Crowdsourcing Communitas

  New Vistas of the Community Self “We are drowning in information, while starving for wisdom. The world henceforth will be run by synthesizers, people able to put together the right information at the right time, think critically about it, and make important choices wisely." E.O. Wilson, ...

  Bonnie DeVarco added 8 months ago

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  Aubrey de Grey says we can avoid aging | Video on TED.com

  TED Talks Cambridge researcher Aubrey de Grey argues that aging is merely a disease -- and a curable one at that. Humans age in seven basic ways, he says, all of which can be averted.

  Jonas Lamis added 12 months ago

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