More Things Change
I am at the World Technology Summit today. Just finished a panel on accelerating change, where John Smart made the following provocative points:
• Technology learns 100 million times faster than you do.
• Humans are selective catalysts, not controllers, of technological evolutionary development.
• 80-90% of your paycheck comes from automation.
• Catastrophes accelerate societal immunity. The network always wins.
If you want to take a deep dive into these topics with him, John is hosting Accelerating Change 2004 at Stanford, Nov 6-7. He is offering a $50 discount to readers of this blog (discount code "AC2004-J" with all caps).
Update: For those not subscribing to the Feedburner RSS feed, here are some new photos from WTS 2004 and the Awards Dinner.
• Technology learns 100 million times faster than you do.
• Humans are selective catalysts, not controllers, of technological evolutionary development.
• 80-90% of your paycheck comes from automation.
• Catastrophes accelerate societal immunity. The network always wins.
If you want to take a deep dive into these topics with him, John is hosting Accelerating Change 2004 at Stanford, Nov 6-7. He is offering a $50 discount to readers of this blog (discount code "AC2004-J" with all caps).
Update: For those not subscribing to the Feedburner RSS feed, here are some new photos from WTS 2004 and the Awards Dinner.
posted by Steve Jurvetson at
1:48 PM
2 Comments:
Steve:
Here's an interesting piece from Robin Hanson.
best,
Steve Waite
http://www.futurebrief.com/robinhanson.asp
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Anonymous, at 1:36 PM
Thanks for the interesting pointer.
Some of Robin's material reminds me of Sagan's Cosmic Calendar.
Update: Smart's slides from the conference are now available for download.
Also, the earlier discussion here of accelerating change and societal shock may be relevant.
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Steve Jurvetson, at 3:45 PM
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