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The Singularity
Singularity, The. The Techno-Rapture.
A black hole in the Extropian worldview whose gravity is so intense that
no light can be shed on what lies beyond it.
From Godling's
Glossary by David Victor de Transend
The Singularity is a common
matter of discussion in transhumanist
circles. There is no clear definition, but usually the Singularity is
meant as a future time when societal, scientific and economic change is
so fast we cannot even imagine what will happen from our present perspective,
and when humanity will become posthumanity.
Another definition
is used in the Extropians
FAQ, where it denotes the singular time when technological development
will be at its fastest. Of course, there are
some who think the whole idea is just technocalyptic
dreaming.
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Other Sites
Books
See Also
What
is the Singularity? by Dani Eder.
Technological
Singularity by Vernor Vinge.
Teknologisk
Singularitet (Article from Gateavisa 1994, in Danish).
Singularity Article by Vernor Vinge.
Notes
on a Presentation by Dr. Vernor Vinge by John Graves.
The Limitations of the Singularity
Staring
Into The Singularity by Eliezer S. Yudkowsky. A dramatic, original
and somewhat irritating essay about what the Singularity means.
Singularity
Analysis: A Series of Educated Guesses by Eliezer S. Yudkowsky.
Singularity
discussion from sci.nanotech.
When will
the Singularity Occur? (From the Extropians FAQ)
Paths
to the Singularity by Daniel G. Clemmensen. About the Singularity
and the events leading up to it, with a discussion of the >Web idea.
The Socio-technological
Singularity in Principia Cybernetica.
Surviving
the Singularity by Steve Alan Edwards (21C
Scanning the future). About the singularity and the transhumanist
views about it.
Singularity
by Scott R. Turner. A computer-moderated PBEM game based on the Singularity
idea.
Is a singularity just around
the corner? By Robin Hanson, Journal
of Transhumanism 2, June 1998. The economics of Singularity growth.
A
Critical Discussion of Vinge's Singularity Concept. Edited by Robin
Hanson.
Arterati
on Ideas: Vinge's View of the Singularity. Extropy Online, Natascha
Vita More.
Simple
Equations for Vinge's Technological Singularity Hans Moravec. Some
simple growth equations, showing the appearance of a singularity given
fairly broad assumptions about accelerating technological growth.
Other Sites
Singularity.
An organisation dedicated to those technologies which are most likely
to take mankind to Singularity.
Singularity
Club. A mutual aid society for Transtopian
Singularitarians.
The
Low Beyond. Papers by Eliezer Yudkowsky.
Books
Damien Broderick, The Spike. Reed Natural History ISBN: 0730104974
Vernor Vinge, True Names (1980,
short story reprinted in True Names and Other Dangers, Baen Books
1987), Marooned in Realtime (1986), A Fire Upon the Deep
(1992).
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