Strange7 comments on Reply to Holden on The Singularity Institute - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Strange7 14 July 2012 06:09:03AM 2 points [-]

But surely global coordination and information restriction do not depend much on technology,

Please, oh please, think about this for five minutes. Coordination cannot happen without communication, and global communication depends very much on technology.

Comment author: wedrifid 14 July 2012 09:46:26AM 1 point [-]

Coordination cannot happen without communication

Not technically true. True enough for humans though.

Comment author: [deleted] 14 July 2012 06:30:48AM *  0 points [-]

Well I agree that it is not as obvious as I made out. However, for this purpose it suffices to note that these innovations/social features could be greatly furthered without more technological advances.