By the way, I do not think that it is a coincidence that Robin Hanson also wrote a blog post on the Singularity yesterday evening. I wrote both of them at the weekend ;-)
I wrote both of them at the weekend ;-)
It seems as though you set off quite a blog-quake here! The butterfly effect in action!
I periodically get email from folks who, having read "Accelerando", assume I am some kind of fire-breathing extropian zealot who believes in the imminence of the singularity, the uploading of the libertarians, and the rapture of the nerds. I find this mildly distressing, and so I think it's time to set the record straight and say what I really think.
Short version: Santa Claus doesn't exist.
- Charles Stross, Three arguments against the singularity, 2011-06-22
EDITED TO ADD: don't get your hopes up, this is pretty weak stuff.