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- And for all my rampant technological optimism, sometimes I think I'd be more comfortable if I were regarding these transcendental events from one thousand years…
- Little fish risking everything for a piece of godhood...and not knowing heaven from hell, even when they find it.
- All evil and good is petty before Nature. Personally, we take comfort from this, that there is a universe to admire that cannot be twisted…
- The illusion of self-awareness. Happy automatons, running on trivial programs. I'll bet you never guess. From the inside, how can you?
- The problem is not simply that the Singularity represents the passing of humankind from center stage, but that it contradicts our most deeply held notions…
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