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David Brin has a long, but useful essay on the future of technology and humanity. I may have some thoughts later.
Posted by Rand Simberg at December 29, 2006 09:46 AM
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Brin makes some good points, but he's way too simplistic, especially in his belief that the world stagnated for 4,000 years due to the dominance of elites, only to be awakened by the coming of the Enlightenment. Any honest historian could shoot this position full of holes (and has). Still, Brin is a saner guide to the future than most of the guys he criticizes. Thanks for the link.
Posted by tschafer at December 29, 2006 06:28 PM
Tschafer -
I would like to read someone "shooting this position full of holes". Did you have something specific in mind when you wrote "(and has)"?
And yes, I agree with your assessment of Brin's article.
Posted by Ilya at December 30, 2006 04:44 PM
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