Comments on: Technology Evolution Will Eclipse Financial Crisis

By: Approaching a Cure for Cancer « The Emergent Fool

Approaching a Cure for Cancer « The Emergent Fool — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 19:47:14 +0000

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By: Homo Evolutis « The Emergent Fool

Homo Evolutis « The Emergent Fool — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 23:11:01 +0000

[...] 10, 2009 by rafefurst In Juan Enriquez’ TED talk earlier this year, he made the point that humans have entered a new phase of evolution, one that [...]

By: rafefurst

rafefurst — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 22:19:43 +0000

Here's more evidence that technological progress will eclipse the financial crisis, this time from an economist: Alex Tabarrok's TED Talk.

By: rafefurst

rafefurst — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 20:01:25 +0000

I understand and agree with your skepticism. I will say though the one person who I know has been uncannily good is Kurzweil. And Enriquez’s predictions are sort of in that same vein, looking at the “universal constants” which seem to hold over time independent of human will, desire or action. The double-exponential technology proliferation curve has held for all of recorded history (generalized Moore’s law), and if you view “technology” more abstractly as an evolving system, and being the good Universal Darwinist that I know you are, the forecasting seems pretty logical. Much better than macroeconomic claims that ignore all “non-economic” variables.

By: David Basanta

David Basanta — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 19:52:45 +0000

Not bad but quite didn’t get how our post-human generation will solve our current financial crisis. Also, I am bit skeptical, given how often experts in one field fail to make accurate predictions on something on which they are the experts, about predictions that involve several fields (economics, nano-engineering, biology). Not saying that is impossible, just that i remain skeptical.