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--kaltsu, 10-May-2004

Bah. Deep Thought.

--J-Ko, 10-May-2004

Deep Thought was peanuts. But really, if it's such a good idea, why hasn't anyone done it yet?

--JanneJalkanen, 10-May-2004

Bah. Optimist.

http://www.ugcs.caltech.edu/~phoenix/vinge/vinge-sing.html

--Merten, 10-May-2004

Well, I hope you are a pessimist! Or at least a realist. Surrealist?

--62.237.206.161, 10-May-2004

Moi? I'm a dreamer, shaper, singer, and maker. I study the mysteries of beauty and darkness, chip and software, truth and reality, men and women. These are my tools, and I know many things.

I am not an optimist, a pessimist, nor am I a realist nor a surrealist. I just am. I call things as I see them, I name things as I please, I do things that I like. Because I am free of fear, I can do this.

And I can laugh. And I can weep. I can be everything and nothing.

The most important thing one can do is to be true to yourself and lead a good life. The second most important thing is to love. And the third most important thing is to forgive.

Does anything else matter?

--JanneJalkanen, 11-May-2004

In my case nothing matters because it is too late to be free of fear.

--62.237.206.161, 11-May-2004

We'll see ;-)

--JanneJalkanen, 11-May-2004

We cover this very topic from a wide variety of angles at Future Hi:

http://futurehi.net/

Here's a good starter list:

Future of Computation is Infinite http://www.futurehi.net/archives/000157.html

Exotic Civilizations: Beyond Kardaschev http://www.futurehi.net/archives/000106.html

Singularity Exo-Paleontology http://www.futurehi.net/archives/000082.html

Cheers,

Paul

--Paul Hughes, 12-May-2004

Lol. I've been reading your blog for about a week now and I really like the entries where you comment on topics to lose sleep over. :)

--Julia, 12-May-2004

Thank you. I think.

And now I'll lose sleep over wondering who you are :-).

--JanneJalkanen, 12-May-2004