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Ray Kurzweil • The Law of Accelerating Returns « the Kurzweil Library + collections
Although he was largely an observer of the technical community that created Silicon Valley, his various ideas and crusades around the Whole Earth Catalog, which he created in the fall of 1968, foreshadow and resonate with the techno-utopian culture that the Valley spawned.
John Markoff • Whole Earth: The Many Lives of Stewart Brand
the newness fades as the innovations are monetized to death. Any joy in the new forms of expression is ruthlessly exploited, most often in the form of increased advertising. There's something Sisyphean in the whole process. Authentic online cultures are always being ruined, as users inevitably complain, but also always emerging again. No platform i
... See moreBen Thompson • Regretful Accelerationism
In the three decades that have passed since Snow Crash was published, many of the underpinnings of Stephenson’s virtual world, such as social networks and artificial intelligence, have materialized. And the metaverse, like other ideas foreshadowed in the cyberpunk tradition, has persistently found its way into broader conversation. It has featured
... See moreGenevieve Bell • The Metaverse Is a New Word for an Old Idea
Vitalik Buterin • What do I think about network states?
