[wardnath]

It's inspiring. I consider Kurzweil, Diamandis, etc. to view the impact of technology with wildly rose-colored glasses. I view this as one possible trajectory of our future - being on the extreme positive end, whereas a very negative outcome may be akin to a "great filter" event.

I think the extreme negative or positive outcomes are both unlikely long-tail events but having a "singularity" that benefits the wellbeing of humanity is definitely worth striving for.

[stainforth]

>benefits the wellbeing of humanity

If it even happens it will not be shared equally. A regular person will have to login with a Facebook account with the right amount of social credit to vicariously experience a part of the ascended's experience, with ads. And no, trickle down isn't real.

[wardnath]

I definitely think a cyberpunk-ish future is more likely than a pure kurzweil outcome. That is, the increase in wellbeing of an average joe will be more linear and that of the well-off will be more exponential.

[bryan0]

well put.