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Tableof ContentsAI
The Global Financial Crisis:
A Hiccup on the Path to
Superintelligent Financial
Markets?
FOREVER YOUNG
Things To Do with
Your Body While You
Wait for Immortality
BIO
“Moira’s Law”
10 D’t Tas M, Rbr
11 Waral Ralitis r Yur had
12 Spr : hyp r educatial Us evlutiary Alritms?
13 nats i t bldstram
14 na Fam Cdm r Wm
14 Smti Fisy Tis Way Cms T T Rscu
15 Is Ati-Ai Mdici Cmi t t Maistram?
16 Li o Mars (gus: huma)
17 Way Past Dick Tracy
18 “Wav” gdy t Pak Spctrum
19 Stra gs Slid Stat
30 Siularity 101 wit Vrr Vi
32 Is T Futur Caclld r Just Pstpd?
34 Frm gik t WaMu: Simulati i Virtual Wrlds MdlsRal Wrld ecmic bavir
20
26
ENHANCED
Nano Tattoos 28
22
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NEURO
Building
Your Perfect
Memory Suite
in Four Easy Steps
36 hacki T ecmy
38 First Stps Tward Pst Scarcity r Wy It’s t ed t Wrld asW Kw it ad Yu Suld Fl Fi
40 Wy Wu is Wisr: hacki t cmy lus wit scial capital
42 has t Dat My b gratly exaratd? Jl KurtmaItrviw
44 St t Ctrls r t hart t Su: hward blm Itrviw
48 Fiv Pats t Ulimitd Rwal ery
52 Wat D W D Aut Watr?
54 b Mr Ta Yu Ca b i t nw eacd Army
60 T ovrxtdd Ptyp: Ptr Watts Itrviw
62 Patly Prcds Pttial: hus, Dxtr, & battlstar galact
64 Tru black glass: J Sirly Raimati LstCyrpuk r t 21st Ctury
66 Fiv Psitiv Scic Ficti nvls t ejy Wil Waitir t Siularity
68 Tclical odditis: Lly Flyrs ad Scial Warlrs
58
HUMOR
I’m Smarter
Than My Keys, Dammit! 69
NANO
Nanotechnology: For Better or Worse 56
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A littl vr a yar a, I sat dw wit RU Sirius at a utdr ca i Mill Vally
t discuss ways t sprad trasumaist idas. I was a i a RU, rm Md
2000 , a lssy cyrpuk maai c-udd ad ditd ack i t arly 1990s,
t is latst ks, icludi Tru Mutatis ad Cutrcultur Tru t As .
W sard a ptimistic viw t utur, wr tclis lp umaity i ways
suc as imprvd alt, lr lispas, ratr itllic ad appiss, ad t
crati a pstscarcity scity. nt surprisily, w talkd aut a maai tat
culd xplr t ways i wic ts nbIC (a, i, i, ad c) tclis
culd lp umaity ad ilit t listyls t uddi trasumaist cmmuity.
Wil w ld t t Practiary Pricipl (rsurc: ttp://.wikipdia.r/wiki/
Practiary_Pricipl), w als wisd t cura ratial dat tical
sauards r ts utur tclis.
W dcidd t prduc a quartrly diital li maai. our rst issu cam ut
i octr, 2008. It was a trmdus succss. Sic I did’t av a ackrud i
pulisi, w rlid avily up RU’s skills ad ts a wrld-rwd virtual
wrlds artist, DC Spsly, w actd as t rst issu’s art dirctr, as wll as t
rus advic ad lp rids, suc as PJ May, Tylr emrs ad Dav
Latimr.
“Tc” maais av cm ad ad trs av cad rm “dy” t
maistram. W p + Maai will arud r a l tim, a vic r ts w
liv mri tclis ca ad suld tically usd r t ttrmt
scity ad t kid maai culd say “I tr was ly maai I culd
suscri t, tis wuld t .”
W wlcm ur radrs t ji ur cmmuity ad sar ur tusiasm ad ps
r a ttr tmrrw, wil ralii tr’s muc t d tday t ri tat ritr
utur t ruiti.
bst wiss,
Jams Clmt
bttrumas LLC
Jams Clmt C-Fudr
Da Sticscu C-Fudr
Pulisr’s Statmt
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Ppl t assum tat radical vlutiists — ts
w ar xcitd aut t pttial acmts
ad xpasis uma pssiilitis it t utur
— must livi atr plat.
Atr all, t vry watr itsl pss a plausil xisttial trat, t lal cmy
is i t tilt, ad t yu’v still t yur waps mass dstructi, yur wars,
varius pttial rsurc criss, ad iitum (t list culd r pas).
but, i act, w liv t sam plat (ad i t sam dicult tim) tat
vrydy ls ds. Ts w mrac radical tclical ca ar as ivlvd
i dw-t-art prlm-slvi as activists, virmtalists, ad ts tcids
— irs ad scitist s — ws ultimat als may a it mr mdst ta t
trasumaist crwd.
I tis diti +, w try t tak — witi t limits ardd y ur pa
cut — a w t crisis pits tat trat ur umaity, t t mti ur
trasumaity. Tis issu is, y mas, a cmpdium tc-slutis t all ur
truls — mrly sm ri articls ad itrviws tat mit pully stimulat a
w urs ad prvk dat ad discussi.
o crisis tat as t discussd i t rst tis diti is t icrasi
trats t uma rits arud t wrld. huma Rits Watc, Amsty Itratial
ad tr rits-iclid raiatis irm us tat, s ar, t 21st Ctury as t
kid t ur asic rits as w udrstad tm. Accrdi t mst rspctd
surcs, rdm spc ad assmly, aas crpus ad air justic, ad just t
asic rit t t ausd y autritis ad quasi-autritis av all tak a it i
wat w mit still call t “pst-9/11 virmt.”
I tis cas, tu, my purps is t t sust rslutis r tis prlm,
ut pssily t cmplicat it. bcaus wil muc t wrld still struls r t
asic rits tat may us av cm accustmd t (w may av lst sm — at
last tcically — vr t last w yars, ut tat’s a discussi r atr tim),
I sust tat w urtly d a wl w st rits. W d a i-prrssiv
rits mvmt — a mvmt tat ca kp us r rm vl itrusis vl
rdms tat ar just w cmi it cus as t rsult dvlpmts i scic,
tcly ad cultur.
Solut
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Don’t Tase Me
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Yu mit stud t discvr tat iRt is t a mvi starri Will Smit,
ut is actually a Massacustts-asd cmpay udd i 1990 tat struck a
dal last yar wit Tasr Itratial t mut stu waps its military
rts. (Rmmr t plaitiv cry, “D’t tas m, r,” duri a 2007
J Krry spc?) but yu mit v mr sckd t lar tat t Dpartmt
Ds (DD) as put ut a Rqust r Prpsal (RFP) r a “Multi-Rt Pursuit Systm”
stwar ad ssr packa tat will al tams rts t “sarc r ad dtct a
-cprativ uma sujct.”
I a rct nw Scitist articl, plic ad military xprt Stv Writ Lds
Uivrsity cds t Paul Marks, “Wat w av r ar t iis smti
dsid t al rts t ut dw umas lik a pack ds.” Crtaily t asli-
pwrd “biD” rt currtly prducd y bst Dyamics is t t t ill. It rus
at 4 mp, clims slps up t 35 drs, walks acrss rul, ad carris a 340-pud lad.
S yu mit imai DD putti a tasr a biD rt ad prrammi it t rud up
umas wit a “tam” its rtr rts. but wat apps i yur “Rbr” starts t lk
mr lik Arld Scwarr i latr, a Mdl 101 Trmiatr?
o curs w all kw wat apps xt. T rts udr t Skyt
cmputr twrk rvlt aaist umaity i 2018 ad t
gvratr… r, Mdl 101 Trmiatr is st ack t prtct
umaity’s utur savir, J Cr. Rit?
KRISTI SCoTT
Ar yu a Wrld Warcrat playr
r sm w jys aiut i Scd Li ? D yu wis
t avatars yu spd quality tim wit
culd cm t scr t play ad
itract wit yu i ral li? Wll, lk
urtr ta gria Tc Uivrsity, wr
ty av wrki a waral,
trasluct “aumtd rality” adpic.
Tis adpic as capailitis t allw t
virtual wrld t vrlaid t t ral
wrld as a 3D itractiv tity. Tis is t
utur ami ad virtual itracti,
t xt lvl “ral” wrld xprics.
Aumtd rality — wit its capailitis r
rst prs ams — is i t rvlutii
t ami idustry. Ad t uss t
adpic ds’t stp tr. Wari t
adpic i a rmal stti culd allw yu
t lk r dirctis wit a raltim virtual
map vrlaid t yur currt ladscap
ad virmt, t p umrs r
irmati rm usisss, ad v tak
a walk dw t strt wit yur avrit
avatar. Wtr tis mas r may
avatar rids, tr may cm t day w
it’s just aut wtr t a ut i yur
wrld — r mi.
ReSoURCeS7 Tis Yu Suld Kw Aut AumtdRalityttp://t.ducaus.du/ir/lirary/pd/eLI7007.pd
Ppular Scic: Arumtd Rality ttp://www.ppsci.cm/ar-adts/ articl/2002-01/aumtd-rality
gria Tc Rcivs Fudi r AumtdRalityttp://www.arl.cm/2008/05/ria_tc_rcivs_udi.pp
Wearable Realitiesfor Your Head
Dpartmt Ds
ttp://www.armytcmatc.cm/DoD/opprtuitis/ SbIRViw.aspx?id=A08-204
nw Scitistttp://www.wscitist.cm/ls/ srtsarpscic/2008/10/ packs--rts-will-ut-dw.tml
iRtttp://www.irt.cm/ sp.cm?paid=86&id=344
bst Dyamicsttp://www.stdyamics.cm/ctt/sc.pp?scti=biD
ReSoURCeS
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RoBroSurdaddy orca
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ReSoURCeSMIT Tcly Rviwttp://www.tclyrviw.cm/cmputi/21619/pa1/
Cari Mll naRtics Lattp://ala.m.cmu.du/prjcts/swimmi/
Fatastic Vya (2010)ttp://www.imd.cm/titl/tt1087521/
Div, div, Captai! Artic valv clsi aad; tak
t scd rit past t lt vtricl ad ad r
t pulmary artry. St curs r t lt lu ad
acquir tart Squamus Cll Lu Carcima. Sk ad dstry!
Sud lik smti ut t prjctd 2010 mvi
rmak Isaac Asimv’s scic-cti trillr Fatastic
Vya ? A micrscpic-sid vssl ijctd it t ldstram
t dstry a lu tumr? Rsarcrs at t Écl Plytciqu
d Mtréal, i Caada, av cratd suc a vssl usi liv,
swimmi actria cupld t plymr ads. Ld y Prssr
Cmputr eiri Sylvai Martl, ty av succssully
strd ts ats tru t cartid artry a livi pi
at 10 ctimtrs pr scd usi matic rsac imai
(MRI). Tir latst rsarc sws tat ty ca d tis wit
uma ld vssls as wll. T actria ts ctai matic
particls ad swim usi tiy crkscrw-lik tails, r falla.
T ads ca mdid t dlivr cacr-killi drus,
ut t lctric currt i larr ld vssls wuld t
str r actria-pwrd ads witut a larr vicl. Suc
tcly xists tday i micrscal rts (< 100 um). basd
prlimiary xprimtati, Martl is cdt tat a stalt
sk-ad-dstry missi culd cmpltd aaist a tumr
r t dy’s immu systm wips ut t actria.
nabs BdsamSurdaddy orca
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ReSoURCeSFam Cdmttp://www.cmc.cm/Prducts/p_l_02.tm
A Cis cmpay calld blu Crss
bi-Mdical is ri a am cdm
mad wit silvr “atc” particls.
T mal spray- cdm cms i
a ca wit a plastic applicatr. Atr
t am spray is squirtd it t
vaia it rms a pysical mmra
tat prvts ccpti ad prtcts
aaist icti. T spray, usi as
its as matrial plyviyl alcl rsi
iusd wit a-silvr, prvids t
a sprmicid ad a atisptic luricat
tat lps prvts sxually trasmittd
disass.
T “a-silvr” cdm
is part a rwi list csumr
prducts uilt wit s-calld atc
cmpts. Sm ts iclud
wrikl-r sts clti dtrts,
csmtic prducts, ttpasts, air ad
watr puricati macis, watr
salats, ad lctrics parts. Wil
atcly (rally dd as
dali wit structurs 100 amtrs
r smallr) was littl mr ta a
twikl i Ricard Fyma’s y 50
yars a, prducts lik t a-am
cdm sw tat atc is cmi
icrasily rlvat t idustrial
mauacturi, ad csqutially ur
livs — v i placs as smily lw-
tc as t drm.
Foam Condom For Women
Tristan Guillford
nAno
Feb 2009
AI bIo enhAnCeD nAno neURo hUMoRFoReVeR YoUng
Aratr dsid t mimic t mti s ast pttial t trasrm ry prducti i t
t dvlpd ad dvlpi wrlds.
“VIVACe” (Vrtx Iducd Viratis r
Aquatic Cla ery), dvlpd y irs
at t Uivrsity Micia, turs pttially
dstructiv viratis causd y vrtics i
watr — as wll as t fw watr itsl
— it usal lctricity. Prssr Mical
britsas, t lad dvlpr, claims tat a
ully dvlpd VIVACe systm suld
al t rat pwr at aut 5.5 cts pr
kilwatt-ur, a pric cmparal t wid ad
cal.
T trasrmativ aspct VIVACe
is tat it wrks i currts mvi at udr
tw kts. existi ydrkitic systms,
capturi t ry wavs, currts,
ad tids, rquir fw spds v r six
kts t prat citly, ut t majrity
availal currts ru at tr kts r
slwr.
VIVACe wrks y scillati a cylidr
spris tw altrati vrtics causd
y t sap t systm i t watr —
t ack-ad-rt mti t cylidr
rats pwr. Altu t systm
ds’t lk muc lik a s, t udrlyi
ccpt cms rm srvatis w s
mv i turult watr.
T VIVACe systm is cmpact, ad
scals wll. A w cylidrs wuld u
t pwr a small villa, wil a array
VIVACe dvics t ara a rui track
ad aut tw stris i wuld prduc
u lctricity t pwr 100,000 ms.
Ad caus t systm wrks slwly,
VIVACe suld’t trat mari li.
ReSoURCeSttp://www.vrtxydrry.cm/tml/tcly.tml
Something Fishy This
Way Comes To The
RescueJAMAIS CASCIo
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Mr mdical rsarcrs ar qustii t stadard -
disas-at-a-tim apprac tat as dmiatd t sarc
r curs t ai-rlatd illsss suc as cacr, art
disas, diats, Alimr’s, ad Parkis’s. o nvmr 21st,
brad Kim rprtd, t Wird Scic l, tat rsarcrs
rustratd wit t limitd succss t arrwr cvtial apprac
ar pi up t t ida usi mitcdrial mdici. T aim is t
ward t disass causd y ai y addrssi tir sard surcs,
rpairi ad prvti t dama causd y t r xy radicals
rlasd as t mitcdria drat ad rak dw.
A umr w ati-ai drus ar i dvlpmt ad culd
t markt witi t xt v yars. Rsvratrl, praly t st
kw t mitcdrial drus (it’s tat stu i rd wi), is currtly i
cliical uma trials r diats. Wil rst xprimts usi rsvratrl
i mic did t appar t xtd tir maximum lispa, it did av t
xpctd ct mimicki t cllular cts calric rstricti,
stimulati s calld sirtuis tat ar ivlvd i t ai prcss.
Altu t mic did witi tir allttd ilical spa, ty wr
“prtctd rm t ravas ai,” accrdi t Kim. Kim rprts
tat t Ceo Sirtris Parmacuticals, t cmpay tat is ladi
t rsvratrl trials, claims tat all t majr parmacutical rms ar
putti rsarc my it mitcdrial mdici.
o nvmr 27t, Scic Daily rprtd tat harvard rsarcrs
Pilipp ordrr ad David Siclair av sw tat sirtuis rulat
xprssi y prsrvi t itrity crmati, ad ty rpair
damad DnA — ut ty ca’t d t at c. Smtims, w sirtuis
wrk t rpair DnA, sm t damai s ty kp silt xprss
tmslvs. Tis w sms t t actual caus ai. T articl
idicats tat sirtuis culd part a uivrsal mcaism ai tat
vluti as csrvd r a illi yars. A cll wit mr sirtuis — r
a mr cit distriuti tm — wuld al t rduc r prvt
t xprssi s likd t t ptyps ai.
Rsarc scitists vary i tir ptimism aut utur sirtui ad
mitcdrial trapis, ut mst w s ts typs itrvtis i
t disass rlatd t ai as ivital. Sm ts trapis ar
xpctd t ixpsiv. Sirtris aticipats its rsvratrl dru will sll
r mr ta $4 a pill — i rdr t cmptitiv wit tr diats
drus — ad it will cst “pis” c t patt xpirs.
Is Anti-Aging
Medicine
Coming to theMainstream?DANIEL SLATE
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Wa pas DiCK trACy
Parvus is takin portal computin
dvics to t nxt lvl wit t
zypad Wrist Waral Prsonal
Computr (WWPC). Litwit (250
rams) and dsind or ands-r opration,
t zypad is scurd wit a wrist strap and
can run usin itr t Windows Ce or
Linux opratin systms. It aturs a mini
kyoard, a touc scrn, USb port, 400Mh
procssor, and prmanntly connctd
wirlss Intrnt utiliin blutoot and
gPS tcnoloy. A uilt-in “acclromtr”
wit a tilt snsor allows t wrist computr
to dtrmin wtr its usr is movin or
motionlss, and to supply loal positionin
data in ral tim to somon connctd via
wirlss.
Wil t zypad is not currntly
availal in Amrica, Parvus, a U.S.
susidiary o t eurotc roup, is tstin
t wrist computr or svral potntial jo
sit uss involvin flds suc as mrncy
srvics, alt car, sippin and loistics,
wildrnss saty, law norcmnt, and
t military. halt car uss could involv
transrrin patint data to doctors in
ral tim. Forst srvic workrs and park
ranrs could us t WWPC to track
animals and lp wit wildrnss rscu.
T military could us t wrist computr
to communicat prcis inormation aout
troop movmnts and control macins
rmotly durin comat. And, o cours, tis
mini computin tcnoloy could vntually
com as uiquitous as popular portal
dvics palm pilots or PSPs, mployin many
o t sam aturs o moil dvics lik
t iPon or blackrry, ut wit ratr
procssin powr and mor duraility.
ReSoURCeSzypad Wrist Waral WirlssCmputrttp://www.parvus.cm/prducts/ PrductPa.aspx?PrductID=117
Trista guillrd
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AI bIo enhAnCeD nAno neURo hUMoRFoReVeR YoUng
“Wave” Goodbye
to Peak Spectrum
Tim Ventura
Is t wirlss idustry aci ard tims? Icrasi spctrum
us rm a ratr umr carrirs ad t advt wirlss
radad is carvi ur c-pltiul radcast spctrum it
smallr cuks tat cst carrirs mr t lics. Add i t dark spctr
alt litiati vr cll p saty ad t dat surrudi bPL
plluti Cb radi wavlts, ad t wirlss idustry is starti
t lk a it lik i il. Is it tim t ac t act tat spctrum is’t a
ixaustil rsurc?
I t 2007 STAIF Crc pulicati “T Valu estimati
a hFgW Frqucy Tim Stadard r Tlcmmuicatis ntwrkoptimiati,” Dr. Rrt bakr, Jr. ad cllaus gary Stps
ad Cly harpr prps a vl altrativ t t vrcrwdd
lctrmatic spctrum: istad trasmitti data usi radi wavs,
ty sust tat utur tclis usi “hi-Frqucy gravitatial
Wavs” mit trasmit data vr rippls i t aric tim-spac itsl.
Sud ar-tcd? May, ut t autrs t pr-rviwd AIP
pulicati isist tat tir ccpt alls wll witi stalisd pysics,
ad tus ar dy’s disputi t claim.
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Storage
Goes
Solid StateTim Ventura
It’s a prlm spd: ard-drivs ar lctr-
mcaical i atur, wic mas tat w ty rad r
writ data, a armatur as t pysically mv a dl
acrss a rtati plattr. Tis puts t raks t
prati spd ad miiaturiati, ad as mauacturrs
raci t lauc slid-stat ard driv (SSD) slutis.
Tday’s st SSD’s str data usi DDR r Flas
mmry, ut ty’r xpsiv ad r ly limitd stra
capacity — rat r MP3 playrs ad diital camras, ut
d’t xpct t s tm i yur xt PC. hwvr, xt-
rati prducts lik Fusi-Io’s nAnD-asd SSD
atur ar-DDR accss spds ad trayts capacity
— ally ivi tis tcly a pprtuity t rak it
t PC marktplac.
T applicatis tis tcly ar ar-raci:
slid-stat dvics ar itratd circuits, wic allws
tm t t rm t sam advacs i spd ad
miiaturiati currtly usd i prcssr dvlpmt.
Als, t ar-DDR spds SSD dvics may s
limiat t d r cmputr RAM tirly, ivi
stwar dvlprs w ptis i t way tmrrw’s
prductivity applicatis adl mmry ad str data.
S
ur, it lds 500 is mvis,
music, ad data, ut t dmads
mdr cmputi ar starti
t mak tat spii silvr plattr iyur typical ard driv lk dwrit
atiquatd.
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THE GLOBALFINANCIAL CRISIS:
A Hiccup on the Pathto Superintelligent Financial Markets?
o t may itrsti aspcts
t currt lal acial crisis is t
rl tat AI ad advacd cmputr
stwar as playd i it. It’s wrt aski a
w qustis aut xactly wat tis rl as — ad wat it susts r t utur.
Tr’s t muc “str AI” usd i t ac idustry
tday, ut tr ar plty “arrw AI” stwar tciqus i plac,
alsid tr advacd matmatical mtds — rcii sutl
liar pattrs i acial data, ad rlati acial data wit
tr irmati aut t cmy, ws, watr ad s rt. Ad,
crtaily, tis stwar playd a rl i t crisis tat uldd tis all.
but r w lam t macis, it’s wrt dii a littl
dpr. T rt t prlm rally cam dw t t ways ppl
cs t us tis stwar t srv tir w ds. Ad it’s arual
tat, i w’d ad str AI istad arrw AI ivlvd, a crisis liktis wuld vr av cm aut.
gtti it t itty-ritty, praps t ctral actr tat
pavd t rad t t rct acial disastr was t us massiv
lvra — a tciqu allwi ivstrs t aml muc mr my
ta ty actually av. I yu t $10 sm acial istrumt
ben goeRTzeL
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' gb h, f w'd hd g aid f w ai vvd, ck h wd v hv c b.
b grtzl is t Ceo AI cmpais nvamt ad bimid; a mat
PD; writr; pilspr; musicia; ad all-arud uturist maiac.
wit 30x lvra, yu’r ctivly tti $3000. Tis mas tat
i t istrumt yu’r tti s up y 10%, yu mak $300
rm yur $10 ivstmt. but i t istrumt s dw y 10%,
yu ls $300, wic may mr my ta yu av. Lvrad
ivstmt viusly as rat pttial r t risk ad rward — s
its ctiv usa is t accurat assssmt risk.
Ad risk assssmt is plac wr AI ad tr
advacd stwar cms it play. T ctral aspct t csidr, i
udrstadi t strts ad limitatis advacd tciqus r
risk assssmt, is ctxt. T kw matmatical ad AI tciqus
r stimati t risk cmplx acial istrumts (lik crdit
dault swaps, ad varius tr xtic drivativs) all dpd
crtai ctxtual assumptis. Ty apply wll i sm ctxts, ad
t trs. At tis sta, sm uma itllic is rquird t ur
ut wtr t assumptis a iv matmatical tciqu rally
apply i a crtai ral-wrld situati. S, i is crtd wit a ral-
wrld situati wr
it’s uclar wtr
t assumptis a
crtai matmatical
tciqu rally apply,
it’s a uma dcisi
wtr t apply t tciqu r t.As a sil xampl, Iclad’s acial situati was
matmatically assssd t stal, asd t assumpti tat
(t simpliy a littl it) a lar umr dpsitrs wuld’t dcid
t simultausly witdraw a lt tir my. Tis assumpti ad
vr vilatd i past situatis tat wr judd as rlvat.
ops.
Ad curs, ts tcical csidratis syri wit
uma psycly i varius ways. Supps yu wrk r a acial
istituti ad yu’r askd t assss t risk sm cmplx acial
istrumt lik a crdit-dault swap. Supps t tls tat yu av
at yur dispsal d’t lt yu mak a cdt assssmt? Wat ar
yu i t d? Admit it, r just try yur st, ad p t wrld
ds’t all t ar srt t assumptis t tciqus yu
apply? bar i mid tat t rward structur r i-lvl acial
mplys tds t iv i uss r dcisis tat lad t srt-
trm ais. S i yu play a rl i a i wi yu may t ric ut i yu
play a rl i a i lss, t wrst tat apps is yu’ll d t d
atr j. but csidr a mr itrsti qusti: Wat apps
i atr dcad r tw, w t AI ld as prrssd a it ad
w av yt mr itllit stwar tat is al t autmatically
assss wtr t assumptis a crtai matmatical tciqu
ar applical i a crtai ctxt?
It may sud cavalir t say s (ad t radr suld
udrstad tat, as t wr a small usiss, I’v crtaily t
scapd t impact t rct crdit cruc), ut my li as
a AI xprt is tat ts srts prlms w’v s rctly ar
mrly iccups t pat t supr-cit acial markts asd
advacd AI. (o t tr ad, it’s ard t say xactly w l
it will tak r AI t aciv
t dd udrstadi
ctxt, t avid tis srt
“mir litc.”)
oc t trasuma utur
ully kicks i, it’s quit pssil
tat my will cm slt. or may, as i Carls Strss’svl Acclrad , t xt rm itllic will mr rm
cmplx AI-pwrd acial istrumts. but wll r ts
radical pssiilitis cm aut, I’d sust tat a i dirc will
mad y t dplymt mr str-AI-is acial aalysis
systms wit rad udrstadi ctxt. Wtr urtr litcs
ccur al t pat t tis utur is atr qusti, curs ad
t st pic advic I ca r i tis rard is tat t mvrs ad
t sakrs t acial wrld suld pay attti t t limitatis
— as wll as t pwr — currt tciqus, wil als kpi
a y t dvlpmt mr advacd AI mtds capal
vrcmi ts limitatis.
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F
r ts w wuld liv lr, it’s
wis t ac calls vry day,
ad put sl i ucmrtal
situatis tat rquir rwt — pysically,
mtally, ad mtially. Part t u
i a trasumaist ca ivlv masuri
yur prrss acrss a icrasi umr
varials ad si w imprvmt i
ara ca crat uxpctd ad v
syristic prrss i tr aras. My
advic wuld t stalis aslis adspisticatd jctivs r strt, spd,
durac, stamia, alac, crdiati,
aility, skill (praps i a rwi umr
activitis), days r illss r ijury, as wll
as dy wit ad, curs, t umr
yars spt i aliv. hr ar sm t
tls t lp aciv tis.
tHinGs to Do WitH
immor
Your BodyW y Wa
Alx Litma
FoReVeR YoUng
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alityTRAnShUMAn SUPeRShAKe
Fiv days a wk, I ul my dy wit vr 200 dirt ds, via a
40-uc sak tat is cmprisd a atixidat juic lik Acai r
gji rry juic; a -dairy milk rm almds, alut, ric r mp;a aaa; a raw ; a scp ac J barr’s Privat Rsrv
Suprd, Muscl Milk, ad grs & Wy; ad small quatitis
fax il, viri ccut il, Samuca guard, cariti, crati,
clrpyll, clv, lack walut tictur, ad pau d’arc. I als tak
pills wit tis: a multivitami, Jit Virac, Q-10, Smart bld (CLA,
gLA, ad ma atty acid cmplx), ad hyprdriv.
boDY FAT AnALYSIS
Tr is t lw-udt way t d tis — av a alt clu wi yu;
t iput pics dy at rm ti, adm ad tr placs
it a spradst. Ad t tr’s a mr xpsiv way. gt yursl
dukd it a tu watr ad, lik Arcimds i is eurka mmt,
av yur dsity masurd. I ay cas, dy at is a mr usul
masur ta wit, ad sam T bist Lsr r t usi
it as tir masur succss. T tr-ad-sv pit pic tst is
t d r r y yms suc as equix, t iv yu a asli ad
cura privat traii.
LIVe bLooD AnALYSIS
Fr $275, I ad a -dctr tak drps my ld ad put tm
rs rm my vis t slids ad udr a 5000x maicati
micrscp. I t tk a tr-ur tur, lki at vryti
a lar fat scr. I culd s t impact dydrati, t
muc aimal prti, iadquatly circulatd lymp, ad vt ldary r radicals, wic I ad assumd wr as ard t
visuali as utris. Wari: sm dctrs dspis tis practic
ad rail aaist it t W. T aai, may dctrs ar at,
smk, ad at ac. n dctr tat I kw prscris Alcr, s
rad t criticisms ad t dcid r yursl.
hRM gPS
Fr $150 t $200 yu ca t a art rat mitr tat allws yu
t d traii i dirt s ad kw ruly wtr yu ar
aric r aaric, ad t s yur prrss vr tim. Fr $495,
yu ca t t garmi 405, wic adds gPS. Tis systm ds’t
ly masur w ar yu’v ru, it ivs yu a rapic prl
tir wsit. T t t irmati t garmi, yu sycri yur
405 wit a wirlss dvic calld a AnT tat yu plu it a USb
slt yur cmputr. oc yu av t rsults, yu ca mail ts
t rids t sw tm w ard yur art ad t pump t al
yu t d yur wrkut.
bLooD LACTATe TeST
Fr $195, Pas IV i Sata Mica, CA allws yu t kw yur
prcis s r aric, lactat trsld, ad aaric wrkuts
ad ivs yu a sustd prram asd yur cardivascular
tss. Tis prvids t st asli r usi a art-rat-mitr
watc. T al is t stay witi crtai prscrid umrs.
Itrstily, tr ar dirt umrs r rcmmdd art
rats rlatd t walki, rui, swimmi, cycli ad rwi,
tu ac tst csts my.
XTeRRA TRIAThLonS AnD TRAIL RUnS
Xtrra is a lal pm, wit lcal, rial, atial ad
wrld campisips tat — at last up t t prst sas —
allws ay t ru wit (wll, start rui wit) t rmr wrld
campis. Fr $50-100, yu ca ristr r a -rad xpric.
Tis ca just a ru, r it ca start wit a lak r rivr swim
llwd y mutai iki. evry Xtrra is dirt, ad autiul
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scry is a addd valu trail rui. Als, wit trrai varity, vry
tall is vry slitly dirt, s tr’s lss liklid t rptitiv
strai ijuris tat ca cm rm rad rui al.
ULTRARUnnIng
I t last w yars, tr as a xplsi ultramarats. Ultramarats ar ay rui rac lr
ta 26 mils ad 285 yards. Typically, rurs prrss
twards a ultimat al rui 100 mils. First,
prpars t ru 50 kilmtrs (31 mils). nxt cms a
50-mil ru ad, ally, t 100-mil ru. May smily
rdiary ppl d up i al t ru 100 mils i lss
ta 24 urs, v icludi rus up ad dw mutais,
ad acrss rivrs. Trasumaist s will itrstd i t almst uivrsal
xpric 100-mil cmpltrs. Mst rprt tat ty xpadd tir
ss t pssil, ad tk tat -day xpric wit tm it
t rst tir livs. bcaus mst ts racs ar trails, rurs
als dvlp str cmmuitis suprt rids, cm xprts at
ydrati, utriti, saliity, ad wit, ad dvlp a uiqu alac r
prpricpti, as wll as lw art rats.
CRoSSFIT
T ld stadard r tss, tis is praly t mst cmprsiv
ad iclusiv prram availal utsid a olympic dcatl qualirs
prram, r dvlpi strt, spd, durac, fxiility, aility,
ad mr. Fr aut $300 a mt, yu ca t a ur a day its
wrkuts tat ar crativ, calli, masurd, ad allw prrss t
cartd acrss ds varials. I I ad t rcmmd ti ut
all ts, I wuld rcmmd cmi a crssttr.
TReADMILL DeSK
Tis is t raicild Dr. Jams Lvi, a cardilist at t May Cliic.
A gl sarc t trm will sw w t tur a rmal tradmill it
a tradmill dsk: simply lt a tray ad a fat scr t mtal arms
s tat it swis ut av t ctrl pal. Dr. Lvi rcmmds a
-mil-a-ur slw walki spd. Usrs w walk (crp al) r
it urs will d up walki 8 mils, ad uri aut 800 calris. I
yu did tis 50 wks a yar, yu wuld ur 200,000 calris a yar, r
t quivalt 57 puds at, r rui 57 marats, all witut
raki a swat. T mst xpsiv cmmrcial vrsi a tradmill
dsk is t Walkstati, wic slls r $3,000 rm Stlcas.
SLeePIng AToP ChoMoLUngMA
hi altitud-livi als atlts t rat mr rd ld clls ad
tr adaptatis tat, w ty rtur t sa lvl, ivs tm a aric
advata. Tr cmpais mak macis tat — i cmiati wit
plastic tts r sald rms — allw r t radual rducti i t
amut xy prst. Atr svral mts carul adaptati,
ca d up wit cts quivalt t slpi t xy-rducd
summit Mt. evrst. A rul tum is “liv i, trai lw.” I tr
wrds, slp i a lw-xy virmt, ut t d wrkuts i a
rmal ym, caus a atlt ca’t trai as ard wit lss xy. T
macis tat suck ut t xy cst tusads dllars, ut r ppl
lki r a d i tir distac racs, t pric is wrt payi.
Alx Litma is t autr brav nw Uwird Wrld (Wily 2002), t frst
k 4g, ad vr 120 articls usiss, tcly ad cl ppl. his frst
articl was pulisd i Ju ’83, t mt raduatd rm MIT, as t cvr
stry r T Futurist maazi. h as lst 70 puds wil cutti is dy at
rm 33% t 16% i t past 13 mts usi ts ad tr mtds. h ivits
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MoirA’S
lAWMira A. gu, P.D.
T w millium rut us t culmiati t huma gm Prjct,
ut tis did’t ma tat tr was sil uma ws m was
dcdd. Ratr, it was a dlirat cmiati adults, mst wm wr
uidtid vlutrs rm bual, nw Yrk, al wit J. Crai Vtr, w jumpd
i ad curd up t watr, ut tat’s atr stry.
It’s tak util 2008 r ay idividual t av is DnA cmpltly dcdd
ad pulicly pulisd. T rst ur ar: Jams Wats Wats & Crick am (sas
tw imarkrs wic ar currtly livd prdictiv Alimr’s), J. Crai Vtr
aai (w mst ar praly at Wats t t diital puc ut ld ack r
istry’s sak), a uidtid Asia mal, ad a uidtid Arica mal.
o mit ask wy tis is imprtat. Ad it’s a d qusti. T trut is: It’s
t. nt yt, ayway.
Tik it as t itc quivalt Mtcal’s Law. b Mtcal isa wll-kw cmputr scitist, w c-ivtd t etrt ad udd t
cmmuicatis cmpay 3Cm. h’s all aut twrks r dcads ad
rmulatd Mtcal’s Law as llws: “T valu a tlcmmuicatis twrk is
prprtial t t squar t umr cctd usrs t systm.” Fr mst
us, it mas tis: T valu tlp — wr yu ca call — is r.
T miut sm ls ts a tlp, t t tw yu ca talk ad t valu
all tlps s up. As mr ad mr ppl t tlps, t valu t wl
twrk s up. It’s a ida ay ca udrstad.
gtti ack t tis wl-m dcdi uma DnA, it’s t t sam.
T dcdi t scd ly marially icrass t valu t rst, i it ds
at all. W s t DnA dcdd all rit, w s t raw data ut w d’t kw wat it
mas yt. I t matim, w’v dcdd smallr swats
uma DnA, ad w’v discvrd quit a lt. W c
tut w t st rm Mm ad st rm
Dad. It turs ut tat w smtims t multipl
cpis stris DnA rm t sam part.
Culd ts variats t “atur” part
t “atur vs. urtur” quati, t
ras wy cildr t sam parts
ac sm t a lt
mr dirt ta
alik?
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Mira A. gu, P.D. sts “biTc nati” nPR Talk ad nPR Liv. S’s t autr Wlcm t
biTc nati: My Uxpctd odyssy it t Lad Small Mlculs, La gs, ad bi Idas , citd y
t Lirary Jural as “bst Scic bks 2007.”
Cpyrit 2008 Mira A. gu
A tam Swdis scitists rm
Karliska Istitut discrd tat m wit
t “334 vrsi t AVPR1A ” ad
trul cmmitti. Ty wr lss likly t
marrid, ad i marrid, wr mr likly
t rprt avi marital prlms. havi tw
cpis tis DnA ly mad tis wrs i
t marria ad srity dpartmt.
Ad tus, a littl it DnA irmati
lavs p t dr t a lt mr iquiry.
but w w talk aut “wl m”
DnA — ad a wl plat — w muc data
wuld tat ? T calculati appars t
simpl: eac uma as sm tr illi as
pairs DnA, ac rprstd y a lttr.
Tat wuld six illi lttrs, r si iaits
data. Yur w DnA data wuld t tum
drivs alrady fati arud i yur pssssi
r t mmry cips yur diital camra,
ut tat adds up w w t t all t umas
t plat. I rud umrs, tr ar six
illi-plus lks, ad tat maks six illi
umas tims six iaits, ad tat’s a wl
ltta data.
T w av t i prsumpti tat
w av t tcly t str all tat data,
ad t aaly it, ad tat i di s, tr
wuld valu.
Wic rturs us t t qusti: Ds
it llw Mtcal’s Law? Ds t valu
t uma twrk dcdd DnA rw wit
vry uma ully dcdd?
It wuld sm t – t valu t
scd tlp is ly cmprmisd i w
d’t wat t talk t t scd prs, ut
w ar quickly mtivatd t d sm w
wat t spak wit li. Wit DnA, it ds’t
appar t wrk tat way. I act, tat’s pssily
prv y wl-m dcdd huma
numr Fiv.
Tis tim it’s a wma, ad it’s
cmpltly dirt. Rad t nvmr
issu natur i yu wat t dtails, ut
t asic stry is tis: A wma i r tis
ad dvlpd acut mylus lukmia
(AML), a vry arssiv cacr. Wasit
Uivrsity scitists dcdd t DnA r
tumr clls ad t als dcdd t DnA i
r rmal clls. Ad wy? T clu r is tat
wvr a cll divids, it ca mutat. Ad tat
mutati ca carrid rward vry tim
t cll divids rm t . ovr a litim,
particular clls i yur dy ca mutat a
lt. W yu av cacr, tr as a
squtial sris mutatis i sm yur
clls, wic, w cmid wit yur startr
DnA, as cratd a rmula i wic yur clls
ca — i t vracular — ru amuck. Tat’s
rit. I yu av cacr, t DnA i yur tumrclls ar dirt rm t DnA i t rst
yur dy. S, w umas ar t just a sil
st DnA. Mutatis app. Pair tm up
wit yur startr DnA, ad t rsult ca
i r dadly.
Tat’s wy t dcdi huma
numr Fiv was a lt mr itrsti — r
t rst tim, scitists xamid tw cmplt
sts DnA witi t sam prs.
Prviusly, tw mutatis wr
assciatd wit AML. Atr dcdi tis
wma’s DnA ad prrmi a wl lt
spisticatd cmputr aalysis, ty av
ucvrd 10 mutatis. Tr ar i s
kw t supprss tumr rwt — tat’s t
d. Atr ur mutatis wr ud i
s kw t prmt cll rwt — wic
is ad i it’s a tumr cll. Atr asically
str-armd t cmtrapy rally
prscrid r ts patits, s t patit
wuld sur all t sid cts t tratmt
ad littl, i ay, t ts. Wy tis st
DnA mutatis cratd a dir situati cam
mitly clar.
T s i ty culd rali, t
scitists lkd at 187 tr AML patits —
ad ts w mutatis. Ty suspct tat
cacrs may vry spcic t t idividual.
Ty liv tat
cacr clls dvlp
succssivly, mutati
y mutati, utilsm particular
mmt w a crul cmiati w
mutatis ad startr DnA arriv ttr ad
a catastrp cll rwt ccurs.
S wat ds tis ma — at last a
diital data lvl? Witut a dut, w ar w
xprici t bi ba bitc Data. nt
caus w ca simply crat all tis DnA data,
ut caus w d t crat all tis data t
ur ut w w umas ar ad w w tick.
but urtuatly, w d’t kw wat data w
d r wat, ad wat — i t d — willprv usul. W ar still sti i t dark.
S, wil wit t simpl tlp
xampl, w ca asily t a ss tat
Mtcal’s Law is tru r twrks, it ds’t
quit traslat t DnA.
but tat ds’t ma w ca’t av a
law aut it. I call it “Mira’s Law”:
“T valu dcdi uma DnA is
prprtial t t umr ppl w will
t.”
I’m sur I’ll cai it as t i
a ulds, ut i t matim, it sms t
m lik a d way tiki aut it.
A am Swds scss m Kaska is dscd a m
w “334 s Avpr1A g” ad b cmmg.
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Kristi Sctt
AI
Feb 2009
bIo nAno neURo hUMoRFoReVeR YoUng enhAnCeD
b
i rtul, I rqutly d mysl writi rmidrs my ad
r aywr ls I ca. Tis past wk I wrt ad rwrt t sam
wrd my lt ad vry day, ad I still rt w it cam tim trmmr. hwvr, my ad still sws ait ik marks, wic w lir ad
cstatly rmid m w rtul I ca .
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Tir ivti is fxil ad ti u t t udrat t
ski, witut lsi t aility t cduct lctricity. Tat’s a lt
wrk r smti s icrdily small. Wit ts attriuts,
t pttial ral-wrld applicatis t tcly ar simply
awsm.
Am t uss visid r t “a skis” ar acial
r ad displays. Ts displays wuld sycd t a WPAn,
r Wirlss Prsal Ara ntwrk. (Ys, yu wuld cm
wirlss.) Tr wuld a display drivr implatd t rciv
sials ad allw yu ad trs t cmmuicat wirlssly. Tis
wuld allw yu t sd irmati aut rmmri tis
istatly r cmmuicat t sm ls discrtly, rcivi
a rid’s txt t yur ad istad yur p. hwvr,
upradi yur txti capailitis is t all tat tis display drivr
wuld d r. Yu culd als av t pti t cmmuicat
Takully, t ivti I d t radicat tis
dpdc a p ad my ad is i t wrks.
Rsslar Plytcic Istitut as
wrki wat ty ar calli
“a skis,” a cmpsit
atus ad plymrs.
ack t yur rid yur md. Tat way, ty w’t av t
ask w yu ar di; ty ca just tak quick lk ad
kw. Ulss, tat is, yu’v rtt t updat it: t yu
wuld litrally sdi mixd sials, ad yur rids may t
apprciat tat.
Will I still rt t rmmr? I visi a txti st-up
similar t my cmputr’s caldar. A timd tic wuld appar
cvitly my ad sayi “15 mi till yu av t call s-
ad-s” r “1 day till yu d t ri wrk cupcaks.”
I a similar vi, a “a ski” prjct ccpt is i
prd r dack y Kiklijk Pilips
elctrics. Ty prvid a vid visi wat t
diital tatt may lk lik i prrammd t ractt ssual itracti r itracti i ral. T
vid is lcatd at tir wsit. T vid ivs a
aslutly autiul itrprtati a way t utili
t tatt as a ssual acmt, swi t tatt
appari ad t disappari tru t cupl’s
itracti. ovrall, t cmpay is t cratulatd r
xplri a dsiral implicati tis tcly tat as m
wati my w.
I yu tak t ssuusss ut t vid itracti
ad rplac it i yur imaiati wit t sam idividuals at
a crwdd ccrt r party, tir dis wuld a swirli
cacpy art, pssily attud t t music, r ssitid t
vry ump ty rciv rm llw ccrt/party rs.
havi viwd tis vid svral tims ad lkd at tir
artistic ccptis diital tatti, I’m tusiastic. Tis is
acmt I wuld t wat t miss ut . n-vral
cmmuicati, prsal rmidrs -ad, ad a itractiv
tatt r w I’m rd ad wat t watc it swirl…. si m
up.
na Skisttp://ws.rpi.du/updat.d?artctrky=1394
Kiklijk Pilips elctrics.ttp://www.dsi.pilips.cm/ prs/prjcts/tatt/idx.paCtxtual Diital na Tatts
(Vid)ttp://yista.cm/2008/04/09/ ctxtual-diital-a-tatts/
Prrammal Tattsttp://lis.myws.cm/articlviw/articl_viw.asp?=296497&rl_=1
ReSoURCeS
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T Siularity. Ray Kurwil as ppularid it ad, y
w, sm ur radrs dut drp it rqutly
it casual cvrsati ad await it lik salvati.
(T scd “lpi?”) but may mr ar still uamiliar
wit t ccpt.
T ctmprary ti t Siularity t startd
wit ldary SF writr Vrr Vi, ws 1981 vlla
Tru nams picturd a scity t vr tis “vt.” I
a 1993 ssay, “T Cmi Tclical Siularity,” Vi
mad is visi clar, writi tat “witi tirty yars, w will
av t tclical mas t crat supruma itllic.
Srtly atr, t uma ra will dd.”
W caut up wit Vi at t 2008 Siularity Summit
i Sa Js, Caliria, wr pd t prcdis i
cvrsati wit b Pisai CnbC.
Vi’s mst rct vl is Raiw’s ed .
SINGULARITY
101with Vernor VingeDOUG WOLENS
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h+: Let’s start with the basics. What is the Singularity?
VeRnoR VInge: Lts ppl av ditis r t Siularitytat may dir i varius ways. My prsal diti r t Siularity
— I tik tat i t rlativly ar istrical utur, umas, usi
tcly, will al t crat, r cm, craturs supruma
itllic. I tik t trm Siularity is apprpriat, caus ulik
tr tclical cas, it sms t m prtty vidt tat tis
ca wuld uitlliil t us atrwards i t sam way tat ur
prst civiliati is uitlliil t a lds.
h+: Haven’t there been other singularities throughout
history?
VV: Sm lks will say tr av siularitis r
— r istac, t priti prss. but r gutr, yu
culd av xplaid t smdy wat a priti prss wuld
ad yu culd av xplaid t csqucs. ev
tu ts csqucs mit t av livd, t
listr wuld av udrstd wat yu wr sayi. but
yu culd t xplai a priti prss t a lds r a fat wrm. Ad
avi t pst-Siularity xplaid t us w is qualitativly dirt
rm xplaii past raktrus i t sam way. S all ts xtrmvts lik t ivti r, t ivti t priti prss, ad
t vluti citis ad aricultur ar t t rit aaly. T
tclical Siularity is mr aki t t ris umakid witi
t aimal kidm, r praps t t ris multicllular li.
h+: Is the Singularity near?
VV: I ‘d prsally surprisd i it ad’t appd y 2030. Tat
ds’t ma tat trril tis w’t app istad, ut I tik it is
t mst likly -catastrpic vt i t ar utur.
h+: Should we be alarmed by the Singularity?
VV: Yu ar ctmplati smti tat ca surpass t mst
cmptitivly ctiv atur umas av — itllic. S it’s
tirly atural tat tr wuld sm ral uasiss aut tis.
As I said, t arst aaly i t istry t art is praly t
ris umas witi t aimal kidm. Tr ar sm tis aut
tat wic mit t d r umas. o t tr ad, I tik tis
pits tward smti larr. Tiki aut t pssiility crati
r cmi smti supruma itllic is a xampl a
ptimism tat is s ar-raci tat it rcs t lk carully at
wat as watd. I tr wrds, umas av strivi t
mak tir livs ttr r a vry l tim. Ad it is vry usttli
t rali tat w may tri a ra wr qustis lik “wat
is t mai li?” will practical iri qustis. Ad
tat suld usttli. o t tr ad, I tik it culd kid
alty, i w lk at t tis w rally wat, ad lk at wat
it wuld ma i w culd t tm. Ad t w culd mv rward
rm tr.
h+: What signs would you look for which indicated that
the Singularity is near?
VV: Tr ar a umr ativ ad psitiv symptms tat a
prs ca watc r. A xampl a ativ symptm wuld iyu a t tic larr ad larr stwar dacls. I act, tat’s
srt u t writ aut. o t simplst psitiv sis is simply
t t wtr r t t cts Mr’s Law ar ctiui
track.
T udamtal ca tat may taki plac umas
may t st caractrid as t tl-crati aimal ut as t
ly aimal tat as urd ut w t utsurc its citi — w
t sprad its citiv ailitis it t utsid wrld. W’v
di tat r a littl wil t tusad yars. Radi ad writi is
utsurci mmry. S w av a prcss i r, ad yu ca
watc t s wtr it’s i. S, r istac, i t xt t yars,
i yu tic mr ad mr sustituti r usi ramts uma
citi i t utsid wrld — i uma ccupatial rspsiility
cms mr ad mr autmatd i aras ivlvi judmt tat
av’t yt autmatd — t wat yu’r si is ratr lik a
risi tid tis citiv utsurci. Tat wuld actually a vry
pwrul symptm.
humans may not be best characterized as the
tool-creating animal but as the only animal that
has figured out how to outsource its cognition.
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At t Siularity 2008 crc, a small rup smart
ppl ad Vrr Vi surrudd ad wr prssi im
t mtaprically rll tm s ad rad ur civiliati’s
rscp. Vi (itrviwd i tis issu), a rtird prssr
matmatics rm Sa Di Stat Uivrsity ad ladi ard scic
cti writr, ad cid t trm t Siularity, rrri t a tim w
tclical ca wuld cm s rapid, caus t crati
ratr-ta-uma articial itllic, tat prdicti wat wuld
ccur pst-Siularity wuld cm arly impssil. T ccpt
t Siularity was mracd y tr writrs, ultimatly spawi a
cultur ppl w liv, i part, t rad t sis ad prtts tis
astisi vt. I sm rmulatis, t Siularity is t ist
ca tat umaity will vr crat r xpric.
Ray Kurwil, alrady a majr ur as t rsult a umr
ks icludi T A Spiritual Macis , as racd a srt-
piacl pulic tic atr pulisi T Siularity is nar i 2005
ad viwi t wrld tru a Siularitaria (ys, a ral wrd) ls. I
t k, Kurwil ivs is vidc tat US gDP rwt is xptial
ad ctiuus. or ratr, psits tat du t t xptial atur
past US cmic rwt, t utur will als s ctiuus xptial
cmic rwt.
but will tis rwt impactd as w xpric a cmic
slwdw ad lal acial crisis? Will w still av all t d
stu tat uturists ad ard scic cti writrs prmis, icludi
itc tat icrass lvity, atcly tat rvlutiis
mauacturi, irmati tcly tat imprvs prductivity? Ad
wat aut t Siularity? Spaki t t Siularity ly, Vi pid
tat ti t cmic ri was i t slw it dw, caus it
ly taks a w cmpais t kp up wit Mr’s Law ad tus t mak
t raktrus tat will ri tis str AI t ruiti. Frm Vi’s
prspctiv, t Siularity is still ar.
but trs lk at t past ad prst ad s idicatis tat t
utur (a viw a wrld uttrly trasrmd y tclical ca) as
caclld. I a rct articl r Ivstr’s busiss Daily titld,
“Vtur Capital Tm t Day: Dat,” bria Da statd tat ly
six vtur capital ackd cmpais ad pulic i 2008, t wst
i vr tirty yars, ad tat t valu vtur-asd acquisitis ll
42% rm t sam 2007 prid t $11.2 illi. Da quts natial
Vtur Capital Assciati Prsidt Mark hs sayi, “(I) tis s
r atr yar r tw, it mas w w’t av a rs crp w
cmpais.”
Sic vtur uds typically xist r it yars, ad rais
tir my rm a small racti ttal ivstmts mad y cll
dwmts ad tr uds wit a l-trm ivstmt ri — ad
caus may uds av lst al tir valu sic Sptmr — ad
caus t US ad wrld cmis ar likly t t muc wrs r
ty t ttr, it is almst crtai tat w w’t av a pipli lld wit
wll-udd start-ups rady t pulic vr t xt sv yars. Ad
tis culd av a cilli ct t t usiss ad acadmic rls i
crati t utur tat t cmmuitis av prrmd s suprly vr
t last tr dcads.
A it istry may i rdr. oc up a tim tr was a
articial itllic/xprt systm stwar idustry, wit
cmpais cusd xclusivly cmmrcialii
AI stwar ad ardwar. A AI stwar
cmpay calld ItlliCrp (wic startd
as Itlligtics) wt pulic, ad
its rivals wr als xpctd t
llw suit. T cam t “AI
Witr.” Fudi drid up.
T lm was t rs,
ad tu a umr t
prrammi ad itrac
cvtis tat day
av ud tir way it
tr stwar, ts
us w wr tr at t
tim (I was i car t
Sutwst U r ItlliCrp)
h fCAnCelleD j ppd?ALeX LIghTMAn
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kw tat t utur w imaid did’t cm
t pass. I act, it’s sa t say tat xpctatis
wr lwrd y aut 99%. n , i 1986,
culd av imaid tat applicatis tat
wr wll-stalisd y t — Micrst
oS, oracl’s SQL dataas stwar — wuld
still t asis r t ist rvus i
stwar i 2008. Culd wat appd t
stral a sil visiary tcly idustry
i cildd app t may divrs idustris
ky t crati t utur? Sadly, ys.
Crpratis ar csidrd livi
prss udr US law. A uusual way t lk at
t acial crisis ad t alvi quity valus
is tat pric-t-aris ratis av als alvd,
ad P/e ratis ar a actuarial tal (lik ts
usd y li isurac cmpais t prdict w
ppl wit masural caractristics will di).
Tis is caus t markt capitaliati a
cmpay is (t markt’s xpctati ) t
t prst valu all its utur prts. Tus,
a P/e rati 14 culd lkd at
y t markt as a cmpay
xpctd t prduc,
avra, t
sam prts r 14 yars (t cuti ifati),
ad t t cas t xist. ovr t last 100 yars,
t avra P/e rati as 14-16 (dpdi,
i part, w yu calculat t umr), ad
vry tim t rati as av 20, it’s
drppd lw 10 a w yars latr. I 2000, t
S&P Idx wt av 40, ut w it drppd,
it it av 20, maki a drp vr 50%
prdictal ad vius t ts rprti it i
2004 (d a gl sarc “avra P/e rati”
ad cck t tird lik t gratial Dyamics
r vidc).
I cmpais ar livi ppl, t drp i
li xpctacy r cmpais is cmparal ly
t t astst dyi cutry i t wrld tat is
t at war — zimaw, wr li xpctacy
as all rm 60 i 1990 t 34 tday. Du t a
cmiati daily duli prics, starvati,
ad clra, it’s pssil tat li xpctacy
will alv aai. It’s pssil tat t valu
cmpais will als alv aai i a w tis
app; r istac, i t US Trasury crdit
rati is dwradd, akruptcis sar, r lar
aks ctiu t ail.
S. Is t rcssi 2008 just a dlay
r t ld tc-utur r smti muc
wrs? Currt cditis ar i cmpard t
t yars at t ii t grat Dprssi
i t arly 1930s, ut t w cam ut tat
i t lat 1940s. Sic t grat Dprssi, t
avra a Amricas as mr ta duld,
rtirmt as cm sr, ad vrmt
ts r t ldrly rtird, icludi mdical
ad trasr paymts, av icrasd y
t tw rdrs maitud. T 2000s wr
suppsd t t Rari 2000s, t last
ld-a m tim r t acia
disastr starti i 2011 causd y tr milli
ay mrs raci rtirmt a. I t
currt crisis is a rsult Amrica’s prlms
at t prvrial st tims, w t ay
mrs ar i pak ari yars, w ca US
cmics ttr w currt pak arrs
stp rati surpluss ad start i t
csumrs? Ad wat apps w itrst
t dral dt xcds t amut cllctd
i idividual taxs?
Tr is a pssiility tat dral scal
cllaps mts bay bm rtirmt, ad
all t my tat wuld av it w
tcly s it appasi ldrly vtrs. I
tat scari, t Siularity mit t app
i a xpctd timram ad tr wuld
availal li xtsi, r cditis
art wuld s uappali tat t avra
prs wuld’t wat t liv lr, ad tus,
r mst ppl, t utur wuld caclld.
T mral t stry is tat, r
ts us i ur rtis ad up, w d t
rdul ur rts at irti prlm-
slvi tclis, ad w d t mak t
utur app w r vr (at last witi
t litims adults i 2008). or w ttr
p tat Vrr Vi is rit ad tat t
Siularity ds’t rquir ayti cls t a
alty cmy, i wic cas ts smartr-
ta-us ts ca tak car ad kck all
ur prlms lik ducks i a rw.
w xpc gb fc c@, w w hv h
gd ff h f p, cdg bch h c
gv, d chg h vz fcg@?
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It was t ist ak ailur i istry,
ad it cam t v a sris vry
ad days r US ivstrs. o Sptmr
26, 2008, JPMra Cas acquird all t
aki pratis Wasit Mutual
(WaMu), icludi $307 illi i assts ad
$188 illi i dpsits. T all WaMu was
t latst tur i a sris ak ailurs: t
akruptcy Lma brtrs, t acquisiti
Mrrill Lyc y bak Amrica ad t
ar cllaps isurac iat AIg.
A similar ut muc lss swpi sris
ak ailurs ccurrd aut a yar arlir i
t cmputr-ratd virtual wrld kw as
Scd Li . gik Fiacial — a urulatd
virtual ak tat prmisd ivstrs ral
my i rturs i xcss 40% — dclard
islvcy ad was rcd t rpay $200 milli
i a itral currcy calld Lid Dllars.
Scd Li , stalisd i 2003 y
Lid La, is t rst maistram
virtual wrlds. I additi t its w currcy
(wic ca cvrtd t US dllars), it as
a fdli cmy uilt arud virtual ds.
T uy r sll ds r srvics, yu crat a
3D rapical rprstati yursl kw
as a avatar. Avatars ca ca apparac,
talk wit tr avatars, ad walk arud
isid usr-ratd virmts. Mr
imprtatly, avatars ca pay ac tr i
Lid Dllars.
200 milli i Lid Dllars may sud
lik a ty sum r a cmputr-ratd
wrld. I act, it is a mr 750,000 US dllars.
I rsps t t gik ailur, Lid La
sut dw ds aks i Scd Li .
Altu virtual, t aks wr udd y ral
my. Accrdi t a w plicy, Scd Li
rsidts cat accpt dpsits i xca
r a prmis rpaymt wit itrst ulss
ty prvid pr ral-wrld rulatry
vrsit.
Wat ca w lar aut ral-wrld
cmics usi t simulatis prvidd y
virtual wrlds? Mtamics is a mri —
v dy — ld acadmic study tat dals
wit t cmic, lal, ad rulatry issus
virtual wrlds. Prssr Rrt blmld, st
a wkly wcast Mtamics, vrss
Crll Uivrsity’s Js Scl dctral
prram ad dircts its usiss simulati
fm Gk WaM: Simulation in Virtual Worlds Models Real World Economic Behavior
A sma b mc ss swg ss bak as
ccd ab a a a Scd l.
SURFDADDY oRCA
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laratry. blmld, traid i xprimtal cmics, ss
t t ralism a ld xprimt wit t ctrl a la
xprimt i virtual wrlds: “I av studyi tis spac r,
I uss, vr a yar w, ad I tik it’s vry xciti.”
blmld’s avatar am is “byrs Sllrs,” a d t
nl pri-wii cmist Vr Smit – Smit studid t
avir uyrs ad sllrs w id cmptitivly ctitiuscmmditis. blmld calls Scd Li markts a asciati
xprimt i lirtariaism ad sl-rulati. h says tat
vryti dd t kw aut t currt ral-wrld crdit
crisis lard rm virtual wrlds: “Ivstrs wr all t
willi t liv tat ty wuld ar tir i itrst rats, ad
akrs ad rrwrs, dut, wr t willi t liv tat
t rrwrs culd pay t i itrst rats dmadd tm.”
Lack rulati ad suvrsi st acial dalis y a
crrupt w i t itrst prt — sud amiliar?
Wil blmld’s xprimtati cuss acialcmics, w acial markts av, ad w ty rspd t
rulatis, Tmas Csy nttiam Uivrsity busiss
Scl is cducti xprimts i aviral cmics usi
Ultimatum ad Dictatr ams t xami airss ad altruism.
I a Ultimatum am, idividual A is iv a sum my ad
askd w s/ wats t split it wit radmly paird prs b.
I t r is rjctd y prs b, ts ay my. I a
Dictatr am, prs b as cic ut t accpt t r
prs A. I tsts cductd i t, Csy ud statistical
dirc tw t utcms i Scd Li ad ral li.
gik Fiacial ad t tr ak ailurs i Scd
Li wr prcipitatd y a a amli ad sady usiss
practics tat rdrd raud. WaMu aild udr t wit
its rmus ad ts t suprim mrta usiss. I
t cass, praps a trip t Las Vas mit av a sar
ivstmt straty. by studyi t cts sl-rulatd
markts ad airss ad altruism i virtual wrlds, utur
xprimtal cmists may al t lp uid ral-wrld
plicy t avid mr ailurs lik WaMu.
Surdaddy orca is a virtual wrlds xplrr ad scic writr.
ReSoURCeSJPMra Cas Acquirsbaki opratis Wasit Mutualttp://www.dic.v/ws/ws/ prss/2008/pr08085.tml
bak Failur i Scd LiLads t Calls r Rulatittp://www.wird.cm/ami/ virtualwrlds/ws/2007/08/ virtual_ak
Scd Littp://www.scdli.cm
Fdrati AmricaScitists – Virtual WrldsAlmaacttp://vwrld.as.r/wiki/Mai_Pa
Mtamics – busiss adPlicy I Virtual Wrldsttp://www.mtamics.t
Mtamics Wcastttp://www.mtamics.t/ Rrtblmld
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HaCKinGtHe eConomy
Dulas Rusk
hacki t cmy is asir ta it lks.
T rst stp, curs, is t rmmr tat t cmy itsl is
just a mdl. It’s a way udrstadi t wrld as a sris trasacti
mad y ratial, sl-itrstd is wrki t maximi valu r
tmslvs. Tat’s suppsdly t iv.
o curs, it is’t v tru. W d’t liv i a cmy. nvr did
I w wr rally all playi sm srt pkr am r cips — ad maki
all t rit dcisis — t ur wrld mit av lik a cmy. bu
si as w w’r rally mr ccrd wit ur mmt-t-mm
xpric, tti laid, r di a privat plac t pp, t last ti
ur mids is rtti valu vr tim.
W d liv amst sm rally i cmic actrs, tu. Ad t
mr w mistak t sta wic ty act r t wrld i wic w liv
t lss accss w av t t script. W d up i t audic, watci t
acial spctacl ad — wrst all — mistaki it r ral li.
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First Steps Towards Postscarcity:
or Why the Current Financial Crisis
is the End of the World As We Know It(And Why You Should Feel Fine)
It’s vr asy t s yur ard-w aris disappar. W yu p yur 401K ad s
it’s just lst atr 30%, yu tik: hly mly, tr s my rtirmt. Ya, it’s a aturalracti, ut tat ds’t ma it’s t rit . W liv i a wrld acclrati ca.
Tmrrw w’t cssarily lk ayti lik tday. nt v slitly. I act, it lks t m lik
t currt acial crisis is t rst stp rm a scarcity cmy t a pstscarcity scari.
Lt’s clar tis. W’r t i t wak up i a maical wrld wr iPds ad
McMasis rw trs vrit. br tat ca app, vry part tday’s valu cai
as t vrturd. evryti. Prducti raw matrials, trasprt ad ri, dsi ad
iri, mauacturi, distriuti . . . v ur w ss wrt. S, i tday’s acial
crisis is t rst stp, wr d w rm r?
Jason Stoddard
LATE SCARCITY: WHERE WE ARE TODAY
Kysia? Marxist? Wit drivativs ad CMos ad tr
astractis prppi up t valu ivstmts, itr scl
tut may tirly valid. Ad wit lal ppulati rwt
slwi, w’r i t av t r-valuat t “d cmpais will
rwi at 5% a yar, rvr” assumpti tat’s t asis
crprat valuati.
W’r als alrady starti t s sm xampls ar pst-
scarcity. Csidr cmputrs ad cmmuicatis. I yu’r willi t
us a cmputr tat’s a cupl yars ld, yu ca praly d a
ad-m-dw r r, ad t appily talk t yur rids arud
t wrld Skyp usi r pulic wi-.
or csidr tat i t last Dprssi, t mai wrry was
simply tti u d. Tday, t marktplac is mr wrrid
aut maitaii t markti udts 170 dirt kids
ttpast ta aut suri tat vry as ttpast. Tr’s
a lt paddi i t systm. Cupl a acial crisis wit tis
vrwit, icit systm, ad yu av t sta st r t rst
trasiti t pstscarcity: a cmprsiv rtik ur ccpt
valu.
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…divorce cases in which World of Warcraft’s internal
currency is named as an asset; the proliferation of
corporate “points”… our concept of value is expanding.
TRANSIT ION PHASE 1: VALUE PROLIFERATION
Tday, rapprs si aut drivi btlys, livi i tl-sid
masis, ad driki tusad-dllar ttls cac. S,
ty may sayi, “Ad tat d’t ma sit ulss yu t vi
ad virt ad rp!” W’v alrady s t ii tis: divrc
cass i wic Wrld Warcrat’s itral currcy is amd as a
asst; t rwi imprtac rputati systms suc as bay
dack; t prlirati crprat “pits” r “ux” systms
tat ca xcad r ral ds; t mtiati attti
via rid-spammi scial twrks ad advrtisi ppular
ls. our ccpt valu is xpadi; it will xpad v mr
i tis pas.
Tik aut it. I ral currcy, virtual currcy, crprat
pits, visiility, ad rputati all av valu, xcas will s
crp up. Tik a FoReX (a markt i wic ri currcis ar
xcad) r all tis w csidr valu. As pit xampls
ar pst-scarcity rw ad ts valu systms cm itrlcki,
w’ll mv yd a sil mtary valu systm. Yu’ll al t
liv wll udr ay umr valu systms: rputati, visiility,
twrk, rwards pits, r v “ld-asid” currcy.
TRANSIT ION PHASE 2: UNSEEN GOLDEN-AGE
T scd pas t trasiti t pstscarcity is t scarist, ut
ly i yu lk at it rm tday’s PoV.
Wat’s ard t accpt? Wll, multipl itrlcki valu
systms rquir cmprsiv mtrics ad tracki. Rad:
survillac. W culd asily d urslvs i a prpaatial
cmy, wr a prs’s tir valu is asd tir Attti
Idx (tir visiility t tr ppl) ad Mtiati ectivss(w wll ty sll).
“Yuck,” yu say.
but wat i advacs i mauacturi cicis mak it
pssil t liv wll, simply y itracti wit rids ad i aut
yur li? Wat i lw-rplacmt-lvl irt rats ad advacs
i itcly mat yu culd cck ut t systm y claimi
a pic uusd dsrt ad plati a us? Tis survillac
cmy mit a vry asy plac t liv.
T d tis pas wuld cm rapidly i Drxlr-lvl
amacis (mlcular mauacturi) mad t prducti
matrial stu sstially r, ad tk t utur wrt t tir
valu cai t r. I it csts ti t mak t macis t d ad
r t raw matrials, r t rw t trasprtati twrk, tw
t “isurmutal” stacls t pstscarcity disappar. ev
witut tis ar-maical tcly, iassmly ad tr mtds
will slwly rd t valu raw matrials ri, trasprtati,
ad mauacturi. I itr cas, tis is a v ir cmic
rtik ta t w’r i tru tday.
TRANSIT ION PHASE 3: MAGICAL IDEAS
Tru atc is limitd ly y t ry w put it it. I tis tim,
utikal ma-iri prjcts cm asil: rwi
a lal twrk r di,
ri, ad trasprti raw
matrials; prduci udrds
spac lvatrs r asy accss
t xtratrrstrial rsurcs;
assmli maical actris al vry castli.
I tis pas: w ar truly r t dram, ad i idas ar
t currcy. T dramrs ad dsirs w ca imai t st
ways t ca t wrld will cm t “cmic” iats tir
tim. T i issu will w t crdiat ts visis, ad t
limiat r miimi disruptiv s.Tis pas ds w t systms r rtlss prducti
all ur drams ar i plac. Articial itllics r pwrul
smatic prcssi mak tis ulimitd capaility accssil t
ay. W ar w r t imai wat w wat — ad av it
dlivrd dmad.
TRUE POSTSCARCITY
Spak yur wiss t t air ad it will dlivr. T samlss
atc/itc skis distriutd tru t art ad t slar
systm mak vry wis pssil. T ly rmaii qusti: wr
d yur rits d ad sm ls’s i?
nw, sit ack ad tik: v witut li xtsi, I mit
s vry pas t trasiti t tru pstscarcity i my litim.
Rmmr tat tut t xt tim yu cck yur rkra
accut. It is t d t wrld as yu kw it. Ad tat is prctly
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Why Whuffie iS WiSer:acki t cmy lus wit scial capital
TARA e hUnT
AUThoR, T Wuf Factr
PhoTogRAPhY bY:
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Ica ardly stad t list t t radi r rad t ws ts days.
Sms tat vry it ws tlls m tat tr is my lt
aywr. Cmpais ar layi ppl ad cutti ack tir
udts, t stat Caliria ca’t ard t pay t cutis w ca’t
ard t prvid srvics t t citis, taxs ar squi t middl-
class ad -prts ar suri i lsss i datis, wic is ladi
t cutacks i aid t t ppl w d it t mst. It is as i t sky
pd up ad a i vacuum clar cam al ad suckd up all t
my. Tp t ttm, t my is . It’s as i my was a mt
ur imaiati all al ad w w’v awk t d tat w av t
d a way t t al witut it.
o curs, tr is a acial cmy ad t currcy w us
t uy a la rad r pay ur rt is ral. but I liv wat tis tim
prid will tac us r t yars t cm is tat my is t t ly — r
v t strst — currcy w av t rly .
I was taki my d r a walk t tr day w I ra it t
ar maar rm xt dr. As w cattd, t cmy cam up, s I
askd r w it is acti r stalismt. S tld m tat ppl
wr still driki as muc as vr, ut ty wr lavi smallr tips. At
rst, I crid. “Tat’s t ad,” I said, “tat it as t urt yu ad yur
sta lik tat.”
S rplid, “I d’t mid, rally. I wat ur custmrs t al
t pay t rt at t d t mt. I’ll ladly iv up a w xtra
dllars s w ca all surviv tis prid tim.”
I was lw away y r ‘w’r all i it ttr’ attitud. but
tis was’t t ly tim I’v witssd ppl cm ttr t lp
atr tru t ru spts vr t past w mts. Ppl I kw
w av lss paid clit wrk ar spdi tir spar urs lpi
-prts udrais. Tr is mr cuc-sur i wit ppl I
kw w ar travli — I’v ad s may usts latly tat I ra ut
xtra kys t my apartmt. As ppl ar li spcially rciprcal
ts days, my w travl udt as cut ack wil I’v d my
w cuc-sur wit rus sts. Mr ad mr ppl ar usi
scial mdia tls t put ut calls r vlutrs ad d lp r carital
raiatis ad mr ad mr ppl ar dippi it tir savis ad
tim t lp ut. Just last wkd, I put a call ut Twittr r lp
uildi kitc caits r t cmmuity spac I w — t lp wuld
sav my udt aut $1200 ctractr tim — ad arud 25 ppl
swd up t pitc i. evry arud m sms t alid t t
‘w’r all i it ttr’ ida.
Tis is wu i acti.
at is wu? It’s t currcy dramd up y Cry
Dctrw i is atastic k Dw ad out i t Maic
Kidm . I Cry’s imaid utur, tr is my
lik w kw it tday. Wu, a diitid vrsi scial capital, as
rplacd my. A prs ca ar wu y di crtai tis: lik
lpi sm ut, maki w rids, r crati smti usul r
autiul t jyd y trs. o ca als us ard wu t uy
a la rad r pay rt. I Cry’s k, t ard wu pits ar
strd i a itral cmputr tat ca ‘pid’ t t ack a scr
— a ctiv way t mitr t amut ic r tal actis a
prs as ctriutd t tir cmmuity.
Frm tr, yu ca ur ut wtr yu
wat t assciat wit r asd r
scr. Tr ar a w prlmatic dtails
t tis systm, ut i ral, t ida is
tat ppl w d ic, tal tis r t cmmuity will tak
car .
As yu may av lad rm my accut t ar maar ad
may tr stris av aut ppl pulli ttr t t tru ur
cmic dwtur, wu is a rality tday. Tr ar ppl ivi t
its kidss, tim ad ry t trs i t cmmuity s tat w
ca all t tru a vry tu cmic tim. Tr is tax systm
tat ca (currtly) captur t amut scial capital tat w ar
xcai (ad I p tr vr will ). Sur, w ar’t al t pi
sm’s itral cmputr t t ack a scr, ut tru ur twrks
rlatisips, w ar al t iv wu pits t sm w as
lp us al t way ad rmmr t watc r ack w s ds it.
W ca als tll trs r act kidss, wic will rmmrd
ar lr ta r li crdit. our cmmuitis ar rwi strr
caus wu rit w. I
tik w will s i yars t cm
tat t strr currcy was i
us all al ad dy, t v
Fai Ma r Frddi Mac, ca
drulat it.
As ur ak accuts sa
udr t prssur t slwd
cmy, ur wu accuts ar
vrfwi wit t walt t pull
us tru ac day. Tat’s wy
wu is a wisr rm currcy
t all ack . Yu vr kw
w yu’ll av a raiy day.
Tara e. hut is t autr T Wu Factr
i s as sk d ad a bg accm ca
cam ag ad sckd a m.
.
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has Da
M B Ga exaggad?Jl Kurtma
ItrviwRU SIRIUS
I 1994, Jl Kurtma — at tat tim a
clumist ad t usiss ditr r t
nw Yrk Tims — wrt a alarmi k
titld T Dat My: hw t elctric
ecmy has Dstailizd t Wrld’s Markt ad
Cratd Fiacial Cas . Kurtma rprtd tat
t diitiati, r virtualiati, capital wascausi a discct rm rality tat tratd
acial aarcy…wit pssil psitiv ad/r
ativ rsults.
giv t currt markt crisis, I tut
I’d catc up wit Kurtma. Ds liv tat
rct vts rfct t cas ward us
aut ack i t mid-’90s? Is my drawi its
last rat wil yu witdraw t last yur
savis? or is smti ls at?
Jl Kurtma is currtly excutiv
Dirctr t Milk Istitut’s SAVe prram,
cusi ry scurity, climat ca ad
altrativ ry.
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it. oc t tirs ar switcd, t il is cad ad t car is assd
up, t car s ack t track. I privat quity, pulic cmpais
ar ut y privat rms wr ty ar rpaird ad mad mr
cmptitiv. W tat’s d, ty’r sld ack t t pulic. Privat
quity rsmls t pit crw. Tat’s kid a rapprcmt tw
t acial wrld ad t ral wrld. S, i my viw, t discct as
arrwd.
h+: In your response to my first question, you wrote, “I speculated
that globally connected capital markets could make the entire
world rich by making capital available anywhere to anyone with a
good idea and a little bit of skill.” I’d say we’re not quite there yet,
but it sounds like the theory of “The Long Boom.” Is there perhaps
a longer boom in the future? Is there the possibility of a sort ofpostscarcity market with almost no ceiling?
JK: nti mvs i a uitrruptd dircti rvr. Last all
t markts. T markts dac a up ad dw plka. hwvr, wil
ty’r daci, ty trd i a spcic dircti ad t markts ar
trdi up. Ty trd upward r a umr rass, icludi t act
tat my ds’t ld its valu r vry l. Ifati always lms.
Sic t markts asr a lt ifati’s ct, ty trd upward.
Tat trd will ctiu ulss rd cms s prvasiv tat t
systm raks dw.
h+: How long do you think the system will take to “reset”?
JK: T acial systm is t ackd y ayti ral. It’s ly ackd y
t cdc w av i t systm itsl. It’s t ld circular arumt.Tat’s caus my as trasrmd it irmati ad cut
rm ayti ral, lik ld, silvr r wat. bcaus my is irmati
it is a ld mad up partly idas ad partly stimt. Ivstrs ar
lik dtctivs w cm acrss clus, pic tm ttr, ad w ty
tik t pics t ty cm wildly xurat at avi d s. I
t midst tis crisis, ivstrs ar si arud, lki at t pics
ad tryi t s w ty t. oc ty tik ty s a pattr, tir
mtis will tak vr ad t markts will clim. Wvr limpss t
pattr rst will mak t mst my. hw l will it tak? I a markt
tumls at it i Asia, it is t llwd a w urs latr y a tuml
i nw Yrk. I tr wrds, sic vry’s watci vry ls, ad
caus w’r all cctd, it’s likly tat c a rcvry is it will
prcd quickly.
T itrsti ti wit ts markts is tat w’r all —
t ppl w wr csrvativ ad prudt av urt as adly as
t l w was vrly-lvrad.
All t traditial risk mdls lw apart. Divrsicati — t
crrst d risk maamt — mas ti w vryti
s dw. but risk maar was vr taut tat vryti wuld
dw at c. nl Pris wr awardd t ppl w said just t
ppsit.
h+: Joel, you wrote a book about the emerging electronic economy
back in 1994 titled The Death Of Money . Are we reaping the harvest
of the electronic economy now, or is the current crisis about
something else?
JoeL KURTzMAn: I 1994, as I wt arud t wrld itrviwi
ppl r T Dat My , w ppl rally udrstd t pwr
lctrically liki t wrld’s capital markts ttr. Cmputrs
wr t uiquitus; t Itrt was asct; ad ad ivtd
t blackrry. but ti tat did mr at tat tim was tat t
mility my wuld prcd i a arly urulatd mar ad tat
vlatility wuld icras. back t, I xamid all t data ad saw tat
as markts cctd, vlatility rs. T curius ti, wvr, was tis:
As markt vlatility rs, t rqucy rcssi ll. It was as i t
markts ad cm smti a sck asrr r t ral cmy.
Wat d I ma y tat? I may ways, r xampl, sm t
rcs tat put upward prssur ifati w ar cald it markt
ivstmts. I w did t av ts massiv, lally cctd markts,
t pric ral assts wuld ris as my is cratd. nw, all tat riss
— wit sm xcptis — is t pric stcks ad ds. but ts
sck asrrs av tir limits. I t last w yars, t irrspsilus prducts lik cllatralid la liatis av rk dw t
sck asrrs. Ad, wil it will tak a littl tim r t systm t
“rst,” it will rst.
I 1994, I spculatd tat lally cctd capital markts
culd mak t tir wrld ric y maki capital availal aywr t
ay wit a d ida ad a littl it skill. Tat act as prv t
tru. Sic 1994, may illis ppl av ris rm pvrty it t
middl class. I Cia r Idia did t av accss t lal capital ty
wuld rwi at r tw prct a yar, t i r t prct a
yar.
h+: In that book you also wrote, “Every three days a sum of money
passes through the fiber-optic network underneath New York equal
to the entire yearly output of all of America’s companies and its
entire workforce. And every two weeks the equivalent of the annual
product of the world passes through the network of New York —
trillions and trillions of ones and zeros representing all the toil,
sweat and guile from all of humanity’s efforts.” How deep is the
disconnect between the movement of conceptual money and the
creation of actual wealth on the ground?
JK: W’v s smti itrsti app. I 1994, I talkd aut t
divrc tw t acial cmy (my) ad prducts lik stcks,
ds ad drivativs t ad; ad t ral cmy ds ad
srvics t tr. I t itrim prid, tr as smti
rcciliati. Cmpais lik Sutwst Airlis rutily us cmplx
di stratis t prtct tmslvs aaist pric spiks ad vallys
wit rard t ul csts. Mauacturi cmpais, lik bi ad
Airus, us ts sam stratis t prtct tmslvs aaist currcy
risks rm maai a lal supply cai wil prici tir prducts i
dllars. Tat’s w t acial cmy as rccild wit t ral
cmy.
o t tr d, wit t ris privat quity, t ral cmy
as td rm t acial cmy. May rms tat wr pulic
av cm privatly wd. I t wrld ac, tat’s lik taki t
raccar t track i t middl t rac t av t pit crw wrk
Sc 's wacg s, ad
bcas w' a ccd, 's k a
c a c bgs w cd qck
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Tr’s scarcity slar ry…clsr t t su.
T Spac Dvlpmt Stri Cmmitt (SDSC),
wic icluds suc ifutial urs as nASA
astrauts bu Aldri ad edar Mitcll, ad Ptr garrts,
t Ci t Futur Scic ad Tclical explrati
brac t US Air Frc, av rctly cm vry vcal
aut advcati t dvlpmt spac-asd slar pwr
cllctrs.
A study cductd y Air Frc Rsarc La vtra J.
Mical Sad al t raiati as cvicd its
mmrs tat spac-slar is t ly way t avid a pttial
xisttial disastr y mti umaity’s ry ds it t
21st Ctury ad yd.
I itrviwd SDSC udr hward blm via -mail.
Asid rm is rl i t raiati, blm is t autr
suc ppular ad ifutial ks as T Lucir Pricipl adglal brai .
h+: This idea of putting solar panels in space was in
circulation during the 1970s. And it probably never
happened because of expense. What’s happening now that
makes you optimistic that we can do this?
hoWARD bLooM: I 1970, t pric il was $3 a arrl. o
Ju 26, 2008, it wt up t $140 a arrl. Tday, it’s dw t a
mr $60 a arrl. Sixty dllars a arrl. Tik aut it. Tat’s
20 tims t pric i 1970. Ad uss wat? It will ack t
$140 aai. Ad yd.
I 1973, oPeC swd us wy w dd t t ur
il addicti. It cut ur supply. W waitd urs i mil-l
lis r as. Ricard nix, all ppl, calld r t mral
quivalt war, a ull-ut crusad r ry idpdc.
Jimmy Cartr pickd up t ry lac ad ra wit it. T
cam t als mri i Amrica udr Rald Raa, w
cut t udi Cartr ad nix ad put it rsarc ad
dvlpmt altrativ tclis lik slar ad wid. Ad
w, stupid sp tat w ar, wt al wit im t i rid
t atr il pi-ut.
Tis tim I tik t Amrica pulic kws tat w ca’t
mak tat mistak aai.
Mawil Jams Mical Sad, T Spac
Dvlpmt Stri Cmmitt, is aut t is a t-mt
study ur il utur. Sad is a 25-yar-vtra t Air Frc
Rsarc La. h is a mticulus ir, ad kws is stu.
Wat ds is study rval? Tat v i w us vry altrativ
ry surc — rud-asd slar, wid, trmal, ad wav
pwr; v i w us vry rm traditial asty ry —
sal il, cla cal, dirty cal, ad atural as; ad v i w
uild tw 16,000 ad 35,000 uclar plats (vrsus t
currt wrld ttal 600), w will ru ut ry y 2100.
Sad wats m t lt yu kw tat w will actually ru ut wll
r 2100.
S w d t rmal altrativ uls — rud slar,
wid, ad all t rst. W d tm urtly. W may als
d t car-cui -rwal ry surcs. nt
t mti uclar. T wl packa will cst us trillis. but
dspit t xps ty tail, all ts will ly st us r
ruly 20 yars. T w will slwly slid it a ry ulc.
Aai.Mawil, yu askd atr vry d qusti. Wat’s
cad tclically sic Ptr glar rst av us is spac
slar pwr visis i 1968? evryti. W wt t t m
t yar glar rst av us t spac slar pwr ccpt.
Sic t, w’v dvlpd a tir idustry asd spac
slar pwr. W just d’t kw it. W av a $125 illi a
yar satllit usiss ami radi wavs, tlvisi wavs,
ad psitii irmati dw t art. Wr av t
5,000 r s satllits laucd sic t ii t spac
ra tt tir pwr? T su… usi slar pals.
Wat ls d w av tday tat w did’t av i 1968?
back t slar pals wr ly al t cvrt ruly v
prct t slar ry tat ty sad it ry. Tday,
w slar pals i t la ar claimi cicis 40%. Ad
tat ur will ctiu t ris as w uild ur spac slar pwr
irastructur.
Mawil, w’v dvlpd ds i t udrds
rckt-typs capal carryi car it spac. Amrica as
tm. T eurpas av tm. T Russias av tm. T
Cis av tm. Ad v Idia — t lw-cst utsurcr
cic r lw-pricd vryti — as tm. our stacl?
I t US, w still mak ts rckts y ad at a tim.
or tat’s my layma’s udrstadi. but wat wuld app
i w mass-prducd tm, t way t Syrias ar w mass-
prduci srt- ad mdium-ra missils? T pric wuld
cm dw.
T tr ar t rckts w’v t ad ar aut t
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trw away lik t suttl rckts — t
s tat av carrid udrds ts
car it spac. Wy trw ts rckt
dsis ad mauacturi acilitis away?
Wy rtir t tams tat mak tm? Wy
t amrti t cst tir rsarc ad
dvlpmt y uildi mr tm? Wy
t tak advata cmis scal t
driv tir csts pr lauc dw? Ad wy
t us tm t uild a irastructur ispac?
h+: I wonder about the claim that we
will run out of all energy resources
during this century, even the natural
kind. Aren’t we going to invent better
technologies for collecting wind, solar
and hydro? What about nuclear? Or the
potential for fusion? Wouldn’t making
these technologies ever safer, cheaper
— maybe even using some form of self-
replication — be cheaper than putting
big heavy material up into space?
hb: Mik Sad ca aswr tis ttr ta
I ca. h’s usd rus urs aut t
amuts ry trrstrial surcs lik
rud slar ad wid wuld prduc. Ad
o mr dtail. ev i w sav
ry lik misrs, w will av t spd
trillis t icras ur ry utput t
satisy ur w ds ad t lvat t
livi stadard t Tird Wrld t t lvl
yu ad I jy tday. Ad wat will w t
r it? Frakly, ysrs wit additial
valu. Tr ar multipl uss —
additiv ts r mils ad mils slar
pals ad ills studdd wit widmills. Wat
w’ll t ut a virus spac slar pwr
prram is radically dirt. W’ll t a
irastructur i a trritry wr rsurcs
ar stui. T m is a imms
surc raw matrials r ccrt, stl,
lass, ad smi-cductrs. Sm call it T
eart’s eit Ctit. Liti rsurcs
rm t M’s surac is ixpsiv. T
M’s ravity is -sixt urs r
art. Wat’s mr, astrids ar massiv
surcs ickl, titaium, ad platium.
Ad cmts ar mil ul statis mad
t liquid xy ad ydr w us t
prpl spac sips.
Wat i t wrld wuld w d wit
udi amuts uildi matrials
i spac? Ts ar t raw matrialsrm wic w ca uild scd ad tird-
rati spac slar pwr satllits.
Ad ty’r t raw matrials rm wic
w ca uild u rtati clis tat ca
us 10,000 umas r mr. Spac is ral
stat. It’s ral stat i t su. evry spac
slar pwr satllit w uild is a part t
irastructur a w cmy. It’s a way
stati t way t t stars.
Ad t just a way stati r us. It’s
a way stati r li, r csystms, ad
r t utur t rad xprimt
DnA ad clls, a xprimt i d w
lads t irm, w lad — ad skis — t
r.
h+: I think the new paradigm with
’s usd vry csrvativ urs aut
wat ur ry ds will . but yu’r
rit. Flks lik Ray Kurwil swar tat
atclis ad tr raktrus
will prduc arly d-lik icrass i
t amut ry w ca squ rm
sulit alli t surac t art.
I was a i str rud slar
i its arly days. Wit t mmrs
Styx, I put ttr t rst sris
pr-slar pulic srvic radi ads i 1981.
S I lik rud slar. but wat sms mr
imprtat t m is tis: t put ttr i-
scal rud slar prjcts, w will av
t dstry csystms. May t rud
slar ma-plas I’v s rquir cvri
mst t Mjav Dsrt wit slar pals
r wit slar-cctrati mirrrs.
gdy t t liards ad t t
plats tat ar uiqu t tat virmt.
gdy t idivrsity ad dlits r t
y. Mr crucial — v i yu put c-
lidrs, tr is ly s muc ral stat
art yu ca cvr wit slar cllctrs. T
sr lad is i t ru ut. T sam is
tru cal, il, atural as, trmal, adv usal ral stat r wid. All tm
ar it. W d a surc tat is iit.
T ly tw arly iit surcs I kw
ar usi — wic ds’t yt xist ad
wic as ctiud t lud us r 60 yars
— ad slar pwr rm spac.
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evry spac slar pwr satllit w uild is apart t irastructur a w cmy.It’s a way stati t way t t stars.
earthbound solar collectors (and with
wind), is that it would be distributed.
You wouldn’t so much be building huge
solar farms, you’d have solar collectors
pasted everywhere – (and I believe thin,
sheet-like solar power collectors have
already been developed…correct me if
I’m wrong).
hb: Lik yu, RU, I’m a prsal a
distriutd pwr systms. I suspct
tat, lik t Itrt, a ily paralll-
distriutd systm wit pwr rati
i yur m wuld mr lackut-pr
ta ctralid systms. Prsal pwr
ratrs wuld als icras ur ss
ctrl vr ur livs.
W I rst t ivlvd i spac
slar pwr, I askd i tis pwr culd
distriutd. Tat is, culd t city
Milwauk av its w spac slar pwr
satllit? Culd t kids i bual, nY (mym tw) cip i t dllars ac — t
way w did w I was a kid t uild ur rst
i-lau sprts tam, t bual bills?
Ad culd w us ur pld racks t
t ur w satllit? T aswr I t was
ys.
T tr’s distriuti t pwr.
Spac slar pwr ca amd dw t
rmt lcatis, lctriyi distat villas
i Asia ad Arica tat ar vry ard ad vry
xpsiv t rac y t traditial wiri
systms w av i nrt Amrica.
but my suspici — rm Jams
Mical Sad’s Spac Dvlpmt
Stri Cmmitt study — is tat it wuld
vry dicult t lctriy yur us, at
it, car yur car, ad pwr yur c
wit ly slar pals yur r ad a
widmill av yur cimy.
h+: I’m glad to see people dreaming
about space colonization again. I’ve
heard rumors that there’s a resurgence
of interest in these ideas at NASA. Can
you confirm or comment on this?
hb: nw tat t bus mid-r is di,
I ar w rumrs aut t taw at nASA
wkly. Drams tat av utikal
r it yars ar rvivi. T prsidtial
lcti is tmrrw as I typ tis. W’ll s
wat impact t mix plitical ca ad
cmic cras as ur aility t atasi
ad t mak ts atasis cm tru. T
aility t tur atasy it rality is at t
art t uma vlutiary prcss ad
at t cutti d atur’s tciqus
r crati. Its rvival — wtr r, i
Cia r i Idia — is a cssity.T ttm li is tis. W av t
ri spac t li y rii li t spac.
ecmis tru ma-crass ruly
c vry 70 yars. It’s tat way
sic t tulipmaia cras ruly 1637.
Wat lits cmis rm ts massiv
alls? nw rtirs, w rsurcs, w
tclis; w ways t tur txic wasts
it ry ad w tciqus tat tur
ara it ld. W vlvd as umas y
turi stil virmts t advata.
W vlvd as umas y di ways t liv
t ds Ic A lacirs ad t
ris dsrts. W vlvd y utxi
60 rs ad 18 prids massiv lal
warmi. Tday w av a w rtir
ws pttial is larr ta ay stil
ri w’v vr cqurd r. It’s a
w rtir t just r uma is ut
als r tir csystms — r mss
livi is rm actria ad ala t
trs, cats, ad puppis. It’s a massiv ic
waiti t rd. Ad w ar t ly
is tis plat tat ca rac it. W
ar t ly s w ca r it. Tat vast
w ladscap as av ur ad.
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GEOTHERMAL: WE’RE GENERATING STEAM HEAT
gtrmal ry mit cjur imas ysrs, t spris, ad Iclad. but t cutti d is wit ird
trmal, taki advata t atural lical at availal just aut vrywr ( ary vlcas rquird).
Als kw as “t rck” trmal, t prcss pumps watr t arud v kilmtrs udrrud, wr t prssur
kps tmpraturs i. It turs ut tat t csts ar’t all tat i r stti up a ird trmal ratr,ad tat t systm ca v usd r limitd car squstrati.
Wat culd it r? A 2007 MIT study arud tat t rcks trmal culd mt a siicat prcta US
ry dmad -- i pricipl, up t 100%.
Prximity: Pssil w, ut praly v t t yars rm srius tsti.
Prsis: Culd d up i t rplacmt “as-lad” pwr r aras usi a lt itrmittt wid ad slar.
SOLAR: FLEXIBLE AND UBIQUITOUS
glass-plat slar pals, usi silic r rmaium, rmai t ist-cicy slar pwr tclis. Urtuatly,
ts pals ar still typically i, rittl, ad xpsiv. but a ral slar raktru is just arud t crr — ad will
cm t tru cicy, ut tru uiquity, driv y t rducd csts ad widr applicaility.
Wlcm t t wrld fxil slar. Flxil plastic ptvltaics ad pait- slar dys will allw prviusly -
ry-prduci suracs — suc as walls ad widws — t cm micr-surcs pwr. nw prducti tciqus,
suc as ts dvlpd y naslar, t away rm lass plats, ad ca cut prducti y 90%, immdiatly maki
slar cmptitiv wit v cap cal pwr. o t ri, car-atu slar prmiss t add ry prducti ad
stra t arly ay mauacturi matrial.
Prximity: Pssily tis yar, ut last-miut litcs may ma a arly 2010s mrc.
Prsis: T tcly is cmi ttr, ut t ral qusti is w l it will tak prduct, uildi ad ura
dsirs t tak advata t w matrials.
HYDROKINETIC: THE MOTION OF THE OCEAN
hydrkitic pwr is udutdly t dark rs ry tcly. Dspit studis rm ry tik taks swi tat
it culd prvid upwards 30% pwr ds i sasid atis, claly ad at lw cst, w ppl av ard it. but
wav pwr is alrady starti t… wll, mak wavs.
Simply put, ydrkitic pwr turs t rular, prdictal mti wavs, tids ad currts it lctricity.
Sm dsis just up ad dw, wil trs act lik udrsa wid turis. o dsi, still i its arly stas, taks
advata a tcly dvlpd r Cld War sumaris — t matydrdyamic driv — t prduc pttially
vast amuts pwr. Ad mst ts ar’t just iri prttyps — wrki wav pwr systms ar w i
dplyd al t or ad Prtuus castlis, dlivri udrds kilwatts pwr — wit mr t cm.
Prximity: It’s r. gt usd t it.
Prsis: Fudi r it rmais lw, s it will tak awil r ppl rally tic its pttial.
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Sky Sailsttp://www.skysails.i/idx.pp?id=472&l=2”
ht Rck gtrmalttp://www.wscitist.cm/ articl/m19926656.500-w-
ds-cal-wyu-ca-mi-arts-dp-at.tml
MIT Study ht Rck gtrmalttp://w.mit.du/wsc /2007/ trmal.tml
Pait-o Slar Pwrttp://www.iaitat.cm/2007/07/22/pait--slar-clls/ ttp://www.wscitist.cm/ articl/d14293-raic-dy-lts-widw-pas-arvstt-su.tml
naSlarttp://aslar.cm/tcly.tm
Car na-Tu Slarttp://.wikipdia.r/wiki/
Car_atus_i_ptvltaics
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T Matydrdyamic Driv
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MOTION: SHAKE YOUR BODY
Praps t mst surprisi mri surc pwr is yu. Ys, yu, sitti tr. Wll, t w yu’r sitti tr,
ut w yu’r ut ad aut, walki ad v daci. Ad t just yu — ayti tat mvs, rm rids t trs t
uildis — culd usd t prduc pwr rm t mti.
T tclis usd t d s vary csidraly, rm pilctric matrials rati lctricity rm prssur, t
wli micrratrs, t small fywls spu y mvi mats. I mst cass, t amut pwr ratd is small,
ut tat’s i wat yu’r tryi t pwr ar micrssrs, i-mitrs, r — i yu’r rally wrki at it — MP3 playrs.
but frs tat rat pwr rm ppl walki tm (tru pilctric matrials r matic cils), w usd i
a varity acilitis rm dac clus t tss ctrs, ca prduc up t 60% a acility’s pwr ds, just rm ppl
di wat ty cam t d.
Prximity: Slwly i dplyd.
Prsis: Will dsirs ad arcitcts i t tik frs as pwr surcs? Ty suld.
GETTING FROM HERE TO THERE
Fw ts ry tclis r a drp-i rplacmt
r ld-styl cal plats ad ai uclar ractrs. Tat’s kay
— ty d’t d t. T utur ry is’t i a ctralid
pwr rid, ut i a ls, distriutd twrk wr uildis,
vicls, v ppl ca t pwr prducrs ad pwr
csumrs. Slar walls ad widws, pwr-rati frs,
ad ird pwr kits d’t add up t livi -rid —
ty add up t cmi t rid. T i ry prducti
sits, v t wid arms ad slar pals, ar likly t vlv
it t ackup t t distriutd pwr twrk.
T advata distriutd pwr cms dw t
rsilic. As w’v s acrss a varity systms, i, titly
likd, ily ctralid systms ca still ail, ad w ty
, ty catastrpically. Lsly itrdpdt, distriutd
systms td t av mr rdudacy ad fxiility, ad ca
mr radily witstad uxpctd scks.
Frtuatly, t ry tclis witi ur rasp
will t it a distriutd rid quit icly. A d ti, t —
it’s likly w still av quit a w i scks aad us tis
ctury.
It’s almst as i t acit pilsprs ad it rit: it
all rally cms dw t air, art, r ad watr — ad may
a it daci.
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What Do We Do
About Wa?gIL FRIenD
Watr.
T ld u: “Watr, watr vrywr, ad t a drp t drik.”
T w u: “Watr is t xt car.” Mai tat as usiss ad scity ar
ii t t it srius ar aut car missis ad climat ca (r at
last ii t mak srius is aut di s), tr’s a rwi raliati
tat tr may a cascad criss patitly waiti t mas tmslvs it ur
csciusss t mmt w cm up r air rm t car crisis.
Wat’s t prlm?
Risi ppulatis, cupld wit idustrialiati ad uraiati, av
driv up watr dmad tru t wrld. Mst t wrld’s ladi rai
prduci cutris ar alrady i watr dcit — ad dmad is still risi.
oly 3% t wrld’s watr is rs watr; ly 0.3% tat is surac
watr. 30% is i rud watr, wic is i tratd lik a ssil rsurc ad
i mid astr ta it is rplisd. I additi t quatity, tr’s t mattr
quality. W d cla watr, ad mst ppl aliv tday d’t rmmr a
tim w it was sa t drik rm rivrs ad strams. Idustry ds cla watr
t.
Ad t tr’s ry. It taks ry t mv, at, cl ad trat
watr — aut 19% Caliria’s lctricity udt, r xampl. Ad it taks
watr t crat ry — t cl pwr plats, tc. I act, duri t at wav
2006, Frac ad t pwr dw svral uclar ractrs caus rivr watr
was t warm t ctivly cl t plats. Ad, curs, tr’s t pttial
impact climat ca t watr supply ad dmad. o wat a tald w
w wav...
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but tr’s a critical dirc tw ry ad watr. W
ca sustitut ur way ut t ry crisis. Ptrlum
may ds ad cvit, ut w d’t av a cmmittd
rlatisip wit it. As s as atr ry surc ds t j ttr
ad capr, it’s “sayara Saudis.” T St A did’t d caus w
ra ut sts, Sik zaki Yamai wisly srvd, ad t Ptrlum
A w’t d caus w ra ut il.
but w ca’t sustitut ur way ut t watr crisis. Watr is
t stu li, ad tr is a irrducil miimum lw wic li is t
sustaid. S w av t t smart aut watr.
Wat ar t slutis?
T asic aswr is “di mr wit lss,” as bucky Fullr was
d sayi. Watr cicy — ad v radical watr cicy — is
i ur uturs, ad w’ll aciv it i tr ways. Lt m summari tm:
sxist rst, mst prtal last.
Tcly is t mst xciti pti, sic w’r t dald
y cl w tis ad raid arud maki my rm tm. T
catal r is divrs. It icluds lw-fw xturs lik aucts (dw
rm 2.2 alls pr miut just a w yars a t 1.2 pm tday) ad
tilts (dw rm 1.6 alls pr fus t 1.28) ad watrlss tilts
(lik t urials yu’r starti t s i c uildis tat sav 40,000
alls pr yar ac, at a rtur ivstmt (RoI) 14% pr yar).
(As always, yur mila may vary.) It icluds ypr-cit pumps ad
mtrs lik t turis ad impllrs rm t Pax grup, ispird y
autilus slls ad tr ilical slutis; ad lw-ry ltrati
tcly usi car atus, wic will pass watr mlculs — ut
t viruss, actria, txic mtal is, ad lar xius raic mlculs
— tru tir smt, watr-rpllt itrirs.
but as wit t rduc/rus/rcycl irarcy i wast
maamt, tis is t tird stp i t prcss, sic ivstmt will
mr prductiv i tr’s a smallr fw r it t maa.
T scd majr lvr: prici. As wit may ky rsurcs,
prics ar t distrtd y plicis, wtr ty istric lacis r
dcisis t supprss prics t xpad accss (icrrctly pricd rsurcs
ict ppl t vrus). Cvrsly, lili rats ca prvid accss t
asic supplis at a mdst pric, wil scalati rats r ir usa
tirs prvids ictiv t cicy. Watc r t varial watr prici
ad calls t istric watr susidis.
bavir ca, t tird lvr, is t t asist — caus it
rquirs ivstmt, cmplx ca i irastructur, la tim
— ad t ardst, caus it dpds ppl cai aits. It’s
als t last lamrus. It’s as simpl as t rui t watr w yu
rus yur tt r was t diss; t vr-watri yur law; r (a it
ardr) curai yur mplys t tic ad ca w ty cla a
prducti li.
Watr utilitis arud t wrld ar ivsti avily i cicy
tcly ad ducati, caus ty d it a muc mr cmically
ctiv ivstmt ta uildi w supply irastructurs.
Fially, sm t mst itrsti tcly ds’t t i
t rmal “cla tc” taxmy, sic it’s mr aut systms ad
prcsss ta tis. My avrits xampl is t TReeS prram i Ls
Als. LA’s raiall wuld dlivr al its watr udt, ut 75%
LA is pavd, s mst tat rai rus t t sa — ad at tat, ly
atr rui tru, ad urdi, t city’s watr tratmt plas.
T TReeS uss tclis — rm prmal pavi tat capturs
raiall t rstati prrams tat prvid massiv watr stra i t
rt trs — tat mimic t “sp ad ltr” ucti rsts
ad dmstrat t asiility rtrtti a city t ucti as a ura
rst watrsd. T prram as alrady savd t city $200m — ad
accrdi t prjctis, it will cut watr imprts y up t 50%, crat
up t 50,000 js, rmv t 100 yar fd trat t L.A. Rivr,
ad limiat t d r a $4 illi tratmt plat. nw tat’s cl
rrsi tcly.
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hypr-ecit Pumpsttp://www.tpaxrup.cm/tcly/
natc Filtrati Tclyttp://ws.smasits.cm/295383/ natcly-may-slv-watr-crisis-i-Idia.tm
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Be More Than You Can Bein the New Enhanced Army
US Military cultur is amusly wird (t civilias), ad iamusly cit at uli
ur war-maki raiatis. Wit t xcpti mldramatic ad sallw taks
warrir’s rituals as prstd i ppular mdia, t cultur is larly clsd t
civilias, ad vry dar t t m ad wm i uirm. ev t vry mdr rits ad
rituals warrirs av rts tat ca tracd ack udrds r tusads yars.
T traditi sil cmat, r istac, is still aliv i t “rud matcs”
US Army Iatrym. T smtims ltal ai sailrs “crssi t li”
(quatr) i t 1800s as madrd it tlr rms pllyw aus, t
ivlvi Jll-o r cs… ad ar-llid Ci Ptty ocrs.
T w twrk-ctric warrirs t pst-Rumsld ra liv i
a military cultur tat straddls t traditis tw ystrday ad t
tc-savvy warrirs tat ty ar xpctd t cm r tmrrw’s
cficts. T tls tat tday’s warrirs w must us ds tm clsr,
idividually ad cllctivly, tward a trasuma stat. Tis practical
istatiati (sm t rssr lmts ) trasumaism still ru
arud t ldr military midst ad cultur. hw d yu maitai
a strict irarcical cai cmmad i a raiati mvi tward
t valuati a twrkd ts? Lt’s lk at sm ts likly
tspts r citiv dissac, ad csidr tir cts.
InFoRMATIon WoRTh KILLIng FoR
o t mst tly sut ad tradd ci i t .mil cultur is r ad p -classid mtadata
sari. Military mvrs ad sakrs ar ski ad usi irmati ratd y civilia -prts,
crpratis, r vrmt acis t slv prlms lik d distriuti i t Irrawaddy Dlta pst-
naris; rlatisips tw icm ad disas vctrs i Asadaad; r t crati smart rrak
pattrs i SCal. T raliati tat muc missi-sstial irmati as cratd ad pulisd
li, t sard rly, y -military rups, is a prud pit wit srius rvrratis truutmilitary ad allid raiatis. It ris up qustis aut t pssiility pratial irc y
“r ad p” i-sari allis.
but tr is als, vry aturally, a lss ippi-cum- latt, mr arssiv sid t military irmati
maamt. Prsal x-ray dvics r si tru mud walls ad ccrt ukrs, rcd syas ttic
ailitis (lik t navy SeAL w ss dis i t watr y tasti t saltwatr wit is cyrar),
pckt-sid rward try dvics (PFeDs) r crdiati air striks wit iatry russ, twrkd
it-visi mcls, ad tr prs-lvl irmati tls ri tcly it ar-mdimt t
— ad witi — t sldir. Sari tis tactical data is strictly itrat, ad its us is t usually as
uma as t wrk a a trplist i a huma Trrai Tam tryi t ur up t st ru t t ru
a swa ditc.
WooDY eVAnS
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SAnCTIoneD ACTIon
Cai cmmad is asd tp-dw irarcis i wic irmati ad
actis ar strictly ctrlld y cmmadrs t cai. I a twrk-ctric
military, irmati mvs muc mr quickly, ad trr actrs lwr t
cai ar t mr irmd (r irmd mr quickly) ta tir suprirs. As
a rsult, rapid actis wit dirct sacti ar t rm. etr “swarmi,”
wic is a alritmic way t dsi actis ad uild-i sacti witut t
cstat ad immdiat prsc cmmad. bria Fril, i is Spri 2002
gvrmt excutiv articl, “hirarcis ad ntwrks,” dscris it as
vry kwi tir j, lik a tall tam — ut t mmt t all
is i t ppsit tam’s ads, vry tam mmr raks ls ad rus tm
t ll dw.
I Alxadr Ktt’s k, battl Citi: t Futur Irmati-
Ric Warar ad t Mid t Cmmadr , Ricard hart Siric, rmr
Dirctr t Army’s Scl Advacd Military Studis, writs aut t
tmpral “cmprssi” tat apps i tday’s amts: attacks “i
mr prcipitatly, traspir mr rapidly, ad trmiat mr aruptly ta ty
av r cturis.” I suc a wrld, datd irmati is dadly. Cmmadrs
must allw umdiatd dcisimaki wry t swarm, praps a squad r
a plat (10 t 50 warrirs r s), stays wit t prscrid duty up t t pit
ty yall t my. T, all at c, ad i sm variati a wll-drilld
crrapy, ty kill t ad at wit t all. Tr’s yur tactical aility.Tr’s yur pst-twrk pack lis.
genDeR, MInD ALTeRATIon, AnD eVeRYThIng eLSe
gays i t military. Lsias i t sipyards. Lsias w usd t m wrki
t ally: yummy stu, cmrads. As t pysical distictis tw m ad
wm rw uy tru tcly ad tciqu, s d t psyclical,
scilical, ad cultural rls m ad wm. bcaus warrir cultur
rlis vry clarly dd dr rls, it will a imprtat trasuma
prvi rud r dr mdicati ad altrati. Military rlatisips ar
vrwlmily aut trust — ad it’s ard r mst t trust atr sailr i yu
ca’t v tll “wat” s / is. I w av t rit t ca ur dr, t tak
tis v urtr, may w av t rit t ca ur mids utracutically
r tically. All tis ps t pssiilitis idtitis ad avirs tat
wuld av traditially s as dicult t maa ad uslss i wartim.
Yu’v t t kw tm t trust tm. It’s ard t kw r trust tm w
ty’r all mrcurial ad pst-idtity. but, i r a py w ar, ad t us r
t tls as t rquisit uilt-i uy-i t t ts tir us. our tls ca
us, ad t sam is tru r t tls tat warrirs us. ntwrks ar cai
cmmad squcs. T widr suit traditial “trasuma” itrsts, lik
irmati tcly, will ca military cultur.
.MIL heADS WITh DeCISIonS To MAKe
It is clar tat tcly is cai ppl — pysically, mtally, ad (mst
prtit r) culturally. W ca’t s wr w ar i, ad t military,
r all its prativ itllic, is drivi rward wil lki i t rar
viw mirrr (t rrw a li rm McLua) lik all t rst us. but wll-
myd militaris (ad urrillas) av a pprtuity ulik ay tr rup
eart t crat uparallld dstructi ad cas. Mst us rw up i
a iilistic-uclar-rakut kid wrld, ad t ida mcaid aut-
xticti is ti w t makid i 2009. Praps it is tru t adpti
ad mutati lmts rm a trasuma wrld tat t military pwrs may
cm smti alttr w ad dirt. T sap wat it cms
will dtrmid y wtr — ad t wat xtt — t d r raid
arssi ad ds xists i a pst-uma wrld.
but t twrk, t tcly, its dplymt, ad its mdimt —
ts all av tir vulrailitis t. I act, ty may attract attack. Accrdi
t Tmas K. Adams, autr T Army Atr nxt: t First Pstidustrial
Army , t “criticality ad vulraility” litwit rlay/trasmissi
vicls mak it “wrt csidral rt” t tak ut ts (t missi-
critical) ds i t twrk. Wtr r t t strts twrks will
cutralac tir mri waksss is a vry i qusti. May w’ll
aswr it r t Siularity, ad i t, w’ll arud t iv a dam
ayway? Imai “trrrism” drippi rm ur strils i t rm lack
— piratd ural ds atally vrru y malwar. evlvi wit t viruss may
cst mr livs ta w’r willi t r up.
As w strts ad waksss dvlp ad stalis spac i t
mids cmmadrs ad tir maris, airm, sailrs, ad sldirs, w twists
ld ways stalisi dmiac ad trust ar likly t dvlp i t
warrir culturs. grud matcs cm guitar hr atdws. Trpd Juic
driki ams t spikd wit hgh. Ad as drs, macis, ad s t
lurrd at t uirm, “crssi t li” rituals tak w dimsis.
T utur t military is i t ads tmrrw’s k-kids playi
Kdic ad Twr Ds ams, swilli tir tauri, ad uri ut wat it
mas t a ma i a wrld em. Ty will t s ui t isid
track as ty spd al t curv tward Siularity. Ty will t twrkd
warrirs w udrstad Al Qada wll u t, ally, ur it cmpltly rm
t ac t eart.
The future of the military is in the
hands of tomorrow’s geek-kidsplaying Kdice and Tower Defense
games, swilling their taurine.
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W K. eric Drxlr ppularid t wrd
‘atcly’ i t 1980s, was
dscrii wat w w call mlcular
mauacturi: uildi macis t scal mlculs,
a w amtrs wid — mtrs, rt arms, ad v
wl cmputrs — ar smallr ta a cll. Drxlr spt
t xt t yars dscrii ad aalyi ts prjctd
advacs, ad rspdi t accusatis tat is idas wr
scic cti.
Mawil, cmists ad itclists wr
dvlpi t aility t uild simpl structurs a
mlcular scal. As atcly cam a accptd
(ad wll-udd) ccpt, t mai t wrd
radd t cmpass ts simplr kids amtr-
scal tclis.
Mst t currt wrk tat carris t lal
‘atcly’ is t atcly i t riial
mai. It is, istad, a st rlatd lds maki us
prprtis uiqu t t ascal, s tat actris ca
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Mik Trdr, xcutiv dirctr t Ctr r Rspsil
natcly, is a prssial writr, spakr, ad activist wit a
ackrud i tcly ad cmmuicatis cmpay maamt.
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prduc ars tat ar addd t arics t icras stai-rsistac,
r aparticls tat it csmtics t imprv asrcy, r catis
r lass t kp it clar lr. All ts ar arualy valual, ut
ar spcially rvlutiary.
A usul way t tik aut t dirc tw tday’s
atcly ad tmrrw’s mlcular mauacturi is tat t
rmr uss i macis t mak small prducts, wil t lattr will us
small macis t mak i prducts. Similarly, ascal tclis
ri ly icrmtal advacs i prduct prrmac, wil mlcular
mauacturi will r pwrul w prducts ad spctacular,
rvlutiary ts. o t dwsid, wil ascal tclis ri
ly amiliar risks rlatd t cmical txicity, mlcular mauacturi
will itrduc a wl w class uamiliar prlms. T currt issu
+ is dvtd t “slutis” rd y mri tclis. I’v
titld tis clum “Fr bttr r Fr Wrs” caus r vry xciti
sluti mlcular mauacturi mit dlivr, tr is a qual ad
ppsit ativ call t vrcm.
natcly is smtims rrrd t as a “ral-purps
tcly.” I its advacd rm, it will av siicat impact
almst all idustris ad all aras scity. It will r ttr-uilt,
clar, sar, ad smartr prducts r t m, r cmmuicatis,
r mdici, r trasprtati, ad r idustry i ral.
Lik lctricity r cmputrs r it, atcly will r
ratly imprvd cicy i almst vry act li. but as a ral-
purps tcly, it will dual-us, mai it will av cmmrcial
uss ad als military uss, maki ar mr pwrul waps ad tls
survillac. Tus it rprsts t ly
wdrul ts r umaity, ut als
rav risks. o t psitiv sid, w ca
lk rward t t dvlpmt w
irastructurs r cla, ixpsiv pwr,
wit t mpasis likly t slar ry.
Tday’s slar cllctrs ar t as cit as dsird ad ty
drad ratr quickly, maki t idustry ly marially al
t cmpt cmically. but atmically prcis mauacturi
suld al ar ir rats cvrsi slar ry rm
sulit t lctricity.
May xprts liv tat mlcular mauacturi will
mak accss t utr spac ar asir ad lss xpsiv ta i
t prst day. Prdictis ar tat w suld s t csts
spac accss drp as lw as 10% wat ty ar w, r may
v 1%. buildi lar slar cllctrs i spac rs t prmis
audat lw-cst ry, wil t tcly als ps up
t pssiility r practical ad prductiv mii t astrids.
o curs, tr is t wrry tat suc rady accss t spac may
lad quickly t t sprad a a arms rac it rit. Tat’s
clar xampl atcly’s ttr-wrs dyamic:
will t pi w capailitis i spac lad t audat
sustaial ry r all, r will it divrtd it darus
military cficts?
T sam tcly tat culd prvid trillis dllars
audac als culd trir a vicius scraml t w vryti,
pitti pwrul crpratis ad vrmts aaist atr.
T sam tcly tat culd prvid twrkd cmputrs
r vry i t wrld als culd usd t mak udrds
illis dust-mt-si twrkd camras s vrmts
ar al t watc ur vry mv. T sam tcly tat
culd prvid lisavi mdical rts t tr t ldstram
ad dstry cacrus tumrs, rpair tissu dama, r cla ut
cld artris, als culd usd t prduc millis ts
utracal waps mass dstructi.
Will yu tak atcly, r ttr r r wrs?
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Li is t srt t spd it d dw wit paiul
mmris. Trauma may uild caractr, ut plasur
prims t patways succss, ad mdr umas
spd t muc tim wallwi i trauma ad miimii plasur.Wil ard-itt li stris mak r d litrary mmirs ad
oscar-ait lms, ty ar ardly t matrial w wat r ur w
livs. I advacd scity mas advacd accss t irmati ad
pprtuity, it suld als ma advacd accss t t mmris
ur cic; mmris appiss, plasur, ad succss. Frm
last-ctury’s psyctrapy t tis ctury’s citiv scic,
mmry is lr a mystry t uma cditi, it is a
upradal atur.
Lt’s say yu ar t kid dspical prs — lik a
it ma r a pliticia r a ctractr r blackwatr — w ds
asty tis tat wuld caus ay uma mtial scars. hw
culd yu liv wit yursl witut cmi a scipat? Just
caus yur j dscripti maks yu d rril tis ds’t
ma yu av t liv yur tir li wit t atrscks uilt.
Yu ca asily us a varity cmical ad traputic mas t
st t mmris yur rril past ad rcrat yursl
as a rmal, appy wll-adjustd prs. Tis kid mmrysti is calld “rcslidati,” ad it wrks y taki
advata a prprty t rai tat autmatically rcds
a mmry atr it as csciusly rcalld. Rsarc as
sw tat i a traumatic mmry is csciusly rcalld udr t
ifuc a ta-lcki cmical (lik Prprall), tat sam
mmry will rcslidatd wit ar lss mtial impact ta
t riial mmry. I ctrast, i a mmry is cdd wit i
lvls adrali ad crtisl (t vry sustacs tat ta-
lckrs iiit), tat mmry will cssarily cm traumatic.
by all kw psyciatric masurmts, traumatic mmris stut
t aility t rw mtially ad lar w tis; ty wi
dw t psyc wit mtial aa. I yu culd cmically
dump yur aa i t ctxt a ridly traputic stti,
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wuld’t yu? or wuld yu ratr liv yur
li wit t mtial scars a damad
caractr?
nw lt’s assum yur wl li
as a walki trai wrck ad luck
ad ad mmris rm Day o. Istad
driki yursl t livi (wic ly
tmprarily rass mmry), wy t try a
cmplt mmry makvr? Yu culd start
y slctivly rasi ad mmris usi
rcslidati tciqus i t prsc
a iiitr tat lcks t prti sytsis
rspsil r mmry; tis wuld rsult i
t kid mmry tikri mad amus
i t mvi T etral Susi t
Sptlss Mid . Tis prcss is t as dicult
as yu mit tik; mmry rmati rlis
a cai tic istructis i t
ippcampus prpaatd y t itracti
calcium ad prtis rm t mysi V
(MYo5b) at r ar t ural syaps.
Tis itracti is st i mti y rmal
rspss t stimulus, t immdiat ad
rcalld, ad i a mmry is rcalld wil
t mysi V sytsis is disruptd, tr
s watvr mmry yu try t rcall.
Fad t lack.
but say mmry sti r v
slctiv mmry dlti is’t u r
yu. Lt’s say yu dd a ttal mmry r-
d s yu ca start uildi w mmris
rm scratc. Yu’r i luck, caus tr
is w vidc dmstrati tat all yur
l trm mmry ca wipd ut wit a
sil lcal applicati a prti kias
C (PKC) iiitr, suc as prti kias M
ta (PKMta). W PKMta is applid
t rats tir l-trm assciativ mmris
vais rapidly ad ty xiit all t sis
irrvrsil amsia, wic mas t
prti kias C isrm is sstial t t
prpr maitac l trm mmry
a daily asis; lck it l u ad
yur mmris sptausly vais. Wit
PKMta, yu may al t prmatly
dump yur tir mmry istry i a sil
sssi tat lasts lss ta
a w urs, a itrsti
ti r ts us w
wis w culd start li vr as
sm w.
I yu ar csidri
radical mmry itrvti,
it is always lpul t mak a list t w
mmris yu wat t imprit. ev tu
als mmry impriti is csidrd
a uwatd sid-ct yptrapy
– ladi t may cvlutd uprv
claims sxual aus ad aducti tat
wr “rcvrd” rm tcd yptic
sssis – tis sam tciqu ca usd t
imprit a tirly w st li mmris
t a rcptiv mid. Wil tr is still
ctrvrsy i t psyciatric cmmuity vr
t validity als mmry sydrm, t
mtd r impriti als mmris is wll
udrstd. T imprit a als mmry all yu
av t d is put t sujct i a trac stat
(ypti tm), plat t mmry tru
susti, ad t t t sujct t accpt
ad itrali tat mmry as part tir
larr li stry. W t sujct is rut
ack ut t trac stat, ty will al
t talk aut tir w mmris ad ll i
all t dtails r tmslvs; yu wuld
surprisd w radily t rai ca ll
i mmry aps ad ratiali paradxical
mmris all i t srvic uildi a
mr ully ralid . T mmris d’t
actually d t tru; ty just d t
t s yu wat. Ad d’t wrry i yu
pick a mmry tat yu d’t lik, yu ca
always av it rasd ad start vr rm
scratc latr.With PKMzeta, you may be able
to permanently dump your entire
memory history in a single session
that lasts less than a few hours.
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Mysi V ad mmry rmatittp://www.mi.r/ws/ lrs20081031.tml
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Jams Kt is t rmr pulisr
Trip maazi ad ditr
Dsnati.cm. Additial rprti
y David Prlma.
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The oVeReXTenDeDPhenoTYPe:
PeTeR WATTSInTeRVIeW
PAUL MCeneRY
At t sarp d Darwiism, tr’s
ral dirc tw a fu virus ad a
cmputr virus…wit uma csciusss
smwr i t middl t tw. It’s all just
rcmiat irmati, ctaius u t
rprduc ad rust u t s prdatrs.
Ad tat’s wat mari ilist ad SF vlist
Ptr Watts ivs us, a yrid wrld ttacular
rrrs tat tickl t crtx.
I Watts’ wrld, ur cmputrs ar mad ad cs — articial wtwar wit its w
tic ada; t Itrt as dvlvd it
a sti ucscius ull sl-rati
lirms lari t mimic umaity caus...
wy t?; wil ali clis mimic umaity
caus… d wy?; ad umaity mimics vry
iuma mstr it ca tik t surviv: -
ird mi xcutivs, spac vampirs, ad
aus victims cp-sppd it cratur rm t
lack la — caus ty’r t ly s wca tak t prssur.
nt r Watts t clstial datasprs
cyrpuk. Tis is t urltily matrial wrld
ilical prcss, t lpy dpts uruk,
wr t viscra uma rlatisips ar
pard dw t smti ucludd y cscic,
rmrs, r dlusis mrality. Wic may t
u w atur as scd tuts aut t
valu csciusss r DnA itsl.
Watts as kw sic t a six tat was i t a writr ad, wit t rissu
t Ritrs Trily ad t rctly rlasd
blidsit , ’s mrd as t ma t at. Carls
Strss calls blidsit “a tur d rc tat’ll mak
yur ski crawl”; Jrmy Lass ( nit Sad
bks) dscris it as “a pmal xplrati
csciusss, ilical try, mpaty
ad mti…amitius i scp, succssul i
xcuti, ad audacius i implmtati”;
wil Karl Scrdr says it’s “a scki admsmrii prrmac prvcativ ad t
alarmi idas.”
Tis is t dark sid w cutr i Ali ad
Trmiatr — a trilli, trriyi ad ufici
jury t t d it tat ris us ultimatly
t a pit tru p, a plac wr iuity ad
cura crt t mstr utsid ad isid
urslvs, ad t urcy li itsl lads us t
prvail.
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h+: From a marine biologist, you might expect a finger-wagging
warning, but instead it ’s more like you’re gleefully excited. End
of the World, Ma!
PeTeR WATTS: Yu’r praps t rst t rmark up m i
“lul” (altu itrstily, trs av assumd I’m sm
kid su tisist asd my dpictis sxual trtur). but
wat xcits m is li ti ack —t pssiility uprisi: avirmt tat puss ack aaist t sl-ritus cacr tat’s
sitti it sic t Idustrial Rvluti; sp pusd past
sm lastic rakpit, siki tir tt it t trats tir
pprssrs.
h+: How much does the world in your books come from your
own life?
PW: Prtty muc all t ut-lvl udrwatr amic was
irmd y my w divi xpric. Tr ar tims w yu’r
aut 60-80 t dw ad t wl ca just suddly s dark
arud yu. T rst ti yur raistm tiks is tat sm i
ucki prdatr as just lckd ut t su, ad t mmt yurll vr yu’r i t s t mstitcd ia ri a trasit
killr wal pi up t it yu i
al.
I st Starfs at a ydrtrmal
vt caus I’d avi drams aut ts placs vr sic
ty wr discvrd i t Svtis. I put armr-yd Li Clark
dw tr caus I was tryi t ur ut a irlrid mi
r s d rsl, asically. It was a simulati mdl itrati
arud rmac wit t sl-dstructiv. Ad ts tw lmts
cam ttr t rm a majr tmatic sutxt t wl trily,wic is: civiliati is uilt t acks its utcasts.
h+: So the traumatized by nature and nurture are the best
men and women for the job of handling the future — which
sounds like a lot of scientists, not to mention science fiction
fans. Honest observa tion or shameless pandering?
PW: Spd u tim i acadmia ad yu s tis tim ad
aai. T wll-adjustd vracivr xists, ut s’s a rar ird;
mst t ppl w warrat t iat rats ar cctric at st
ad cmpltly uckd i t ad at wrst. Ts ar t ppl
w cur t disass, ad ivt t micrwav vs — ad yu
praly wuld’t caut dad iviti ay tm t yur nw
Yars’ partis. Starfs is kid a i-yur-ac mtapr r tat.
Ts ppl ar uckd up i (ad y) t scial virmt
tat sapd tm, wic just apps t av pr-adaptd tm
r t cmpltly dirt virmt tat ty’r w i
a psiti t iait. I just crakd up t dysucti t
lv, ad waitd t s wat wuld app.
but blidsit ds’t psit a crw rjcts ad utcasts;
ty’r a A-Tam at t tp tir rspctiv lds.
W aslis may rard tm as dysuctial caus
w d’t liv i tir civiliati, ut ty d just
i t lat-21st Ctury circls ty mv i. Ty d a lt ttr
ta w wuld. Frm a purly pramatic prspctiv, I cs
tm t illustrat t tm; ac caractr illustrats a aspct
csciusss rlvat t t vrall arumt. but aai, wy
rard tm as vlutiary lid allys? Ts lks ar suprmly
adaptd t tir aitat; t rard tm as lid allys caus ty
wuld’t t li t party i 2009 is a it lik dscrii a sas ill-adaptd caus it ca’t rat air.
h+: You seem to be asking, in Blindsight , if consciousness
itself is a blind alley, and the enemy of humanity, if not life
itself. Is it?
PW: I yu d us as t littl muculi id t ys tat says
I am, t : csciusss is t t my umaity caus
csciusss is umaity. but t aai, tapwrm is i t
aru tat it is a trat t t dy it iaits, ad suld trr
xtrmiatd. blidsit did’t start ut as a radical stad t
maladaptivss csciusss. I’d just spt t ttr part
a dcad musi vr wat csciusss mit d r, adI kpt cmi up lak. Als, t mr I lkd at it, t mr
csciusss smd t cst: it’s a ry mtalically, ad
it’s slw as cstipati. Fially I trw i t twl. Imai my
surpris w paprs startd cmi ut xplicitly ccludi tat
csciusss is just a sid ct t way t rai wrks, wit
adaptiv valu watsvr. nw t ida as rw s maistram
tat last Sptmr’s Discvr maai actually mtid a “smallut rwi” rup w spak ut aaist t maistram paradim
tat w’r all just mis.
h+: Since publication, are there any augments that have
become more likely? Are there any you particularly fancy...or
fear?
PW: T ad css ar prtty muc r alrady; w’v ad
ur culturs rui mdls ad maciry r a w yars w,
ad ty’r aut t start rui cmmrcial pwr rids as wll.
but praps t dvlpmt tat truls m mst is rm my
Ritrs ks. Asluti is a dru yu culd tak tat wuld sut
dw suc rspss as uilt, rmrs, ad rrr — sstial r
ts card wit di trril tis r t ratr d. Ad
w, r i t ral wrld, w av drus r pst-traumatic strss
disrdr — asically ty svr t mmry a rric vt rm
t mtial rsps assciatd wit it — ad s ar as it s, I
supps tat’s a d ti. but w all kw it’s ly a mattr tim
r blackwatr dss its mrcs up wit tis stu r sdi
tm utsid t r , s ty ca u dw civilias wit a
clar cscic. Ad tat scars m.
We baselines may regard them as dysfunctional because we don’t
live in their civilization, but they do just fine in the late-21st Century
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I is Ritr’s Trily ad blidsit cycl, Ptr Watts prsts us
wit a cast caractrs strait ut t bi bk Prsality
Disrdrs. Watts ivs us surically implatd “rcvrd mmris”;
psycpats trird y t cmical supprssi cmpassi; a rai
lasrd it sparat vlums t crat multipl prsalitis; ad t
autistic astraut w — avi lst al is rai — is’t v capal
sl-awarss.
Wat w, i t traputic a, rard as dysuctis t
ltmid wit pills ad cvrsati, Watts rvals as psyclical
cds waiti r t virmtal cditis i wic ty’ll triv. S
ar, s typical — w d it i may t pstuma prdictis scic
cti (ad w d it dlicatly itd at y t avir sci- as).
nw tis viral visi t adaptivity patly as scapd t mr
stric sci- las ad is trivi i t ppular maistram i sws lik
hus , Dxtr , ad battlstar galactica.
oK, actually it’s tat way sic t ii t r.
Ca Dyl’s ratst scic cti is’t T Lst Wrld r W
t Wrld Scramd , it’s t Srlck hlms stris. hlms is t
arctyp t crackd dtctiv — iplar, oCD, ad icapal
uma rlatisips. Ulss yu’v t a mystry t slv, ’d ratr
lar w 3000 typs ciar smll dirt.
hus is David Sr’s uprad t hlms myt. nw t
caractr ds’t v car aut t uma dramas murdr ad
lackmail. h ly ts ut d r t tald rs disasd
fs, ad v t ly i it’s a catic cudrum. Wari t
limp La — t vd d idd kwld, imsl
t scrtly cctd t t grk hrms, d mdici
— hus will v put imsl it a cma t dw it t
udrwrld ad cm ack wit a cur. Lik hlms, ’s a
wudd sama itrstd ly i rstri rdr t a
utidy plat.
T sw’s ctral dilmma is tat, wil
all ts arud t mai caractr, Dr. hus,
yar t rstr t scial rdr y maki im
traditially uma, hus is ati-scial, ati-
uma, ad as t stay tat way t prrm
is ucti. T sam is tru Dxtr ,
a rsic scitist wit a sidli i srial
killi. Dxtr suvrts t trps t r. Istad slvi murdrs,
assmls a cas tat will allw im t cmmit .
T sur, Dxtr riidly adrs t is tical cd ly killi
killrs; ut it ils dw t “d’t t caut.” Ad xplicitly wdrs
at is lack ral mpaty r is victim’s victims. eac sris arc prsts
ur Asprrs-y scipat wit t spctr caractr dvlpmt. Will
uckl t t tmptatis umaism (ad try dm t sw)?
or will simply lar w ways t simulat “rmality” ad try
imply tat’s all ay us vr d?
Tat’s als t ctral issu i battlstar galactica. W’r
tld t qusti is: “W’s t uma, ad w’s t psycpatic
Cyl?” W’r i Pilip K. Dick trritry, ut wit rts ratr
ta cmmis udr t d. Ad yt, wit al a sas lt t
, t ay ussi am as t wic ur lad umas
is t Fial Cyl is irrslval caus tr is ral
dirc. T uma mtis ar mcaical ad driv y
cssity; t Cyl mcaics ar t supprssd ailitis
elitmt umaity.
eac ts sws is itsl a lari amaly witi
maistram TV, wr t ali must rdmd
tru caractr dvlpmt it ull umaity.
but hus , Dxtr , ad battlstar galactica
ar Picci rusi t cm a y. Tir
mssa is plai: t umas i t sw ar
ti ut dyi mat. It’s t alis w
kp makid aliv.
t ma ms a mcaca ad d b css;
C mcacs a sssd abs egm ma
pagpcdspa:
House, Dexter & Battlestar Galactica
Paul Mcery
hus: Fx TV
Dxtr: Swtim
battlstar galactica: T Sci Fi Cal
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early 1980s, I was sitti i my Wst hllywd apartmt wit
William gis ad a crtai mvi dirctr w ad sm
u i. Mr ta kid u. W wr talki aut
adapti a stry rm buri Crm r tis uy — a stry tat was as
cyrpuk as ayti is — ad my di rcllcti is w rqutly
t dirctr xcusd imsl t t atrm ly t cm ack sifi,
trmli ad talki wit v mr rapid-r malmaia ta r.
bsids adapti t stry, I pitcd im a script, wic was t ratr
ladly calld Macrcip , asd sm ida sssis bill gis ad I
ad, ad tat Ptr Wa (prducr Max hadrm ) ad ptid. Ad
I rmmr tat tis dirctr, w jyd mac psturi, said, “Just as
l as it’s t i ucki alls!”
h did’t us ur script, r t ack t us aut Macrcip , ad
gis’s carr cam stratspric (gis ard it, y dit talt
ad ard wrk). h was s ccupid, say, lpi “Mick ad Kit” wit
tir sta dsi r a majr tur, ad did’t av a lt tim ad…
w vr did ayti ls wit t stry. I t lat 1990s I mad a
it at turi it it a vl, wic I calld black glass , ut y t my
writi ad sidstppd it a kid ura atasy ad I was’t tiki
cyrpuk.
but last yar, ai aut m at t rat wid wrld, I
rmmrd black glass ad was ispird t is it — caus black
glass dramatis tcly as mtapr, a pm cmi clarr
vry day.
nt tat tcly as mtapr is w. gi way ack, tr
was t syml t stam trai cui acrss t plais, litrally
t mdimt idustrialiati impsi its adass stl wls
t atural wrld. I La’s Mtrplis ad Capli’s Mdr Tims ,
macis wr mtaprs r t mcaisms plutcratic rprssi.
but smtims w miss t crllary, tat ral-wrld tcly itsl
is mtapr, quit utsid drama, as muc as tat stam trai was.
Tcly is a iatly dramatic xprssi ur cditi.
Tik ack t w tclis wr impsd us tat passd
lar al t t csumr — w w all a di upaid wrk r
crpratis. Custmr srvic prsl wr rplacd y prrams tat
rquird us t prss 1 i w watd tis, 2 i w watd tat, 7 i w watd
t scram. W w d t wrk as stati mplys, cducti t
my trasacti urslvs, lli ur w taks. Suprmarkts startd
sl-srvic lis wr yu ad a lasr scar d t cckut prs’s
j, ad airlis w mak us cck urslvs t fits at a tuc-scr
throuGh BlACKJ S ramagls Cbk 21s C
I d writ prs. I’m t sur i it’s fcti. I liv
ayti yu ca imai ully is tru.
--Ricard hll, i a lttr t t autr, 2/17/87
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GlASS: stati. It ca sm lik w’r srvi t macis at last as muc as
ty’r srvi us.
but it’s t crpratis w’r srvi. All tat tcly is itsl,
mtapr r ur sumissiv rlatisip t t multiatials.
Rctly a ws stry rm Tky fickrd tru itrt ws
pas: A 43-yar-ld Japas pia tacr’s sudd divrc rm r
li usad i a virtual am wrld mad r s ary tat s ld
ad killd is diital prsa, plic said Tursday. T wma as
jaild suspici illally accssi a cmputr…
T lady idtid wit t virtual wrld s truly tat r
li rality ad cm mr ral t r ta t “mat” rality. I
kw: apps vry day. but w vry mtaprical idd…
nw, t udrlyi stry ad prmis black glass was ccivd
i a ra w cyrpuk writi was mr aut t xisttial ptry
scic-cti, mr aut t sr scilical drama tclical
impact, ta aut t pssiilitis tcly r lryi i prdicti.
W tk a stp ack rm it all.
Lat 1970s ad wll itt ‘80s, bill gis, bruc Strli
ad I usd t crrspd. (Usi
pysical “sailmail” lttrs, i ts
days.) Arud t tim nurmacr
was pulisd, I wrt t gis
spculati w usi a wrd
prcssi prram wuld act prs
writi. h wrt ack t m, as always, a maual typwritr:
“I sm’s i t av styl at all, ty’ll rac a pit wr
t rcrdi mdium is ‘traspart’ ayway...My avrsi t t ti is
prtty mild… cmputrs pr s r t sit ut m, all tat tctalk ad
t urius tusiasm t yist…I tik I’ll praly t r
I d t av …I tik a prcssr mit act my styl r a littl
wil…”
Yt ivtd t wrd ‘cyrspac’ a maual typwritr. W
wr’t vry dp it tcly t — w wr dpr it srvati,
ad xpric. Cyrpuk writrs wr ifucd y Jams M. Cai as
wll as Alrd
bstr, ad black
glass rfctd
tat. gis was
typically all aut
“t strt’s uss
r tcly”
ad I was aut
tw-std m ad wm struli wit rprssi i a ar-utur
dystpia. but was tat v rlvat aymr, w I rturd t black
glass i t yar 2007? My ssiility was mr r lss ard-sd
pulp, wit surrally artistic vrts, t way tat puk rck is larly
structurd is lvatd y t ptry dac. Tat’s t vry nal
Stps r Cry Dctrw — uys w prsid t 2007 paradim
t m.
Yt w I lkd arud at t rat wid wrld 2007, I
ud black glass i it. T vl is a uturistic cyrpuk tal aut a
ma mri rm t ur-yardrmacy a spcial pris wr
is mid was sut dw ad is dy
was rdrd t wrk r t stat.
o rlas, tis x-cp, Cadl, ts
mrild i a t wit t
33 crpratis tat ctrl t
wrld, til t ad t crprat
vrlrds ar lidsidd y a uxpctd msis: a ‘midcl’.
Mr prprly: tis is a ‘smlat’ prram — a prram tat sds a
idistiuisal raltim aimati yu t virtual crcs, say,
r taks wcam calls r yu. It kws wat yu’d say ad says it r
yu, ad ’s sur i it’s rally yu r t. but a w ‘multismlat
midcl’ cmpsd crtai pwrul m ad wm, cmid it
prram, drads it a psycpatic prsality tat taks a li
its w...ad i t ackrud strt rls allid wit Cadl prat
a black Stck Markt usi clud cmputi.
T csciusss-suspsi pris is a vius mtapr wit
tcg s a a
damac xss
cd
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“Greatest. techno-thriller. Period.” —William O’Brien, Director of Cybersecurityand Communications Policy at The White House
“dm ufg Wbw “Jw”
wmmg .” —Chicago Sun-Times
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prptual rlvac; t strul wit t i us t Frtu 33 is vryma’s strul i t
21st ctury; ad smlats ar a xtsi t mid-stat tat wma i Tky was i w
s t arrstd. W sit ur ctr idtity it diital rprstatis. W vrlap wit ur
tcly. Ad smtims tat’s a usul acmt — tr tims it ly mais wat’s
wr wit us, as wit ackal -vti macis.
Ad t tr’s tat black Stck Markt—wat’s mr rlvat i t a ailuts? S
black glass was rlvat. I just ad t updat its tc, virmtal ad cultural rrcs ad
rci tat my pulp-ifctd mtapr may at t pp d art, ut it’s vitalid y t
pitd sty its symls. I t updatd black glass , Cadl stalks tru t mrdatly
amd “Autpia,” wr ppl liv i imprvisd structurs cmpsd aadd asli-
i cars. h tiats “Rtw,” a twri saty cmplx ppulatd y rus rm
t rat swamp lal warmi. T strt as its w uss r tis, ad Cadl uss
tcly xclusiv t t ric ad pwrul, a fyi sl-drivi car, t iltrat is my’s
rstrictd skyscrapr cmpud.
It all cam ttr — caus tcly itsl is mtapr, ad w I lk arud at it, I
d tat tcly is spaki t us. Tcly itsl is tlli us stris. oly, yu’v t t
av t rv t tll tm. Ad tr’s ti black glass as r sur…
It’s a “pulp vl idas”—wit i ucki alls.
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D a quick gl sarc r “psitiv scic cti vl” ad yu
mit surprisd. It sms tat may tday’s SF autrs liv
w’ll wip urslvs ut wit lal warmi, acial mltdws, r
atr catastrp du jur, r w av a cac t ris av ur
aturs. Ulss yu rac ack t t gld A, yu ar’t i t
rad a lt psitiv wrk aut t trasrmativ pwrs scic.
hr ar a w rct xcptis:
5poSitive SCienCe
Fiction Novels ej W Wag SgaJas Stddard
ACCeLeRAnDo ChARLeS STRoSS
Culd csidrd t “Siularity
bil.” Tis ccptually ds ad
tclically calli vl taks
us tru t ifcti pit t Siularity, t a ar-
utur slar systm tat as cad yd rciti. Lts
u wit mlcular assmlrs, ali crpratis, ad
Matriska rais.
DoWn AnD oUT In
The MAgIC KIngDoM CoRY DoCToRoW
Yu kw a k tat starts wit a
li rrci t “dat dat”
is a a at rid, ad tis lk
at a cultur i wic rputati as rplacd currcy, ad
rjuvati ad dy acmt ar d riuur, ds’tdisappit.
DIAMonD Age
neAL STePhenSon
hw ds a k tat starts wit a tu
tti a skull u qualiy as psitiv?
bcaus it prtrays a scity i t
middl a cvici trasiti t pstscarcity; ralistically
dpicts a altrativ t t ati-stat; ad sws t pwr ducati ad stry i trasrmi ur at.
SPIn RobeRT ChARLeS WILSon
o it, t stars ut. eart is
casd i a slw-tim ul, as t
uivrs utsid russ twards its d,
ly 20 yars away. examii t last 20 yars eart wuld
u r may autrs, ut t ppl Wils’s art
dcid t t tir at y trrarmi Mars, wic is utsid
t ul. Ad t t Martias sw up . . .
A Dpss i t Sky
Vrr Vi
Wat ds a vl st it tusad
yars i t utur av t tll us tday?
I tis cas, quit a lt. I a uivrs
wr t spd lit is rally t limit, w av spacari
uma culturs, livaly dd alis, ad sm its at wr
t ral trasrmatis mit cm.
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Mac Mtad’s Jtpack Drams (Da Cap, $25.00, 272 pas)
ctrs its prpulsiv pursuits arud t slipsistic qusti,
“Wr’s my jtpack?” A aswr, dut usatisactry t ts
w als l r t fyi car, ca ud tw t crvics ur cultural
tucsts. Tr’s crtaily srta jtpacks i buck Rrs srials
r Jams bd lms. Ad ts w til t ulll ts arautical atasis
d s wit csidral vrlap. (T sam ma w sud r Sa Cry
duri Tudrall’s pr-titl squc als jttd av tusads r t 1984
olympics.) hps r a ardal Mdl-T--t-ack av crusd y
t csidral xpss it taks t mak v t ydr prxid ul, t
say ti maai t uaticipatd sky trac. Mtad as cattd
wit yists w spd tusads tir ard-ard dllars rprduci bll
Aircrat prttyps, ut ds’t av t uts t tll us t trut. T jtpack is
slk-lki ad iviti, ut t vry slsss its dsi cat imprv t
uma cditi. T dram t jtpack is t rcit Witma’s “S Mysl”
i a lly ara.
T druk w warls is way tru Pric’s “Rasprry brt”
may sm at rst t a sad ad dilitati spirit wrki aaist
uma advacmt. but bria Ratry’s D’t Stp blivi’ (Da
Cap, $16.00, 288 pas) lpully tracs sm t scial cditis
tat av draw s may t karak tis sid t Pacic. Crativity ad
mtial sptaity av furisd, ad t mpty rcstra as lld up wit
iddy pprtuitis t s t mr playul sid a uptit rid.Ratry’s vlum is t a sclarly k, ut a lisurly prsal arrativ
tat is v willi t ivstiat t y lms playi id t ilitd
txt. nt ly ds t cwy dwar aturd i gart brks’s “Frids i Lw
Placs” vid prvid a asurdly litral ima r t rvus sir t lau
vr, ut ts lms av Austi Pwrs dirctr Jay Rac is rst j id
t camra. Wil t sssi musicias w prrm accurat istrumtals r
t discs ar prly paid, t karak idustry rmais d r usiss,
mplyi KJs, clu wrs, ad artdrs acrss t ati.
T prap’s ris crtaily trasrmd musical cultur,
dli a sit rm prrmd music t rcrdd music, ut karak
as stumld up a uxpctd way t mak prrmac mattr
aai. T -ky sir w ds t t tru a s ds
t rally sk am r rtu, ut tis as’t prvtd a
w rality TV prducrs rm sullyi tis scial xpric.
Takully, ts rrttal sl-srvi dvlpmts ar st y
usd-up sid t: karak ca t yu laid.
tcgca
odds:Lonely Flyers & Social WarblersEdWard cHaMPION
Jtpack Drams
Mac Mtad
Da Cap (Fall 2008)
D’t Stp blivi’
bria Ratry
Da Cap (Witr 2008)
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i' SMArter th m K,
Damm!J Quirk
Tis mri, I lckd my kys i my car.
Tis atr, my wi placd r kys r car sat.
I said, “D’t d tat. Yu mit lck yur kys i yur car.”
S said, “My kys w’t lt tat app. Ty’r itllit.”
Atr I dwladd divrc paprs, I ad t wdr: hw d w kw w
AI is smartr ta us? Tr ar t may ways t masur itllic. by my
wi’s stadard, r kys ar smartr ta m, caus ty ca rmmr wr
ty ar. by my stadard, I’m smartr ta r kys, caus I ca trw tm it
t uss.
“W’s smart w?” I askd t kys.
A, ut my wi still tiks r kys ar smartr, caus s ca prss a
utt ad — vila! — r kys call r lp. A, ut I still tik I am smartr,
caus I ca trw t kys t t r ad — vila! — uck yu, smart-ass
kys.
Itllic ca’t rducd t a IQ umr. Tr ar may dirt kids
itllics. Smtims it’s t a tity’s actis tat mak it itllit, ut
t actis tat tity causs tr itllics t mak.
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Ricard Dawkis, i T extdd Ptyp , dscris t
pm wr a i dy ca maipulat a rai isid
atr raism, as i a mal crickt w stridulats is wis ad
cmpls t mal t apprac im, wic is swt; r a rais parasit
tat cmpls t racc t it yu, wic is t s swt. I t mal
crickt’s istac, it may tically cial r r t discr
t st mal musicias. I t racc’s cas, it’s mst ditly t
tically cial r im t pass t rais virus t yu.
Is a rais virus mr itllit ta a racc? It dpds
w yu masur itllic.
Fr istac, my wi put m a ki yctt util I climd
t t r ad rtrivd r kys. I ld ut r svt urs (a
rcrd) t t t laddr ut t ara, pi r sm mak-up
sx. but as I maully add r t kys, I ralid t kys ad rturd
tmslvs t r purs y i mr usul ta a usad’s pis. T
kys wr maipulati m.
nw I’m starti t paic. Csidr t xptial rat ca
i irmati tcly. Wat will xt yar’s smart-kys capal
? Supps my wi mts a pair kys tat rularly irms r
its lis, duls as a dild, rmmrs t put t sat ack dw,
ad maks mr my ta a writr? (I xpct AI will aciv ts
milsts i rvrs rdr.) Wat i it ca last lr ta tr miuts
ad twty-v scds (atr rcrd)? Crist, wat i it’s a d
listr? Tis is wr I start t vadali my w appliacs. Suddly
t smu tc-prrssiv isuciac wit wic I plad t trtai
yu is altri.
Fr tcis, t Siularity is ar. Fr dummis, t Siularity
as alrady surpassd us.
Fuck rliquismt. Attack w. I call r a pr-mptiv strik
aaist AI. Yu’r itr wit us r aaist us. W ca’t wait r t
smki u t a at clud. Tis tim I’m uryi r kys i t
ack yard.
but r’s w I rassur mysl. Sr cmputatial vlum is
t t ly actr cssary r itllic.
Ws smartr? Yu r a rais virus?
T uma rai as mr cmputatial pwr ta a micrscpic
virus. Lt’s say it as aut a ajilli tims mr. S lt’s r AI at sm
pit i t utur w it as aut a ajilli tims mr cmputatial
pwr ta my rai.
S! Will it smartr ta m? Will it utprrm m i wii
my wi’s actis?
It will ly smartr ta m t t xtt tat I am smartr
ta a rais virus. Tis rassurs m.
I ca d all kids stu tat a rais virus ca’t d, ut t rais
virus ds’t iv a sit. T rais virus vlvd t prspr i acstral
virmts lik racc rais. As Rrt Saplsky pits ut, a rais
virus kws mr aut w t maipulat t urilical asis r
arssi ta all t urscitists i t wrld put ttr. I ca d
lts cl sit, ut I ca’t mak a racc it yu. nr ca I tur t
racc’s aility t xpric ar ad pai t acilitat iti.
AI will als d all kids cl stu I w’t kw r car aut.
I vlvd t prspr i a spcic acstral virmt. Lt’s call tat
virmt: tr ppl. My trial, pair-di rai is xquisitly
dsid t ituit tr mtial stats, rad acs, prdict ittis,
ad mitr my rlatisips wit tr ppl.
AI suld aut as d at di tis as all t urscitists
i t wrld ar at maki a racc it yu, r all t tmlists ad
musicias i t wrld ar at sduci a mal crickt.
nw w I imai my rmatic rival — a viratr-acd,
laudry-ldi, t-massai pair car kys — I’m t s itimidatd.
I t it w’t al t mak r lau.
J Quirk is a silic itllic tat as passd t Turi Tst i is ks It’s
nt Yu. I t’s bily.: T Scic Lv, Sx & Rlatisips ad t vl T
Ultimat Rus , t atial stsllrs. h is currtly at wrk a k aut
T Mari Mammal Ctr.
Ss m w ms
a a ks a
ga ms
s gs, dbs
as a dd, mmbs
sa back
dw?
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