Archive for October, 2009

The ability to imagine and create new worlds

There will be those who say that this is just rhetoric. But if it is—and I say this as a missionary atheist—then it is an “in the beginning was the Word” kind of rhetoric  which creates the worlds drawn from the words. Making real what for others is not even imaginable. We need not fear [...]

Singularity Summit Day 2

Here’s day two: Singularity Summit 09 Day 2

Live blogging the Singularity Summit 09

Sitting in the main theater at 92Y, everything is ready for the Singularity Summit to start in New York. Embedded here you will find my live notes from the event for Day 1, and I plan to do the same in a separate post for tomorrow, Day 2. (I am on wifi, and it is [...]

Stephen Wolfram to speak at Singularity Summit

Stephen Wolfram, author of the book A New Kind Of Science, creator of the Mathematica symbolic calculation software suit, and of the Wolfram|Alpha computational knowledge engine is a recent addition to the roster of speakers at the Singularity Summit in New York. In a recent webcast the audience in large numbers asked Stephen to comment [...]

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