Today’s Sign of the Apocalypse…Or The Singularity…Or Both
I don’t know whether to be amazed or horrified by this, but it’s pretty cool either way. As I write this post, I’m actively using three different instant messaging applications: AIM, Google Chat and Facebook Chat. Sure, I could do my AIMing and G-chating both through g chat, but that wouldn’t be very sporting. But I’m still having some trouble sorting out the significance of this. Could it be the first step to everyone merging into the noosphere or could it be – along with the laser-armed Japanese robots – a harbinger of Sky Net seizing power and enslaving us all.
And even if it isn’t representative of some great technological or historical trend, it sure makes doing homework more difficult.
