Bill Joy On His Own Future, And The World's

geeber writes "There is an interesting interview with Bill Joy in the current edition of the Magazine in the New York Times. He is still obssesed with what he calls a 'civilization-changing event' brought on by the fast pace of research into dangerous technologies such as genetic engineering and nanotechnology. Another interesting tidbit: he has flirted with the idea of going to work for Google."

Comments

Too fast? Not hardly.

[dotslashconfig]

He's afraid that civilzation is headed for the worse because we have expedited the transfer of information?

I hope his stupidity isn't contagious... I'd hate to see google take a hit because of him.

Re:Dangerous technologies

[sp0rk173]

ppffffttt. Yur dumb.

Re:"Civilization Changing Event"

[bnenning]

Interesting economic argument against the possibility of time travel here:

Current economic conditions rule out the possibility of past, present, or future time machines. The interest rate would always be zero if time travel were possible, because of the arbitrage opportunities that time travel would permit. Positive rates of interest are positive proof that time travel, unlike space flight, is pure fantasy.