The biggest transition since…
by Prometheus
I was reading an old article in Time magazine about the
singularity and the author made the bold claim that the singularity is the
biggest transition in human history since the invention of language. I thought this was kind of a funny thing to
say, especially since language has no real beginning point, all life
communicates (and I’m sure similar sliding scale arguments can be applied to
the singularity).
I’m reminded of the Low Energy Nuclear Reaction technology I
talked a bit about. A few people complared such a discovery to the discovery of
fire, saying it would bring about explosive possibilities (pun). Seemingly free
limitless energy on a small cheap scale, massive amounts of intelligence to
create and harness that energy, This situation is far beyond the way that life
has worked on this planet for the last 4 billion years.
Window to the soulThere is significance here far beyond life
on our planet. This is an event of universal significance, this is the time
that the universe begins to recognize itself as the universe. Our sense of
individuality, our separateness from each other, is completely threatened by
our urge to build intelligence and deconstruct our minds into basic
replicatable parts, our incessant drive to share our thoughts, feelings,
memories, and opinions. when we no longer own all of this information in our
brains, when that information is free, your “self” can be distributed
everywhere. Any matter can be turned into intelligence and perception, the
entire universe is soil for the growth of intelligence. This is why I say this
is the time of the universe recognizing itself as the universe. We are the
universe, erupting exponentially with intelligence and consciousness, this is
the transition toward that realization.
-Prometheus
