Quote Originally Posted by Pancho Villa View Post
I think the biggest issue I have with the singularity is that it assumes that progress is automatic.
LOL, I just thought of that old saying: "If the opposite of Pro is Con, then wouldn't the opposite of progress be congress?"

With technology the way it is right now, in 2011, it feels like we have kinda hit the brakes a bit. From 1890-1950 technology was changing so fast like a runaway train, then the space race and arms race and tech went leagues beyond what we could possibly imagine. Then all of a sudden, in the 80's it seems like everything except computers just stopped. We've been traveling to the heavens in planes that were designed in the 70's, flying into space on a vehicle that was designed in the late 70's, and the internal combustion engine has gone relatively unchanged for 30+ years. Science Fiction to Science Fact hasn't moved ahead as fast as it was estimated. Hell in 1985 they thought today we'd all have flying cars, cybernetic limbs and implants, colonies on the moon, people exploring mars, and weapons advanced beyond projectiles. In that place, what do we have? Pretty much the same crap from 1985 except in newer, smaller, slightly more advanced form. I want my phaser, flying car, insta-meals, and head-implanted cellphone!