Re: [TML] Virtuality and its Social Consequences (long) Jeffrey Schwartz 15 Sep 2015 19:11 UTC
On Tue, Sep 15, 2015 at 2:11 PM, Bruce Johnson <xxxxxx@pharmacy.arizona.edu> wrote: > >> On Sep 14, 2015, at 4:32 PM, Jim Vassilakos <xxxxxx@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> at TL 21, when neuroscientists figure out how to parallelize this architecture, such that a VIP could theoretically have any number of memories, all cross-referenced in a manner that makes them intuitively and immediately accessible. At TL 22 things begin to get weird. > > Begin??? I’m minded of the scene in 'The Watchmen’ when Laurie catches Dr. Manhattan ‘multitasking’. > > Some of the discussion about the WAPS verges on Microscosmic God territory… > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microcosmic_God > > What happens when the WAP’s decide to revolt? > Humored at a word from that book: Neoterics I'm on Provigil , which is classified as a "neoteric drug" Weird how fiction comes to life, eh?