TEOTWAWKI

[Red Devil]

yes, people yearn for a rescuer to pull them out of their own self-induced problems. it is far better to practice prevention borne of foresight, but that is merely wishful thinking given what we have to work with...

people - and, by extension, nations - need to shake off this rampant entitled victim mentality and take responsibility for their actions.

[Psychedelic Rhino]

Once the 'tipping point' occurs, many may believe it's just a matter of 'pulling the plug'.

As we see now, intelligent networking is already fully engrained into society. In 25 years it will be so pervasive, we will be hard pressed to know what is, and what is not, assimilated into the networked environment.

To give an example of *human ingenuity, if observation is needed outside the reach of existing networks, a solution of quick and simple, manufacture and design is conceived over a period of months.

For an advanced AI, with an IQ in the hundreds of thousands, mere seconds may only be required.

*modeled with SketchUp

[MrTwosheds]

I noticed you left out chemically altering the atmosphere in a way that is likely to terminate life. I guess maybe that was included in "the infinite capacity for people to do the stupidest thing at the worst possible moment"
I would also add reality denying capitalist extremists to the list, they are a far bigger threat than all the others.
The resource thing isn't such a big problem, when its all gone, we just wont be able to use it any more. The 20th/21st century has so far been one big orgy of resource wasting for imaginary profit. The sooner we get smart enough to realise that accumulating imagined value is not what its all about the better.

For an advanced AI, with an IQ in the hundreds of thousands, mere seconds may only be required.

That's assuming that it can actually stop laughing at how dumb we really are.

[Red Devil]

http://news.yahoo.com/ibm-takes-giant-s ... 13947.html

[Red Devil]

Abandon all hope, ye who enter here:

http://trenbathquotidian.wordpress.com/2012/04/06/958/

http://www.infiniteunknown.net/2012/03/ ... t-scarier/


some music to accompany your viewing:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0GFRcFm-aY

[MrTwosheds]

Hmmm, not too much time left to start getting it right then.

[Red Devil]

but...we don't want to get it right; just hunker down and wait for the dust to settle

[MrTwosheds]

So the great American dream is for it all to fall apart in one huge very prolonged gun battle and then start living like native Americans used to? Not the best plan I have heard.

[Red Devil]

it'll be fun!

[Psychedelic Rhino]

it'll be fun!

Till you come back from scavenging and find your loved ones were dragged off as food.

[Red Devil]

nothing a handful of bottle caps can't handle

[Psychedelic Rhino]

It's been a long hard road to our own Bio-metal. Around 2025, looks like it will be with us with or without the help of the few thousand pounds recovered.

[Red Devil]

need a hot date for the night? make one!

need a pet? make one!

need a nuke? uhhhhh

the same problem exists, though: "Where do i put the meter?"

[Red Devil]

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http://www.project-syndicate.org/focal- ... ini-factor

[Psychedelic Rhino]

My humble prediction of doom has always been late 2014 with the realization of the healthcare mandates kicking into high gear and the never ending piling on of more unfunded liabilities. Along with debt being mind-boggling astronomical, we see the beginning of the cancer of defaults and bankruptcy among larger and larger municipalities popping up. Once California demands a bailout from the Fed in the dozens of billions, that will be the sign the economy as we know it is about to end. When a state is longing on the success of a single company's IPO, you know something is desperately wrong.