But wait! There's more...talking about David Gelernter in the same issue:
"This brilliant computer scientist (also an unfortunate target of the
unabomber) is a Smart One you should definitely know about. As Futurist Jim
Pinto points out in his newsletter (http://www.jimpinto.com/) , Gelernter
has a new rant posted at the always-topical http://www.Edge.com on the
future of computers: "The Second Coming: A Manifesto."
http://www.edge.org/3rd_culture/gelernter/gelernter_index.html There are
some interesting ideas here on the evolution of interfaces and ubiquitous
computation, but be warned: David's writing style is quite similar to Doug
Englebart's, or Ted Nelson's (another father of hypertext), or a handful of
other top computer visionaries we could name: they write in a manner that
is a good deal too abstract and (from this mortal's perspective)
unprioritized even though they always refer to a core of undeniably
brilliant ideas."
At 07:57 AM 7/5/2001 -0700, you wrote:
>The following is a clip from a SingularityWatch that just cam in my email:
>
>"For more on Englebart's vision of "Collective IQ":
>http://www.bootstrap.org/vision.htm. Reading this, however, you see the
>difficulty: Collective IQ means so many things to so many people. We need
>to take an interdisciplinary approach to understanding it. One effort in
>that direction is Englebart's "Unfinished Revolution" Colloquium at
>Stanford in 2000 http://www.bootstrap.org/colloquium/transcripts.html
>Unfortunately, the archive is uneven. It's a bit too abstract, top-down
>"this is how things should be" type pronouncements, and not enough "here
>are many examples of good incremental advances." But cyber-pioneer
>Englebart, inventor of the mouse, father of hypertext, is always worth a
>look."
>
>Also from the newsletter:
>"SingularityWatch Mission Statement:
>To share news, events, and editorials helpful to:
>1.Understanding our accelerating progression to the singularity,
>2.Investing in its balanced development,
>3.Improving human interdependence and ethics as we approach the transition.
>Reported for the educated nonspecialist audience.
>
>http://www.SingularityWatch.com
>Understanding Accelerating Change"
>
>I think his comments are worth discussing.
>
>Cheers
>Jack
>
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