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Big brain tech dude got yet another clueless take over at HackerNews etc? Here's the place to vent. Orange site, VC foolishness, all welcome.
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Wait, this guy published "is Near" twenty years ago and then UNIRONICALLY published "is Nearer"?
Come the fuck on, this has to be satire?
The sequel to "Apocalypse Now", "Apocalypse Even More Presently"
Asymptotically approaching the Singularity.
Gooning for rats
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Buy my new book “You're older than you've ever been”.
Twenty years pass
Buy my new book “And now you're even older”
iirc he predicted the singularity somewhere in 2040 so it does make sense, even if it looks weird.
Oh gosh, hopefully I live to see "Singularity Is Still Near, Just Not as Near as I Thought: Trust Me Bros" released in 2041
'Sorry no singularity, climate change is an existential threat after all'.
(I'm bitterly reminded of the SSC post where he starts with 'why don't we hear about the ozone layer anymore, well the scientists fixed it!' where he goes after the environmentalist movement. There is only one problem with the 'we fixed the ozone layer' thing. Butt wait, there is more!)