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Tableof ContentsAI

The Global Financial Crisis:

A Hiccup on the Path to

Superintelligent Financial

Markets?

FOREVER YOUNG

Things To Do with

Your Body While You

Wait for Immortality

BIO

“Moira’s Law”

10 D’t Tas M, Rbr

11 Waral Ralitis r Yur had

12 Spr : hyp r educatial Us evlutiary Alritms?

13 nats i t bldstram

14 na Fam Cdm r Wm

14 Smti Fisy Tis Way Cms T T Rscu

15 Is Ati-Ai Mdici Cmi t t Maistram?

16 Li o Mars (gus: huma)

17 Way Past Dick Tracy

18 “Wav” gdy t Pak Spctrum

19 Stra gs Slid Stat

30 Siularity 101 wit Vrr Vi

32 Is T Futur Caclld r Just Pstpd?

34 Frm gik t WaMu: Simulati i Virtual Wrlds MdlsRal Wrld ecmic bavir

20

26

ENHANCED

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NEURO

Building

Your Perfect

Memory Suite

in Four Easy Steps

36 hacki T ecmy

38 First Stps Tward Pst Scarcity r Wy It’s t ed t Wrld asW Kw it ad Yu Suld Fl Fi

40 Wy Wu is Wisr: hacki t cmy lus wit scial capital

42 has t Dat My b gratly exaratd? Jl KurtmaItrviw

44 St t Ctrls r t hart t Su: hward blm Itrviw

48 Fiv Pats t Ulimitd Rwal ery

52 Wat D W D Aut Watr?

54 b Mr Ta Yu Ca b i t nw eacd Army

60 T ovrxtdd Ptyp: Ptr Watts Itrviw

62 Patly Prcds Pttial: hus, Dxtr, & battlstar galact

64 Tru black glass: J Sirly Raimati LstCyrpuk r t 21st Ctury

66 Fiv Psitiv Scic Ficti nvls t ejy Wil Waitir t Siularity

68 Tclical odditis: Lly Flyrs ad Scial Warlrs

58

HUMOR

I’m Smarter

Than My Keys, Dammit! 69

NANO

Nanotechnology: For Better or Worse 56

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A littl vr a yar a, I sat dw wit RU Sirius at a utdr ca i Mill Vally

t discuss ways t sprad trasumaist idas. I was a i a RU, rm Md

2000 , a lssy cyrpuk maai c-udd ad ditd ack i t arly 1990s,

t is latst ks, icludi Tru Mutatis ad Cutrcultur Tru t As .

W sard a ptimistic viw t utur, wr tclis lp umaity i ways

suc as imprvd alt, lr lispas, ratr itllic ad appiss, ad t

crati a pstscarcity scity. nt surprisily, w talkd aut a maai tat

culd xplr t ways i wic ts nbIC (a, i, i, ad c) tclis

culd lp umaity ad ilit t listyls t uddi trasumaist cmmuity.

Wil w ld t t Practiary Pricipl (rsurc: ttp://.wikipdia.r/wiki/

Practiary_Pricipl), w als wisd t cura ratial dat tical

sauards r ts utur tclis.

W dcidd t prduc a quartrly diital li maai. our rst issu cam ut

i octr, 2008. It was a trmdus succss. Sic I did’t av a ackrud i

pulisi, w rlid avily up RU’s skills ad ts a wrld-rwd virtual

wrlds artist, DC Spsly, w actd as t rst issu’s art dirctr, as wll as t

rus advic ad lp rids, suc as PJ May, Tylr emrs ad Dav

Latimr.

“Tc” maais av cm ad ad trs av cad rm “dy” t

maistram. W p + Maai will arud r a l tim, a vic r ts w

liv mri tclis ca ad suld tically usd r t ttrmt

scity ad t kid maai culd say “I tr was ly maai I culd

suscri t, tis wuld t .”

W wlcm ur radrs t ji ur cmmuity ad sar ur tusiasm ad ps

r a ttr tmrrw, wil ralii tr’s muc t d tday t ri tat ritr

utur t ruiti.

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Ppl t assum tat radical vlutiists — ts

w ar xcitd aut t pttial acmts

ad xpasis uma pssiilitis it t utur

— must livi atr plat.

Atr all, t vry watr itsl pss a plausil xisttial trat, t lal cmy

is i t tilt, ad t yu’v still t yur waps mass dstructi, yur wars,

varius pttial rsurc criss, ad iitum (t list culd r pas).

but, i act, w liv t sam plat (ad i t sam dicult tim) tat

vrydy ls ds. Ts w mrac radical tclical ca ar as ivlvd

i dw-t-art prlm-slvi as activists, virmtalists, ad ts tcids

— irs ad scitist s — ws ultimat als may a it mr mdst ta t

trasumaist crwd.

I tis diti +, w try t tak — witi t limits ardd y ur pa

cut — a w t crisis pits tat trat ur umaity, t t mti ur

trasumaity. Tis issu is, y mas, a cmpdium tc-slutis t all ur

truls — mrly sm ri articls ad itrviws tat mit pully stimulat a

w urs ad prvk dat ad discussi.

o crisis tat as t discussd i t rst tis diti is t icrasi

trats t uma rits arud t wrld. huma Rits Watc, Amsty Itratial

ad tr rits-iclid raiatis irm us tat, s ar, t 21st Ctury as t

kid t ur asic rits as w udrstad tm. Accrdi t mst rspctd

surcs, rdm spc ad assmly, aas crpus ad air justic, ad just t

asic rit t t ausd y autritis ad quasi-autritis av all tak a it i

wat w mit still call t “pst-9/11 virmt.”

I tis cas, tu, my purps is t t sust rslutis r tis prlm,

ut pssily t cmplicat it. bcaus wil muc t wrld still struls r t

asic rits tat may us av cm accustmd t (w may av lst sm — at

last tcically — vr t last w yars, ut tat’s a discussi r atr tim),

I sust tat w urtly d a wl w st rits. W d a i-prrssiv

rits mvmt — a mvmt tat ca kp us r rm vl itrusis vl

rdms tat ar just w cmi it cus as t rsult dvlpmts i scic,

tcly ad cultur.

Solut





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Yu mit stud t discvr tat iRt is t a mvi starri Will Smit,

ut is actually a Massacustts-asd cmpay udd i 1990 tat struck a

dal last yar wit Tasr Itratial t mut stu waps its military

rts. (Rmmr t plaitiv cry, “D’t tas m, r,” duri a 2007

J Krry spc?) but yu mit v mr sckd t lar tat t Dpartmt

Ds (DD) as put ut a Rqust r Prpsal (RFP) r a “Multi-Rt Pursuit Systm”

stwar ad ssr packa tat will al tams rts t “sarc r ad dtct a

-cprativ uma sujct.”

I a rct nw Scitist articl, plic ad military xprt Stv Writ Lds

Uivrsity cds t Paul Marks, “Wat w av r ar t iis smti

dsid t al rts t ut dw umas lik a pack ds.” Crtaily t asli-

pwrd “biD” rt currtly prducd y bst Dyamics is t t t ill. It rus

at 4 mp, clims slps up t 35 drs, walks acrss rul, ad carris a 340-pud lad.

S yu mit imai DD putti a tasr a biD rt ad prrammi it t rud up

umas wit a “tam” its rtr rts. but wat apps i yur “Rbr” starts t lk

mr lik Arld Scwarr i latr, a Mdl 101 Trmiatr?

o curs w all kw wat apps xt. T rts udr t Skyt

cmputr twrk rvlt aaist umaity i 2018 ad t

gvratr… r, Mdl 101 Trmiatr is st ack t prtct

umaity’s utur savir, J Cr. Rit?

KRISTI SCoTT

Ar yu a Wrld Warcrat playr

r sm w jys aiut i Scd Li ? D yu wis

t avatars yu spd quality tim wit

culd cm t scr t play ad

itract wit yu i ral li? Wll, lk

urtr ta gria Tc Uivrsity, wr

ty av wrki a waral,

trasluct “aumtd rality” adpic.

Tis adpic as capailitis t allw t

virtual wrld t vrlaid t t ral

wrld as a 3D itractiv tity. Tis is t

utur ami ad virtual itracti,

t xt lvl “ral” wrld xprics.

Aumtd rality — wit its capailitis r

rst prs ams — is i t rvlutii

t ami idustry. Ad t uss t

adpic ds’t stp tr. Wari t

adpic i a rmal stti culd allw yu

t lk r dirctis wit a raltim virtual

map vrlaid t yur currt ladscap

ad virmt, t p umrs r

irmati rm usisss, ad v tak

a walk dw t strt wit yur avrit

avatar. Wtr tis mas r may

avatar rids, tr may cm t day w

it’s just aut wtr t a ut i yur

wrld — r mi.

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Ppular Scic: Arumtd Rality ttp://www.ppsci.cm/ar-adts/ articl/2002-01/aumtd-rality

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Cari Mll naRtics Lattp://ala.m.cmu.du/prjcts/swimmi/

Fatastic Vya (2010)ttp://www.imd.cm/titl/tt1087521/

Div, div, Captai! Artic valv clsi aad; tak

t scd rit past t lt vtricl ad ad r

t pulmary artry. St curs r t lt lu ad

acquir tart Squamus Cll Lu Carcima. Sk ad dstry!

Sud lik smti ut t prjctd 2010 mvi

rmak Isaac Asimv’s scic-cti trillr Fatastic

Vya ? A micrscpic-sid vssl ijctd it t ldstram

t dstry a lu tumr? Rsarcrs at t Écl Plytciqu

d Mtréal, i Caada, av cratd suc a vssl usi liv,

swimmi actria cupld t plymr ads. Ld y Prssr

Cmputr eiri Sylvai Martl, ty av succssully

strd ts ats tru t cartid artry a livi pi

at 10 ctimtrs pr scd usi matic rsac imai

(MRI). Tir latst rsarc sws tat ty ca d tis wit

uma ld vssls as wll. T actria ts ctai matic

particls ad swim usi tiy crkscrw-lik tails, r falla.

T ads ca mdid t dlivr cacr-killi drus,

ut t lctric currt i larr ld vssls wuld t

str r actria-pwrd ads witut a larr vicl. Suc

tcly xists tday i micrscal rts (< 100 um). basd

prlimiary xprimtati, Martl is cdt tat a stalt

sk-ad-dstry missi culd cmpltd aaist a tumr

r t dy’s immu systm wips ut t actria.

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A Cis cmpay calld blu Crss

bi-Mdical is ri a am cdm

mad wit silvr “atc” particls.

T mal spray- cdm cms i

a ca wit a plastic applicatr. Atr

t am spray is squirtd it t

vaia it rms a pysical mmra

tat prvts ccpti ad prtcts

aaist icti. T spray, usi as

its as matrial plyviyl alcl rsi

iusd wit a-silvr, prvids t

a sprmicid ad a atisptic luricat

tat lps prvts sxually trasmittd

disass.

T “a-silvr” cdm

is part a rwi list csumr

prducts uilt wit s-calld atc

cmpts. Sm ts iclud

wrikl-r sts clti dtrts,

csmtic prducts, ttpasts, air ad

watr puricati macis, watr

salats, ad lctrics parts. Wil

atcly (rally dd as

dali wit structurs 100 amtrs

r smallr) was littl mr ta a

twikl i Ricard Fyma’s y 50

yars a, prducts lik t a-am

cdm sw tat atc is cmi

icrasily rlvat t idustrial

mauacturi, ad csqutially ur

livs — v i placs as smily lw-

tc as t drm.

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Aratr dsid t mimic t mti s ast pttial t trasrm ry prducti i t

t dvlpd ad dvlpi wrlds.

“VIVACe” (Vrtx Iducd Viratis r

Aquatic Cla ery), dvlpd y irs

at t Uivrsity Micia, turs pttially

dstructiv viratis causd y vrtics i

watr — as wll as t fw watr itsl

— it usal lctricity. Prssr Mical

britsas, t lad dvlpr, claims tat a

ully dvlpd VIVACe systm suld

al t rat pwr at aut 5.5 cts pr

kilwatt-ur, a pric cmparal t wid ad

cal.

T trasrmativ aspct VIVACe

is tat it wrks i currts mvi at udr

tw kts. existi ydrkitic systms,

capturi t ry wavs, currts,

ad tids, rquir fw spds v r six

kts t prat citly, ut t majrity

availal currts ru at tr kts r

slwr.

VIVACe wrks y scillati a cylidr

spris tw altrati vrtics causd

y t sap t systm i t watr —

t ack-ad-rt mti t cylidr

rats pwr. Altu t systm

ds’t lk muc lik a s, t udrlyi

ccpt cms rm srvatis w s

mv i turult watr.

T VIVACe systm is cmpact, ad

scals wll. A w cylidrs wuld u

t pwr a small villa, wil a array

VIVACe dvics t ara a rui track

ad aut tw stris i wuld prduc

u lctricity t pwr 100,000 ms.

Ad caus t systm wrks slwly,

VIVACe suld’t trat mari li.

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disas-at-a-tim apprac tat as dmiatd t sarc

r curs t ai-rlatd illsss suc as cacr, art

disas, diats, Alimr’s, ad Parkis’s. o nvmr 21st,

brad Kim rprtd, t Wird Scic l, tat rsarcrs

rustratd wit t limitd succss t arrwr cvtial apprac

ar pi up t t ida usi mitcdrial mdici. T aim is t

ward t disass causd y ai y addrssi tir sard surcs,

rpairi ad prvti t dama causd y t r xy radicals

rlasd as t mitcdria drat ad rak dw.

A umr w ati-ai drus ar i dvlpmt ad culd

t markt witi t xt v yars. Rsvratrl, praly t st

kw t mitcdrial drus (it’s tat stu i rd wi), is currtly i

cliical uma trials r diats. Wil rst xprimts usi rsvratrl

i mic did t appar t xtd tir maximum lispa, it did av t

xpctd ct mimicki t cllular cts calric rstricti,

stimulati s calld sirtuis tat ar ivlvd i t ai prcss.

Altu t mic did witi tir allttd ilical spa, ty wr

“prtctd rm t ravas ai,” accrdi t Kim. Kim rprts

tat t Ceo Sirtris Parmacuticals, t cmpay tat is ladi

t rsvratrl trials, claims tat all t majr parmacutical rms ar

putti rsarc my it mitcdrial mdici.

o nvmr 27t, Scic Daily rprtd tat harvard rsarcrs

Pilipp ordrr ad David Siclair av sw tat sirtuis rulat

xprssi y prsrvi t itrity crmati, ad ty rpair

damad DnA — ut ty ca’t d t at c. Smtims, w sirtuis

wrk t rpair DnA, sm t damai s ty kp silt xprss

tmslvs. Tis w sms t t actual caus ai. T articl

idicats tat sirtuis culd part a uivrsal mcaism ai tat

vluti as csrvd r a illi yars. A cll wit mr sirtuis — r

a mr cit distriuti tm — wuld al t rduc r prvt

t xprssi s likd t t ptyps ai.

Rsarc scitists vary i tir ptimism aut utur sirtui ad

mitcdrial trapis, ut mst w s ts typs itrvtis i

t disass rlatd t ai as ivital. Sm ts trapis ar

xpctd t ixpsiv. Sirtris aticipats its rsvratrl dru will sll

r mr ta $4 a pill — i rdr t cmptitiv wit tr diats

drus — ad it will cst “pis” c t patt xpirs.

Is Anti-Aging

Medicine

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Wa pas DiCK trACy

Parvus is takin portal computin

dvics to t nxt lvl wit t

zypad Wrist Waral Prsonal

Computr (WWPC). Litwit (250

rams) and dsind or ands-r opration,

t zypad is scurd wit a wrist strap and

can run usin itr t Windows Ce or

Linux opratin systms. It aturs a mini

kyoard, a touc scrn, USb port, 400Mh

procssor, and prmanntly connctd

wirlss Intrnt utiliin blutoot and

gPS tcnoloy. A uilt-in “acclromtr”

wit a tilt snsor allows t wrist computr

to dtrmin wtr its usr is movin or

motionlss, and to supply loal positionin

data in ral tim to somon connctd via

wirlss.

Wil t zypad is not currntly

availal in Amrica, Parvus, a U.S.

susidiary o t eurotc roup, is tstin

t wrist computr or svral potntial jo

sit uss involvin flds suc as mrncy

srvics, alt car, sippin and loistics,

wildrnss saty, law norcmnt, and

t military. halt car uss could involv

transrrin patint data to doctors in

ral tim. Forst srvic workrs and park

ranrs could us t WWPC to track

animals and lp wit wildrnss rscu.

T military could us t wrist computr

to communicat prcis inormation aout

troop movmnts and control macins

rmotly durin comat. And, o cours, tis

mini computin tcnoloy could vntually

com as uiquitous as popular portal

dvics palm pilots or PSPs, mployin many

o t sam aturs o moil dvics lik

t iPon or blackrry, ut wit ratr

procssin powr and mor duraility.

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“Wave” Goodbye

to Peak Spectrum

Tim Ventura

Is t wirlss idustry aci ard tims? Icrasi spctrum

us rm a ratr umr carrirs ad t advt wirlss

radad is carvi ur c-pltiul radcast spctrum it

smallr cuks tat cst carrirs mr t lics. Add i t dark spctr

alt litiati vr cll p saty ad t dat surrudi bPL

plluti Cb radi wavlts, ad t wirlss idustry is starti

t lk a it lik i il. Is it tim t ac t act tat spctrum is’t a

ixaustil rsurc?

I t 2007 STAIF Crc pulicati “T Valu estimati

a hFgW Frqucy Tim Stadard r Tlcmmuicatis ntwrkoptimiati,” Dr. Rrt bakr, Jr. ad cllaus gary Stps

ad Cly harpr prps a vl altrativ t t vrcrwdd

lctrmatic spctrum: istad trasmitti data usi radi wavs,

ty sust tat utur tclis usi “hi-Frqucy gravitatial

Wavs” mit trasmit data vr rippls i t aric tim-spac itsl.

Sud ar-tcd? May, ut t autrs t pr-rviwd AIP

pulicati isist tat tir ccpt alls wll witi stalisd pysics,

ad tus ar dy’s disputi t claim.



Storage

Goes

Solid StateTim Ventura

It’s a prlm spd: ard-drivs ar lctr-

mcaical i atur, wic mas tat w ty rad r

writ data, a armatur as t pysically mv a dl

acrss a rtati plattr. Tis puts t raks t

prati spd ad miiaturiati, ad as mauacturrs

raci t lauc slid-stat ard driv (SSD) slutis.

Tday’s st SSD’s str data usi DDR r Flas

mmry, ut ty’r xpsiv ad r ly limitd stra

capacity — rat r MP3 playrs ad diital camras, ut

d’t xpct t s tm i yur xt PC. hwvr, xt-

rati prducts lik Fusi-Io’s nAnD-asd SSD

atur ar-DDR accss spds ad trayts capacity

— ally ivi tis tcly a pprtuity t rak it

t PC marktplac.

T applicatis tis tcly ar ar-raci:

slid-stat dvics ar itratd circuits, wic allws

tm t t rm t sam advacs i spd ad

miiaturiati currtly usd i prcssr dvlpmt.

Als, t ar-DDR spds SSD dvics may s

limiat t d r cmputr RAM tirly, ivi

stwar dvlprs w ptis i t way tmrrw’s

prductivity applicatis adl mmry ad str data.

S

ur, it lds 500 is mvis,

music, ad data, ut t dmads

mdr cmputi ar starti

t mak tat spii silvr plattr iyur typical ard driv lk dwrit

atiquatd.





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THE GLOBALFINANCIAL CRISIS:

A Hiccup on the Pathto Superintelligent Financial Markets?

o t may itrsti aspcts

t currt lal acial crisis is t

rl tat AI ad advacd cmputr

stwar as playd i it. It’s wrt aski a

w qustis aut xactly wat tis rl as — ad wat it susts r t utur.

Tr’s t muc “str AI” usd i t ac idustry

tday, ut tr ar plty “arrw AI” stwar tciqus i plac,

alsid tr advacd matmatical mtds — rcii sutl

liar pattrs i acial data, ad rlati acial data wit

tr irmati aut t cmy, ws, watr ad s rt. Ad,

crtaily, tis stwar playd a rl i t crisis tat uldd tis all.

but r w lam t macis, it’s wrt dii a littl

dpr. T rt t prlm rally cam dw t t ways ppl

cs t us tis stwar t srv tir w ds. Ad it’s arual

tat, i w’d ad str AI istad arrw AI ivlvd, a crisis liktis wuld vr av cm aut.

gtti it t itty-ritty, praps t ctral actr tat

pavd t rad t t rct acial disastr was t us massiv

lvra — a tciqu allwi ivstrs t aml muc mr my

ta ty actually av. I yu t $10 sm acial istrumt

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' gb h, f w'd hd g aid f w ai vvd, ck h wd v hv c b.

b grtzl is t Ceo AI cmpais nvamt ad bimid; a mat

PD; writr; pilspr; musicia; ad all-arud uturist maiac.

wit 30x lvra, yu’r ctivly tti $3000. Tis mas tat

i t istrumt yu’r tti s up y 10%, yu mak $300

rm yur $10 ivstmt. but i t istrumt s dw y 10%,

yu ls $300, wic may mr my ta yu av. Lvrad

ivstmt viusly as rat pttial r t risk ad rward — s

its ctiv usa is t accurat assssmt risk.

Ad risk assssmt is plac wr AI ad tr

advacd stwar cms it play. T ctral aspct t csidr, i

udrstadi t strts ad limitatis advacd tciqus r

risk assssmt, is ctxt. T kw matmatical ad AI tciqus

r stimati t risk cmplx acial istrumts (lik crdit

dault swaps, ad varius tr xtic drivativs) all dpd

crtai ctxtual assumptis. Ty apply wll i sm ctxts, ad

t trs. At tis sta, sm uma itllic is rquird t ur

ut wtr t assumptis a iv matmatical tciqu rally

apply i a crtai ral-wrld situati. S, i is crtd wit a ral-

wrld situati wr

it’s uclar wtr

t assumptis a

crtai matmatical

tciqu rally apply,

it’s a uma dcisi

wtr t apply t tciqu r t.As a sil xampl, Iclad’s acial situati was

matmatically assssd t stal, asd t assumpti tat

(t simpliy a littl it) a lar umr dpsitrs wuld’t dcid

t simultausly witdraw a lt tir my. Tis assumpti ad

vr vilatd i past situatis tat wr judd as rlvat.

ops.

Ad curs, ts tcical csidratis syri wit

uma psycly i varius ways. Supps yu wrk r a acial

istituti ad yu’r askd t assss t risk sm cmplx acial

istrumt lik a crdit-dault swap. Supps t tls tat yu av

at yur dispsal d’t lt yu mak a cdt assssmt? Wat ar

yu i t d? Admit it, r just try yur st, ad p t wrld

ds’t all t ar srt t assumptis t tciqus yu

apply? bar i mid tat t rward structur r i-lvl acial

mplys tds t iv i uss r dcisis tat lad t srt-

trm ais. S i yu play a rl i a i wi yu may t ric ut i yu

play a rl i a i lss, t wrst tat apps is yu’ll d t d

atr j. but csidr a mr itrsti qusti: Wat apps

i atr dcad r tw, w t AI ld as prrssd a it ad

w av yt mr itllit stwar tat is al t autmatically

assss wtr t assumptis a crtai matmatical tciqu

ar applical i a crtai ctxt?

It may sud cavalir t say s (ad t radr suld

udrstad tat, as t wr a small usiss, I’v crtaily t

scapd t impact t rct crdit cruc), ut my li as

a AI xprt is tat ts srts prlms w’v s rctly ar

mrly iccups t pat t supr-cit acial markts asd

advacd AI. (o t tr ad, it’s ard t say xactly w l

it will tak r AI t aciv

t dd udrstadi

ctxt, t avid tis srt

“mir litc.”)

oc t trasuma utur

ully kicks i, it’s quit pssil

tat my will cm slt. or may, as i Carls Strss’svl Acclrad , t xt rm itllic will mr rm

cmplx AI-pwrd acial istrumts. but wll r ts

radical pssiilitis cm aut, I’d sust tat a i dirc will

mad y t dplymt mr str-AI-is acial aalysis

systms wit rad udrstadi ctxt. Wtr urtr litcs

ccur al t pat t tis utur is atr qusti, curs ad

t st pic advic I ca r i tis rard is tat t mvrs ad

t sakrs t acial wrld suld pay attti t t limitatis

— as wll as t pwr — currt tciqus, wil als kpi

a y t dvlpmt mr advacd AI mtds capal

vrcmi ts limitatis.





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Feb 2009

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aility, skill (praps i a rwi umr

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t rids t sw tm w ard yur art ad t pump t al

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tall is vry slitly dirt, s tr’s lss liklid t rptitiv

strai ijuris tat ca cm rm rad rui al.

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MoirA’S

lAWMira A. gu, P.D.

T w millium rut us t culmiati t huma gm Prjct,

ut tis did’t ma tat tr was sil uma ws m was

dcdd. Ratr, it was a dlirat cmiati adults, mst wm wr

uidtid vlutrs rm bual, nw Yrk, al wit J. Crai Vtr, w jumpd

i ad curd up t watr, ut tat’s atr stry.

It’s tak util 2008 r ay idividual t av is DnA cmpltly dcdd

ad pulicly pulisd. T rst ur ar: Jams Wats Wats & Crick am (sas

tw imarkrs wic ar currtly livd prdictiv Alimr’s), J. Crai Vtr

aai (w mst ar praly at Wats t t diital puc ut ld ack r

istry’s sak), a uidtid Asia mal, ad a uidtid Arica mal.

o mit ask wy tis is imprtat. Ad it’s a d qusti. T trut is: It’s

t. nt yt, ayway.

Tik it as t itc quivalt Mtcal’s Law. b Mtcal isa wll-kw cmputr scitist, w c-ivtd t etrt ad udd t

cmmuicatis cmpay 3Cm. h’s all aut twrks r dcads ad

rmulatd Mtcal’s Law as llws: “T valu a tlcmmuicatis twrk is

prprtial t t squar t umr cctd usrs t systm.” Fr mst

us, it mas tis: T valu tlp — wr yu ca call — is r.

T miut sm ls ts a tlp, t t tw yu ca talk ad t valu

all tlps s up. As mr ad mr ppl t tlps, t valu t wl

twrk s up. It’s a ida ay ca udrstad.

gtti ack t tis wl-m dcdi uma DnA, it’s t t sam.

T dcdi t scd ly marially icrass t valu t rst, i it ds

at all. W s t DnA dcdd all rit, w s t raw data ut w d’t kw wat it

mas yt. I t matim, w’v dcdd smallr swats

uma DnA, ad w’v discvrd quit a lt. W c

tut w t st rm Mm ad st rm

Dad. It turs ut tat w smtims t multipl

cpis stris DnA rm t sam part.

Culd ts variats t “atur” part

t “atur vs. urtur” quati, t

ras wy cildr t sam parts

ac sm t a lt

mr dirt ta

alik?



Mira A. gu, P.D. sts “biTc nati” nPR Talk ad nPR Liv. S’s t autr Wlcm t

biTc nati: My Uxpctd odyssy it t Lad Small Mlculs, La gs, ad bi Idas , citd y

t Lirary Jural as “bst Scic bks 2007.”

Cpyrit 2008 Mira A. gu

A tam Swdis scitists rm

Karliska Istitut discrd tat m wit

t “334 vrsi t AVPR1A ” ad

trul cmmitti. Ty wr lss likly t

marrid, ad i marrid, wr mr likly

t rprt avi marital prlms. havi tw

cpis tis DnA ly mad tis wrs i

t marria ad srity dpartmt.

Ad tus, a littl it DnA irmati

lavs p t dr t a lt mr iquiry.

but w w talk aut “wl m”

DnA — ad a wl plat — w muc data

wuld tat ? T calculati appars t

simpl: eac uma as sm tr illi as

pairs DnA, ac rprstd y a lttr.

Tat wuld six illi lttrs, r si iaits

data. Yur w DnA data wuld t tum

drivs alrady fati arud i yur pssssi

r t mmry cips yur diital camra,

ut tat adds up w w t t all t umas

t plat. I rud umrs, tr ar six

illi-plus lks, ad tat maks six illi

umas tims six iaits, ad tat’s a wl

ltta data.

T w av t i prsumpti tat

w av t tcly t str all tat data,

ad t aaly it, ad tat i di s, tr

wuld valu.

Wic rturs us t t qusti: Ds

it llw Mtcal’s Law? Ds t valu

t uma twrk dcdd DnA rw wit

vry uma ully dcdd?

It wuld sm t – t valu t

scd tlp is ly cmprmisd i w

d’t wat t talk t t scd prs, ut

w ar quickly mtivatd t d sm w

wat t spak wit li. Wit DnA, it ds’t

appar t wrk tat way. I act, tat’s pssily

prv y wl-m dcdd huma

numr Fiv.

Tis tim it’s a wma, ad it’s

cmpltly dirt. Rad t nvmr

issu natur i yu wat t dtails, ut

t asic stry is tis: A wma i r tis

ad dvlpd acut mylus lukmia

(AML), a vry arssiv cacr. Wasit

Uivrsity scitists dcdd t DnA r

tumr clls ad t als dcdd t DnA i

r rmal clls. Ad wy? T clu r is tat

wvr a cll divids, it ca mutat. Ad tat

mutati ca carrid rward vry tim

t cll divids rm t . ovr a litim,

particular clls i yur dy ca mutat a

lt. W yu av cacr, tr as a

squtial sris mutatis i sm yur

clls, wic, w cmid wit yur startr

DnA, as cratd a rmula i wic yur clls

ca — i t vracular — ru amuck. Tat’s

rit. I yu av cacr, t DnA i yur tumrclls ar dirt rm t DnA i t rst

yur dy. S, w umas ar t just a sil

st DnA. Mutatis app. Pair tm up

wit yur startr DnA, ad t rsult ca

i r dadly.

Tat’s wy t dcdi huma

numr Fiv was a lt mr itrsti — r

t rst tim, scitists xamid tw cmplt

sts DnA witi t sam prs.

Prviusly, tw mutatis wr

assciatd wit AML. Atr dcdi tis

wma’s DnA ad prrmi a wl lt

spisticatd cmputr aalysis, ty av

ucvrd 10 mutatis. Tr ar i s

kw t supprss tumr rwt — tat’s t

d. Atr ur mutatis wr ud i

s kw t prmt cll rwt — wic

is ad i it’s a tumr cll. Atr asically

str-armd t cmtrapy rally

prscrid r ts patits, s t patit

wuld sur all t sid cts t tratmt

ad littl, i ay, t ts. Wy tis st

DnA mutatis cratd a dir situati cam

mitly clar.

T s i ty culd rali, t

scitists lkd at 187 tr AML patits —

ad ts w mutatis. Ty suspct tat

cacrs may vry spcic t t idividual.

Ty liv tat

cacr clls dvlp

succssivly, mutati

y mutati, utilsm particular

mmt w a crul cmiati w

mutatis ad startr DnA arriv ttr ad

a catastrp cll rwt ccurs.

S wat ds tis ma — at last a

diital data lvl? Witut a dut, w ar w

xprici t bi ba bitc Data. nt

caus w ca simply crat all tis DnA data,

ut caus w d t crat all tis data t

ur ut w w umas ar ad w w tick.

but urtuatly, w d’t kw wat data w

d r wat, ad wat — i t d — willprv usul. W ar still sti i t dark.

S, wil wit t simpl tlp

xampl, w ca asily t a ss tat

Mtcal’s Law is tru r twrks, it ds’t

quit traslat t DnA.

but tat ds’t ma w ca’t av a

law aut it. I call it “Mira’s Law”:

“T valu dcdi uma DnA is

prprtial t t umr ppl w will

t.”

I’m sur I’ll cai it as t i

a ulds, ut i t matim, it sms t

m lik a d way tiki aut it.

A am Swds scss m Kaska is dscd a m

w “334 s Avpr1A g” ad b cmmg.





Kristi Sctt

AI

Feb 2009

bIo nAno neURo hUMoRFoReVeR YoUng enhAnCeD

b

i rtul, I rqutly d mysl writi rmidrs my ad

r aywr ls I ca. Tis past wk I wrt ad rwrt t sam

wrd my lt ad vry day, ad I still rt w it cam tim trmmr. hwvr, my ad still sws ait ik marks, wic w lir ad

cstatly rmid m w rtul I ca .



Tir ivti is fxil ad ti u t t udrat t

ski, witut lsi t aility t cduct lctricity. Tat’s a lt

wrk r smti s icrdily small. Wit ts attriuts,

t pttial ral-wrld applicatis t tcly ar simply

awsm.

Am t uss visid r t “a skis” ar acial

r ad displays. Ts displays wuld sycd t a WPAn,

r Wirlss Prsal Ara ntwrk. (Ys, yu wuld cm

wirlss.) Tr wuld a display drivr implatd t rciv

sials ad allw yu ad trs t cmmuicat wirlssly. Tis

wuld allw yu t sd irmati aut rmmri tis

istatly r cmmuicat t sm ls discrtly, rcivi

a rid’s txt t yur ad istad yur p. hwvr,

upradi yur txti capailitis is t all tat tis display drivr

wuld d r. Yu culd als av t pti t cmmuicat

Takully, t ivti I d t radicat tis

dpdc a p ad my ad is i t wrks.

Rsslar Plytcic Istitut as

wrki wat ty ar calli

“a skis,” a cmpsit

atus ad plymrs.

ack t yur rid yur md. Tat way, ty w’t av t

ask w yu ar di; ty ca just tak quick lk ad

kw. Ulss, tat is, yu’v rtt t updat it: t yu

wuld litrally sdi mixd sials, ad yur rids may t

apprciat tat.

Will I still rt t rmmr? I visi a txti st-up

similar t my cmputr’s caldar. A timd tic wuld appar

cvitly my ad sayi “15 mi till yu av t call s-

ad-s” r “1 day till yu d t ri wrk cupcaks.”

I a similar vi, a “a ski” prjct ccpt is i

prd r dack y Kiklijk Pilips

elctrics. Ty prvid a vid visi wat t

diital tatt may lk lik i prrammd t ractt ssual itracti r itracti i ral. T

vid is lcatd at tir wsit. T vid ivs a

aslutly autiul itrprtati a way t utili

t tatt as a ssual acmt, swi t tatt

appari ad t disappari tru t cupl’s

itracti. ovrall, t cmpay is t cratulatd r

xplri a dsiral implicati tis tcly tat as m

wati my w.

I yu tak t ssuusss ut t vid itracti

ad rplac it i yur imaiati wit t sam idividuals at

a crwdd ccrt r party, tir dis wuld a swirli

cacpy art, pssily attud t t music, r ssitid t

vry ump ty rciv rm llw ccrt/party rs.

havi viwd tis vid svral tims ad lkd at tir

artistic ccptis diital tatti, I’m tusiastic. Tis is

acmt I wuld t wat t miss ut . n-vral

cmmuicati, prsal rmidrs -ad, ad a itractiv

tatt r w I’m rd ad wat t watc it swirl…. si m

up.

na Skisttp://ws.rpi.du/updat.d?artctrky=1394

Kiklijk Pilips elctrics.ttp://www.dsi.pilips.cm/ prs/prjcts/tatt/idx.paCtxtual Diital na Tatts

(Vid)ttp://yista.cm/2008/04/09/ ctxtual-diital-a-tatts/

Prrammal Tattsttp://lis.myws.cm/articlviw/articl_viw.asp?=296497&rl_=1

ReSoURCeS


http://news.rpi.edu/update


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http://yista.com/2008/04/09/


http://english.ohmynews/










T Siularity. Ray Kurwil as ppularid it ad, y

w, sm ur radrs dut drp it rqutly

it casual cvrsati ad await it lik salvati.

(T scd “lpi?”) but may mr ar still uamiliar

wit t ccpt.

T ctmprary ti t Siularity t startd

wit ldary SF writr Vrr Vi, ws 1981 vlla

Tru nams picturd a scity t vr tis “vt.” I

a 1993 ssay, “T Cmi Tclical Siularity,” Vi

mad is visi clar, writi tat “witi tirty yars, w will

av t tclical mas t crat supruma itllic.

Srtly atr, t uma ra will dd.”

W caut up wit Vi at t 2008 Siularity Summit

i Sa Js, Caliria, wr pd t prcdis i

cvrsati wit b Pisai CnbC.

Vi’s mst rct vl is Raiw’s ed .

SINGULARITY

101with Vernor VingeDOUG WOLENS



h+: Let’s start with the basics. What is the Singularity?

VeRnoR VInge: Lts ppl av ditis r t Siularitytat may dir i varius ways. My prsal diti r t Siularity

— I tik tat i t rlativly ar istrical utur, umas, usi

tcly, will al t crat, r cm, craturs supruma

itllic. I tik t trm Siularity is apprpriat, caus ulik

tr tclical cas, it sms t m prtty vidt tat tis

ca wuld uitlliil t us atrwards i t sam way tat ur

prst civiliati is uitlliil t a lds.

h+: Haven’t there been other singularities throughout

history?

VV: Sm lks will say tr av siularitis r

— r istac, t priti prss. but r gutr, yu

culd av xplaid t smdy wat a priti prss wuld

ad yu culd av xplaid t csqucs. ev

tu ts csqucs mit t av livd, t

listr wuld av udrstd wat yu wr sayi. but

yu culd t xplai a priti prss t a lds r a fat wrm. Ad

avi t pst-Siularity xplaid t us w is qualitativly dirt

rm xplaii past raktrus i t sam way. S all ts xtrmvts lik t ivti r, t ivti t priti prss, ad

t vluti citis ad aricultur ar t t rit aaly. T

tclical Siularity is mr aki t t ris umakid witi

t aimal kidm, r praps t t ris multicllular li.

h+: Is the Singularity near?

VV: I ‘d prsally surprisd i it ad’t appd y 2030. Tat

ds’t ma tat trril tis w’t app istad, ut I tik it is

t mst likly -catastrpic vt i t ar utur.

h+: Should we be alarmed by the Singularity?

VV: Yu ar ctmplati smti tat ca surpass t mst

cmptitivly ctiv atur umas av — itllic. S it’s

tirly atural tat tr wuld sm ral uasiss aut tis.

As I said, t arst aaly i t istry t art is praly t

ris umas witi t aimal kidm. Tr ar sm tis aut

tat wic mit t d r umas. o t tr ad, I tik tis

pits tward smti larr. Tiki aut t pssiility crati

r cmi smti supruma itllic is a xampl a

ptimism tat is s ar-raci tat it rcs t lk carully at

wat as watd. I tr wrds, umas av strivi t

mak tir livs ttr r a vry l tim. Ad it is vry usttli

t rali tat w may tri a ra wr qustis lik “wat

is t mai li?” will practical iri qustis. Ad

tat suld usttli. o t tr ad, I tik it culd kid

alty, i w lk at t tis w rally wat, ad lk at wat

it wuld ma i w culd t tm. Ad t w culd mv rward

rm tr.

h+: What signs would you look for which indicated that

the Singularity is near?

VV: Tr ar a umr ativ ad psitiv symptms tat a

prs ca watc r. A xampl a ativ symptm wuld iyu a t tic larr ad larr stwar dacls. I act, tat’s

srt u t writ aut. o t simplst psitiv sis is simply

t t wtr r t t cts Mr’s Law ar ctiui

track.

T udamtal ca tat may taki plac umas

may t st caractrid as t tl-crati aimal ut as t

ly aimal tat as urd ut w t utsurc its citi — w

t sprad its citiv ailitis it t utsid wrld. W’v

di tat r a littl wil t tusad yars. Radi ad writi is

utsurci mmry. S w av a prcss i r, ad yu ca

watc t s wtr it’s i. S, r istac, i t xt t yars,

i yu tic mr ad mr sustituti r usi ramts uma

citi i t utsid wrld — i uma ccupatial rspsiility

cms mr ad mr autmatd i aras ivlvi judmt tat

av’t yt autmatd — t wat yu’r si is ratr lik a

risi tid tis citiv utsurci. Tat wuld actually a vry

pwrul symptm.

humans may not be best characterized as the

tool-creating animal but as the only animal that

has figured out how to outsource its cognition.






At t Siularity 2008 crc, a small rup smart

ppl ad Vrr Vi surrudd ad wr prssi im

t mtaprically rll tm s ad rad ur civiliati’s

rscp. Vi (itrviwd i tis issu), a rtird prssr

matmatics rm Sa Di Stat Uivrsity ad ladi ard scic

cti writr, ad cid t trm t Siularity, rrri t a tim w

tclical ca wuld cm s rapid, caus t crati

ratr-ta-uma articial itllic, tat prdicti wat wuld

ccur pst-Siularity wuld cm arly impssil. T ccpt

t Siularity was mracd y tr writrs, ultimatly spawi a

cultur ppl w liv, i part, t rad t sis ad prtts tis

astisi vt. I sm rmulatis, t Siularity is t ist

ca tat umaity will vr crat r xpric.

Ray Kurwil, alrady a majr ur as t rsult a umr

ks icludi T A Spiritual Macis , as racd a srt-

piacl pulic tic atr pulisi T Siularity is nar i 2005

ad viwi t wrld tru a Siularitaria (ys, a ral wrd) ls. I

t k, Kurwil ivs is vidc tat US gDP rwt is xptial

ad ctiuus. or ratr, psits tat du t t xptial atur

past US cmic rwt, t utur will als s ctiuus xptial

cmic rwt.

but will tis rwt impactd as w xpric a cmic

slwdw ad lal acial crisis? Will w still av all t d

stu tat uturists ad ard scic cti writrs prmis, icludi

itc tat icrass lvity, atcly tat rvlutiis

mauacturi, irmati tcly tat imprvs prductivity? Ad

wat aut t Siularity? Spaki t t Siularity ly, Vi pid

tat ti t cmic ri was i t slw it dw, caus it

ly taks a w cmpais t kp up wit Mr’s Law ad tus t mak

t raktrus tat will ri tis str AI t ruiti. Frm Vi’s

prspctiv, t Siularity is still ar.

but trs lk at t past ad prst ad s idicatis tat t

utur (a viw a wrld uttrly trasrmd y tclical ca) as

caclld. I a rct articl r Ivstr’s busiss Daily titld,

“Vtur Capital Tm t Day: Dat,” bria Da statd tat ly

six vtur capital ackd cmpais ad pulic i 2008, t wst

i vr tirty yars, ad tat t valu vtur-asd acquisitis ll

42% rm t sam 2007 prid t $11.2 illi. Da quts natial

Vtur Capital Assciati Prsidt Mark hs sayi, “(I) tis s

r atr yar r tw, it mas w w’t av a rs crp w

cmpais.”

Sic vtur uds typically xist r it yars, ad rais

tir my rm a small racti ttal ivstmts mad y cll

dwmts ad tr uds wit a l-trm ivstmt ri — ad

caus may uds av lst al tir valu sic Sptmr — ad

caus t US ad wrld cmis ar likly t t muc wrs r

ty t ttr, it is almst crtai tat w w’t av a pipli lld wit

wll-udd start-ups rady t pulic vr t xt sv yars. Ad

tis culd av a cilli ct t t usiss ad acadmic rls i

crati t utur tat t cmmuitis av prrmd s suprly vr

t last tr dcads.

A it istry may i rdr. oc up a tim tr was a

articial itllic/xprt systm stwar idustry, wit

cmpais cusd xclusivly cmmrcialii

AI stwar ad ardwar. A AI stwar

cmpay calld ItlliCrp (wic startd

as Itlligtics) wt pulic, ad

its rivals wr als xpctd t

llw suit. T cam t “AI

Witr.” Fudi drid up.

T lm was t rs,

ad tu a umr t

prrammi ad itrac

cvtis tat day

av ud tir way it

tr stwar, ts

us w wr tr at t

tim (I was i car t

Sutwst U r ItlliCrp)

h fCAnCelleD j ppd?ALeX LIghTMAn



kw tat t utur w imaid did’t cm

t pass. I act, it’s sa t say tat xpctatis

wr lwrd y aut 99%. n , i 1986,

culd av imaid tat applicatis tat

wr wll-stalisd y t — Micrst

oS, oracl’s SQL dataas stwar — wuld

still t asis r t ist rvus i

stwar i 2008. Culd wat appd t

stral a sil visiary tcly idustry

i cildd app t may divrs idustris

ky t crati t utur? Sadly, ys.

Crpratis ar csidrd livi

prss udr US law. A uusual way t lk at

t acial crisis ad t alvi quity valus

is tat pric-t-aris ratis av als alvd,

ad P/e ratis ar a actuarial tal (lik ts

usd y li isurac cmpais t prdict w

ppl wit masural caractristics will di).

Tis is caus t markt capitaliati a

cmpay is (t markt’s xpctati ) t

t prst valu all its utur prts. Tus,

a P/e rati 14 culd lkd at

y t markt as a cmpay

xpctd t prduc,

avra, t

sam prts r 14 yars (t cuti ifati),

ad t t cas t xist. ovr t last 100 yars,

t avra P/e rati as 14-16 (dpdi,

i part, w yu calculat t umr), ad

vry tim t rati as av 20, it’s

drppd lw 10 a w yars latr. I 2000, t

S&P Idx wt av 40, ut w it drppd,

it it av 20, maki a drp vr 50%

prdictal ad vius t ts rprti it i

2004 (d a gl sarc “avra P/e rati”

ad cck t tird lik t gratial Dyamics

r vidc).

I cmpais ar livi ppl, t drp i

li xpctacy r cmpais is cmparal ly

t t astst dyi cutry i t wrld tat is

t at war — zimaw, wr li xpctacy

as all rm 60 i 1990 t 34 tday. Du t a

cmiati daily duli prics, starvati,

ad clra, it’s pssil tat li xpctacy

will alv aai. It’s pssil tat t valu

cmpais will als alv aai i a w tis

app; r istac, i t US Trasury crdit

rati is dwradd, akruptcis sar, r lar

aks ctiu t ail.

S. Is t rcssi 2008 just a dlay

r t ld tc-utur r smti muc

wrs? Currt cditis ar i cmpard t

t yars at t ii t grat Dprssi

i t arly 1930s, ut t w cam ut tat

i t lat 1940s. Sic t grat Dprssi, t

avra a Amricas as mr ta duld,

rtirmt as cm sr, ad vrmt

ts r t ldrly rtird, icludi mdical

ad trasr paymts, av icrasd y

t tw rdrs maitud. T 2000s wr

suppsd t t Rari 2000s, t last

ld-a m tim r t acia

disastr starti i 2011 causd y tr milli

ay mrs raci rtirmt a. I t

currt crisis is a rsult Amrica’s prlms

at t prvrial st tims, w t ay

mrs ar i pak ari yars, w ca US

cmics ttr w currt pak arrs

stp rati surpluss ad start i t

csumrs? Ad wat apps w itrst

t dral dt xcds t amut cllctd

i idividual taxs?

Tr is a pssiility tat dral scal

cllaps mts bay bm rtirmt, ad

all t my tat wuld av it w

tcly s it appasi ldrly vtrs. I

tat scari, t Siularity mit t app

i a xpctd timram ad tr wuld

availal li xtsi, r cditis

art wuld s uappali tat t avra

prs wuld’t wat t liv lr, ad tus,

r mst ppl, t utur wuld caclld.

T mral t stry is tat, r

ts us i ur rtis ad up, w d t

rdul ur rts at irti prlm-

slvi tclis, ad w d t mak t

utur app w r vr (at last witi

t litims adults i 2008). or w ttr

p tat Vrr Vi is rit ad tat t

Siularity ds’t rquir ayti cls t a

alty cmy, i wic cas ts smartr-

ta-us ts ca tak car ad kck all

ur prlms lik ducks i a rw.

w xpc gb fc c@, w w hv h

gd ff h f p, cdg bch h c

gv, d chg h vz fcg@?






It was t ist ak ailur i istry,

ad it cam t v a sris vry

ad days r US ivstrs. o Sptmr

26, 2008, JPMra Cas acquird all t

aki pratis Wasit Mutual

(WaMu), icludi $307 illi i assts ad

$188 illi i dpsits. T all WaMu was

t latst tur i a sris ak ailurs: t

akruptcy Lma brtrs, t acquisiti

Mrrill Lyc y bak Amrica ad t

ar cllaps isurac iat AIg.

A similar ut muc lss swpi sris

ak ailurs ccurrd aut a yar arlir i

t cmputr-ratd virtual wrld kw as

Scd Li . gik Fiacial — a urulatd

virtual ak tat prmisd ivstrs ral

my i rturs i xcss 40% — dclard

islvcy ad was rcd t rpay $200 milli

i a itral currcy calld Lid Dllars.

Scd Li , stalisd i 2003 y

Lid La, is t rst maistram

virtual wrlds. I additi t its w currcy

(wic ca cvrtd t US dllars), it as

a fdli cmy uilt arud virtual ds.

T uy r sll ds r srvics, yu crat a

3D rapical rprstati yursl kw

as a avatar. Avatars ca ca apparac,

talk wit tr avatars, ad walk arud

isid usr-ratd virmts. Mr

imprtatly, avatars ca pay ac tr i

Lid Dllars.

200 milli i Lid Dllars may sud

lik a ty sum r a cmputr-ratd

wrld. I act, it is a mr 750,000 US dllars.

I rsps t t gik ailur, Lid La

sut dw ds aks i Scd Li .

Altu virtual, t aks wr udd y ral

my. Accrdi t a w plicy, Scd Li

rsidts cat accpt dpsits i xca

r a prmis rpaymt wit itrst ulss

ty prvid pr ral-wrld rulatry

vrsit.

Wat ca w lar aut ral-wrld

cmics usi t simulatis prvidd y

virtual wrlds? Mtamics is a mri —

v dy — ld acadmic study tat dals

wit t cmic, lal, ad rulatry issus

virtual wrlds. Prssr Rrt blmld, st

a wkly wcast Mtamics, vrss

Crll Uivrsity’s Js Scl dctral

prram ad dircts its usiss simulati

fm Gk WaM: Simulation in Virtual Worlds Models Real World Economic Behavior

A sma b mc ss swg ss bak as

ccd ab a a a Scd l.

SURFDADDY oRCA



laratry. blmld, traid i xprimtal cmics, ss

t t ralism a ld xprimt wit t ctrl a la

xprimt i virtual wrlds: “I av studyi tis spac r,

I uss, vr a yar w, ad I tik it’s vry xciti.”

blmld’s avatar am is “byrs Sllrs,” a d t

nl pri-wii cmist Vr Smit – Smit studid t

avir uyrs ad sllrs w id cmptitivly ctitiuscmmditis. blmld calls Scd Li markts a asciati

xprimt i lirtariaism ad sl-rulati. h says tat

vryti dd t kw aut t currt ral-wrld crdit

crisis lard rm virtual wrlds: “Ivstrs wr all t

willi t liv tat ty wuld ar tir i itrst rats, ad

akrs ad rrwrs, dut, wr t willi t liv tat

t rrwrs culd pay t i itrst rats dmadd tm.”

Lack rulati ad suvrsi st acial dalis y a

crrupt w i t itrst prt — sud amiliar?

Wil blmld’s xprimtati cuss acialcmics, w acial markts av, ad w ty rspd t

rulatis, Tmas Csy nttiam Uivrsity busiss

Scl is cducti xprimts i aviral cmics usi

Ultimatum ad Dictatr ams t xami airss ad altruism.

I a Ultimatum am, idividual A is iv a sum my ad

askd w s/ wats t split it wit radmly paird prs b.

I t r is rjctd y prs b, ts ay my. I a

Dictatr am, prs b as cic ut t accpt t r

prs A. I tsts cductd i t, Csy ud statistical

dirc tw t utcms i Scd Li ad ral li.

gik Fiacial ad t tr ak ailurs i Scd

Li wr prcipitatd y a a amli ad sady usiss

practics tat rdrd raud. WaMu aild udr t wit

its rmus ad ts t suprim mrta usiss. I

t cass, praps a trip t Las Vas mit av a sar

ivstmt straty. by studyi t cts sl-rulatd

markts ad airss ad altruism i virtual wrlds, utur

xprimtal cmists may al t lp uid ral-wrld

plicy t avid mr ailurs lik WaMu.

Surdaddy orca is a virtual wrlds xplrr ad scic writr.

ReSoURCeSJPMra Cas Acquirsbaki opratis Wasit Mutualttp://www.dic.v/ws/ws/ prss/2008/pr08085.tml

bak Failur i Scd LiLads t Calls r Rulatittp://www.wird.cm/ami/ virtualwrlds/ws/2007/08/ virtual_ak

Scd Littp://www.scdli.cm

Fdrati AmricaScitists – Virtual WrldsAlmaacttp://vwrld.as.r/wiki/Mai_Pa

Mtamics – busiss adPlicy I Virtual Wrldsttp://www.mtamics.t

Mtamics Wcastttp://www.mtamics.t/ Rrtblmld

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http://www.wired.com/gaming/

http://www.secondlife.com/

http://vworld.fas.org/wiki/Main_

http://www.metanomics.net/


http://www.neurvanaproducts.com/



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http://www.secondlife.com/

http://www.wired.com/gaming/

http://www.fdic.gov/news/news/




HaCKinGtHe eConomy

Dulas Rusk

hacki t cmy is asir ta it lks.

T rst stp, curs, is t rmmr tat t cmy itsl is

just a mdl. It’s a way udrstadi t wrld as a sris trasacti

mad y ratial, sl-itrstd is wrki t maximi valu r

tmslvs. Tat’s suppsdly t iv.

o curs, it is’t v tru. W d’t liv i a cmy. nvr did

I w wr rally all playi sm srt pkr am r cips — ad maki

all t rit dcisis — t ur wrld mit av lik a cmy. bu

si as w w’r rally mr ccrd wit ur mmt-t-mm

xpric, tti laid, r di a privat plac t pp, t last ti

ur mids is rtti valu vr tim.

W d liv amst sm rally i cmic actrs, tu. Ad t

mr w mistak t sta wic ty act r t wrld i wic w liv

t lss accss w av t t script. W d up i t audic, watci t

acial spctacl ad — wrst all — mistaki it r ral li.






First Steps Towards Postscarcity:

or Why the Current Financial Crisis

is the End of the World As We Know It(And Why You Should Feel Fine)

It’s vr asy t s yur ard-w aris disappar. W yu p yur 401K ad s

it’s just lst atr 30%, yu tik: hly mly, tr s my rtirmt. Ya, it’s a aturalracti, ut tat ds’t ma it’s t rit . W liv i a wrld acclrati ca.

Tmrrw w’t cssarily lk ayti lik tday. nt v slitly. I act, it lks t m lik

t currt acial crisis is t rst stp rm a scarcity cmy t a pstscarcity scari.

Lt’s clar tis. W’r t i t wak up i a maical wrld wr iPds ad

McMasis rw trs vrit. br tat ca app, vry part tday’s valu cai

as t vrturd. evryti. Prducti raw matrials, trasprt ad ri, dsi ad

iri, mauacturi, distriuti . . . v ur w ss wrt. S, i tday’s acial

crisis is t rst stp, wr d w rm r?

Jason Stoddard

LATE SCARCITY: WHERE WE ARE TODAY

Kysia? Marxist? Wit drivativs ad CMos ad tr

astractis prppi up t valu ivstmts, itr scl

tut may tirly valid. Ad wit lal ppulati rwt

slwi, w’r i t av t r-valuat t “d cmpais will

rwi at 5% a yar, rvr” assumpti tat’s t asis

crprat valuati.

W’r als alrady starti t s sm xampls ar pst-

scarcity. Csidr cmputrs ad cmmuicatis. I yu’r willi t

us a cmputr tat’s a cupl yars ld, yu ca praly d a

ad-m-dw r r, ad t appily talk t yur rids arud

t wrld Skyp usi r pulic wi-.

or csidr tat i t last Dprssi, t mai wrry was

simply tti u d. Tday, t marktplac is mr wrrid

aut maitaii t markti udts 170 dirt kids

ttpast ta aut suri tat vry as ttpast. Tr’s

a lt paddi i t systm. Cupl a acial crisis wit tis

vrwit, icit systm, ad yu av t sta st r t rst

trasiti t pstscarcity: a cmprsiv rtik ur ccpt

valu.



…divorce cases in which World of Warcraft’s internal

currency is named as an asset; the proliferation of

corporate “points”… our concept of value is expanding.

TRANSIT ION PHASE 1: VALUE PROLIFERATION

Tday, rapprs si aut drivi btlys, livi i tl-sid

masis, ad driki tusad-dllar ttls cac. S,

ty may sayi, “Ad tat d’t ma sit ulss yu t vi

ad virt ad rp!” W’v alrady s t ii tis: divrc

cass i wic Wrld Warcrat’s itral currcy is amd as a

asst; t rwi imprtac rputati systms suc as bay

dack; t prlirati crprat “pits” r “ux” systms

tat ca xcad r ral ds; t mtiati attti

via rid-spammi scial twrks ad advrtisi ppular

ls. our ccpt valu is xpadi; it will xpad v mr

i tis pas.

Tik aut it. I ral currcy, virtual currcy, crprat

pits, visiility, ad rputati all av valu, xcas will s

crp up. Tik a FoReX (a markt i wic ri currcis ar

xcad) r all tis w csidr valu. As pit xampls

ar pst-scarcity rw ad ts valu systms cm itrlcki,

w’ll mv yd a sil mtary valu systm. Yu’ll al t

liv wll udr ay umr valu systms: rputati, visiility,

twrk, rwards pits, r v “ld-asid” currcy.

TRANSIT ION PHASE 2: UNSEEN GOLDEN-AGE

T scd pas t trasiti t pstscarcity is t scarist, ut

ly i yu lk at it rm tday’s PoV.

Wat’s ard t accpt? Wll, multipl itrlcki valu

systms rquir cmprsiv mtrics ad tracki. Rad:

survillac. W culd asily d urslvs i a prpaatial

cmy, wr a prs’s tir valu is asd tir Attti

Idx (tir visiility t tr ppl) ad Mtiati ectivss(w wll ty sll).

“Yuck,” yu say.

but wat i advacs i mauacturi cicis mak it

pssil t liv wll, simply y itracti wit rids ad i aut

yur li? Wat i lw-rplacmt-lvl irt rats ad advacs

i itcly mat yu culd cck ut t systm y claimi

a pic uusd dsrt ad plati a us? Tis survillac

cmy mit a vry asy plac t liv.

T d tis pas wuld cm rapidly i Drxlr-lvl

amacis (mlcular mauacturi) mad t prducti

matrial stu sstially r, ad tk t utur wrt t tir

valu cai t r. I it csts ti t mak t macis t d ad

r t raw matrials, r t rw t trasprtati twrk, tw

t “isurmutal” stacls t pstscarcity disappar. ev

witut tis ar-maical tcly, iassmly ad tr mtds

will slwly rd t valu raw matrials ri, trasprtati,

ad mauacturi. I itr cas, tis is a v ir cmic

rtik ta t w’r i tru tday.

TRANSIT ION PHASE 3: MAGICAL IDEAS

Tru atc is limitd ly y t ry w put it it. I tis tim,

utikal ma-iri prjcts cm asil: rwi

a lal twrk r di,

ri, ad trasprti raw

matrials; prduci udrds

spac lvatrs r asy accss

t xtratrrstrial rsurcs;

assmli maical actris al vry castli.

I tis pas: w ar truly r t dram, ad i idas ar

t currcy. T dramrs ad dsirs w ca imai t st

ways t ca t wrld will cm t “cmic” iats tir

tim. T i issu will w t crdiat ts visis, ad t

limiat r miimi disruptiv s.Tis pas ds w t systms r rtlss prducti

all ur drams ar i plac. Articial itllics r pwrul

smatic prcssi mak tis ulimitd capaility accssil t

ay. W ar w r t imai wat w wat — ad av it

dlivrd dmad.

TRUE POSTSCARCITY

Spak yur wiss t t air ad it will dlivr. T samlss

atc/itc skis distriutd tru t art ad t slar

systm mak vry wis pssil. T ly rmaii qusti: wr

d yur rits d ad sm ls’s i?

nw, sit ack ad tik: v witut li xtsi, I mit

s vry pas t trasiti t tru pstscarcity i my litim.

Rmmr tat tut t xt tim yu cck yur rkra

accut. It is t d t wrld as yu kw it. Ad tat is prctly

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Why Whuffie iS WiSer:acki t cmy lus wit scial capital

TARA e hUnT

AUThoR, T Wuf Factr

PhoTogRAPhY bY:

LAne hARTWeLL



Ica ardly stad t list t t radi r rad t ws ts days.

Sms tat vry it ws tlls m tat tr is my lt

aywr. Cmpais ar layi ppl ad cutti ack tir

udts, t stat Caliria ca’t ard t pay t cutis w ca’t

ard t prvid srvics t t citis, taxs ar squi t middl-

class ad -prts ar suri i lsss i datis, wic is ladi

t cutacks i aid t t ppl w d it t mst. It is as i t sky

pd up ad a i vacuum clar cam al ad suckd up all t

my. Tp t ttm, t my is . It’s as i my was a mt

ur imaiati all al ad w w’v awk t d tat w av t

d a way t t al witut it.

o curs, tr is a acial cmy ad t currcy w us

t uy a la rad r pay ur rt is ral. but I liv wat tis tim

prid will tac us r t yars t cm is tat my is t t ly — r

v t strst — currcy w av t rly .

I was taki my d r a walk t tr day w I ra it t

ar maar rm xt dr. As w cattd, t cmy cam up, s I

askd r w it is acti r stalismt. S tld m tat ppl

wr still driki as muc as vr, ut ty wr lavi smallr tips. At

rst, I crid. “Tat’s t ad,” I said, “tat it as t urt yu ad yur

sta lik tat.”

S rplid, “I d’t mid, rally. I wat ur custmrs t al

t pay t rt at t d t mt. I’ll ladly iv up a w xtra

dllars s w ca all surviv tis prid tim.”

I was lw away y r ‘w’r all i it ttr’ attitud. but

tis was’t t ly tim I’v witssd ppl cm ttr t lp

atr tru t ru spts vr t past w mts. Ppl I kw

w av lss paid clit wrk ar spdi tir spar urs lpi

-prts udrais. Tr is mr cuc-sur i wit ppl I

kw w ar travli — I’v ad s may usts latly tat I ra ut

xtra kys t my apartmt. As ppl ar li spcially rciprcal

ts days, my w travl udt as cut ack wil I’v d my

w cuc-sur wit rus sts. Mr ad mr ppl ar usi

scial mdia tls t put ut calls r vlutrs ad d lp r carital

raiatis ad mr ad mr ppl ar dippi it tir savis ad

tim t lp ut. Just last wkd, I put a call ut Twittr r lp

uildi kitc caits r t cmmuity spac I w — t lp wuld

sav my udt aut $1200 ctractr tim — ad arud 25 ppl

swd up t pitc i. evry arud m sms t alid t t

‘w’r all i it ttr’ ida.

Tis is wu i acti.

at is wu? It’s t currcy dramd up y Cry

Dctrw i is atastic k Dw ad out i t Maic

Kidm . I Cry’s imaid utur, tr is my

lik w kw it tday. Wu, a diitid vrsi scial capital, as

rplacd my. A prs ca ar wu y di crtai tis: lik

lpi sm ut, maki w rids, r crati smti usul r

autiul t jyd y trs. o ca als us ard wu t uy

a la rad r pay rt. I Cry’s k, t ard wu pits ar

strd i a itral cmputr tat ca ‘pid’ t t ack a scr

— a ctiv way t mitr t amut ic r tal actis a

prs as ctriutd t tir cmmuity.

Frm tr, yu ca ur ut wtr yu

wat t assciat wit r asd r

scr. Tr ar a w prlmatic dtails

t tis systm, ut i ral, t ida is

tat ppl w d ic, tal tis r t cmmuity will tak

car .

As yu may av lad rm my accut t ar maar ad

may tr stris av aut ppl pulli ttr t t tru ur

cmic dwtur, wu is a rality tday. Tr ar ppl ivi t

its kidss, tim ad ry t trs i t cmmuity s tat w

ca all t tru a vry tu cmic tim. Tr is tax systm

tat ca (currtly) captur t amut scial capital tat w ar

xcai (ad I p tr vr will ). Sur, w ar’t al t pi

sm’s itral cmputr t t ack a scr, ut tru ur twrks

rlatisips, w ar al t iv wu pits t sm w as

lp us al t way ad rmmr t watc r ack w s ds it.

W ca als tll trs r act kidss, wic will rmmrd

ar lr ta r li crdit. our cmmuitis ar rwi strr

caus wu rit w. I

tik w will s i yars t cm

tat t strr currcy was i

us all al ad dy, t v

Fai Ma r Frddi Mac, ca

drulat it.

As ur ak accuts sa

udr t prssur t slwd

cmy, ur wu accuts ar

vrfwi wit t walt t pull

us tru ac day. Tat’s wy

wu is a wisr rm currcy

t all ack . Yu vr kw

w yu’ll av a raiy day.

Tara e. hut is t autr T Wu Factr

i s as sk d ad a bg accm ca

cam ag ad sckd a m.

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has Da

M B Ga exaggad?Jl Kurtma

ItrviwRU SIRIUS

I 1994, Jl Kurtma — at tat tim a

clumist ad t usiss ditr r t

nw Yrk Tims — wrt a alarmi k

titld T Dat My: hw t elctric

ecmy has Dstailizd t Wrld’s Markt ad

Cratd Fiacial Cas . Kurtma rprtd tat

t diitiati, r virtualiati, capital wascausi a discct rm rality tat tratd

acial aarcy…wit pssil psitiv ad/r

ativ rsults.

giv t currt markt crisis, I tut

I’d catc up wit Kurtma. Ds liv tat

rct vts rfct t cas ward us

aut ack i t mid-’90s? Is my drawi its

last rat wil yu witdraw t last yur

savis? or is smti ls at?

Jl Kurtma is currtly excutiv

Dirctr t Milk Istitut’s SAVe prram,

cusi ry scurity, climat ca ad

altrativ ry.

Feb 2009



it. oc t tirs ar switcd, t il is cad ad t car is assd

up, t car s ack t track. I privat quity, pulic cmpais

ar ut y privat rms wr ty ar rpaird ad mad mr

cmptitiv. W tat’s d, ty’r sld ack t t pulic. Privat

quity rsmls t pit crw. Tat’s kid a rapprcmt tw

t acial wrld ad t ral wrld. S, i my viw, t discct as

arrwd.

h+: In your response to my first question, you wrote, “I speculated

that globally connected capital markets could make the entire

world rich by making capital available anywhere to anyone with a

good idea and a little bit of skill.” I’d say we’re not quite there yet,

but it sounds like the theory of “The Long Boom.” Is there perhaps

a longer boom in the future? Is there the possibility of a sort ofpostscarcity market with almost no ceiling?

JK: nti mvs i a uitrruptd dircti rvr. Last all

t markts. T markts dac a up ad dw plka. hwvr, wil

ty’r daci, ty trd i a spcic dircti ad t markts ar

trdi up. Ty trd upward r a umr rass, icludi t act

tat my ds’t ld its valu r vry l. Ifati always lms.

Sic t markts asr a lt ifati’s ct, ty trd upward.

Tat trd will ctiu ulss rd cms s prvasiv tat t

systm raks dw.

h+: How long do you think the system will take to “reset”?

JK: T acial systm is t ackd y ayti ral. It’s ly ackd y

t cdc w av i t systm itsl. It’s t ld circular arumt.Tat’s caus my as trasrmd it irmati ad cut

rm ayti ral, lik ld, silvr r wat. bcaus my is irmati

it is a ld mad up partly idas ad partly stimt. Ivstrs ar

lik dtctivs w cm acrss clus, pic tm ttr, ad w ty

tik t pics t ty cm wildly xurat at avi d s. I

t midst tis crisis, ivstrs ar si arud, lki at t pics

ad tryi t s w ty t. oc ty tik ty s a pattr, tir

mtis will tak vr ad t markts will clim. Wvr limpss t

pattr rst will mak t mst my. hw l will it tak? I a markt

tumls at it i Asia, it is t llwd a w urs latr y a tuml

i nw Yrk. I tr wrds, sic vry’s watci vry ls, ad

caus w’r all cctd, it’s likly tat c a rcvry is it will

prcd quickly.

T itrsti ti wit ts markts is tat w’r all —

t ppl w wr csrvativ ad prudt av urt as adly as

t l w was vrly-lvrad.

All t traditial risk mdls lw apart. Divrsicati — t

crrst d risk maamt — mas ti w vryti

s dw. but risk maar was vr taut tat vryti wuld

dw at c. nl Pris wr awardd t ppl w said just t

ppsit.

h+: Joel, you wrote a book about the emerging electronic economy

back in 1994 titled The Death Of Money . Are we reaping the harvest

of the electronic economy now, or is the current crisis about

something else?

JoeL KURTzMAn: I 1994, as I wt arud t wrld itrviwi

ppl r T Dat My , w ppl rally udrstd t pwr

lctrically liki t wrld’s capital markts ttr. Cmputrs

wr t uiquitus; t Itrt was asct; ad ad ivtd

t blackrry. but ti tat did mr at tat tim was tat t

mility my wuld prcd i a arly urulatd mar ad tat

vlatility wuld icras. back t, I xamid all t data ad saw tat

as markts cctd, vlatility rs. T curius ti, wvr, was tis:

As markt vlatility rs, t rqucy rcssi ll. It was as i t

markts ad cm smti a sck asrr r t ral cmy.

Wat d I ma y tat? I may ways, r xampl, sm t

rcs tat put upward prssur ifati w ar cald it markt

ivstmts. I w did t av ts massiv, lally cctd markts,

t pric ral assts wuld ris as my is cratd. nw, all tat riss

— wit sm xcptis — is t pric stcks ad ds. but ts

sck asrrs av tir limits. I t last w yars, t irrspsilus prducts lik cllatralid la liatis av rk dw t

sck asrrs. Ad, wil it will tak a littl tim r t systm t

“rst,” it will rst.

I 1994, I spculatd tat lally cctd capital markts

culd mak t tir wrld ric y maki capital availal aywr t

ay wit a d ida ad a littl it skill. Tat act as prv t

tru. Sic 1994, may illis ppl av ris rm pvrty it t

middl class. I Cia r Idia did t av accss t lal capital ty

wuld rwi at r tw prct a yar, t i r t prct a

yar.

h+: In that book you also wrote, “Every three days a sum of money

passes through the fiber-optic network underneath New York equal

to the entire yearly output of all of America’s companies and its

entire workforce. And every two weeks the equivalent of the annual

product of the world passes through the network of New York —

trillions and trillions of ones and zeros representing all the toil,

sweat and guile from all of humanity’s efforts.” How deep is the

disconnect between the movement of conceptual money and the

creation of actual wealth on the ground?

JK: W’v s smti itrsti app. I 1994, I talkd aut t

divrc tw t acial cmy (my) ad prducts lik stcks,

ds ad drivativs t ad; ad t ral cmy ds ad

srvics t tr. I t itrim prid, tr as smti

rcciliati. Cmpais lik Sutwst Airlis rutily us cmplx

di stratis t prtct tmslvs aaist pric spiks ad vallys

wit rard t ul csts. Mauacturi cmpais, lik bi ad

Airus, us ts sam stratis t prtct tmslvs aaist currcy

risks rm maai a lal supply cai wil prici tir prducts i

dllars. Tat’s w t acial cmy as rccild wit t ral

cmy.

o t tr d, wit t ris privat quity, t ral cmy

as td rm t acial cmy. May rms tat wr pulic

av cm privatly wd. I t wrld ac, tat’s lik taki t

raccar t track i t middl t rac t av t pit crw wrk

Sc 's wacg s, ad

bcas w' a ccd, 's k a

c a c bgs w cd qck








Tr’s scarcity slar ry…clsr t t su.

T Spac Dvlpmt Stri Cmmitt (SDSC),

wic icluds suc ifutial urs as nASA

astrauts bu Aldri ad edar Mitcll, ad Ptr garrts,

t Ci t Futur Scic ad Tclical explrati

brac t US Air Frc, av rctly cm vry vcal

aut advcati t dvlpmt spac-asd slar pwr

cllctrs.

A study cductd y Air Frc Rsarc La vtra J.

Mical Sad al t raiati as cvicd its

mmrs tat spac-slar is t ly way t avid a pttial

xisttial disastr y mti umaity’s ry ds it t

21st Ctury ad yd.

I itrviwd SDSC udr hward blm via -mail.

Asid rm is rl i t raiati, blm is t autr

suc ppular ad ifutial ks as T Lucir Pricipl adglal brai .

h+: This idea of putting solar panels in space was in

circulation during the 1970s. And it probably never

happened because of expense. What’s happening now that

makes you optimistic that we can do this?

hoWARD bLooM: I 1970, t pric il was $3 a arrl. o

Ju 26, 2008, it wt up t $140 a arrl. Tday, it’s dw t a

mr $60 a arrl. Sixty dllars a arrl. Tik aut it. Tat’s

20 tims t pric i 1970. Ad uss wat? It will ack t

$140 aai. Ad yd.

I 1973, oPeC swd us wy w dd t t ur

il addicti. It cut ur supply. W waitd urs i mil-l

lis r as. Ricard nix, all ppl, calld r t mral

quivalt war, a ull-ut crusad r ry idpdc.

Jimmy Cartr pickd up t ry lac ad ra wit it. T

cam t als mri i Amrica udr Rald Raa, w

cut t udi Cartr ad nix ad put it rsarc ad

dvlpmt altrativ tclis lik slar ad wid. Ad

w, stupid sp tat w ar, wt al wit im t i rid

t atr il pi-ut.

Tis tim I tik t Amrica pulic kws tat w ca’t

mak tat mistak aai.

Mawil Jams Mical Sad, T Spac

Dvlpmt Stri Cmmitt, is aut t is a t-mt

study ur il utur. Sad is a 25-yar-vtra t Air Frc

Rsarc La. h is a mticulus ir, ad kws is stu.

Wat ds is study rval? Tat v i w us vry altrativ

ry surc — rud-asd slar, wid, trmal, ad wav

pwr; v i w us vry rm traditial asty ry —

sal il, cla cal, dirty cal, ad atural as; ad v i w

uild tw 16,000 ad 35,000 uclar plats (vrsus t

currt wrld ttal 600), w will ru ut ry y 2100.

Sad wats m t lt yu kw tat w will actually ru ut wll

r 2100.

S w d t rmal altrativ uls — rud slar,

wid, ad all t rst. W d tm urtly. W may als

d t car-cui -rwal ry surcs. nt

t mti uclar. T wl packa will cst us trillis. but

dspit t xps ty tail, all ts will ly st us r

ruly 20 yars. T w will slwly slid it a ry ulc.

Aai.Mawil, yu askd atr vry d qusti. Wat’s

cad tclically sic Ptr glar rst av us is spac

slar pwr visis i 1968? evryti. W wt t t m

t yar glar rst av us t spac slar pwr ccpt.

Sic t, w’v dvlpd a tir idustry asd spac

slar pwr. W just d’t kw it. W av a $125 illi a

yar satllit usiss ami radi wavs, tlvisi wavs,

ad psitii irmati dw t art. Wr av t

5,000 r s satllits laucd sic t ii t spac

ra tt tir pwr? T su… usi slar pals.

Wat ls d w av tday tat w did’t av i 1968?

back t slar pals wr ly al t cvrt ruly v

prct t slar ry tat ty sad it ry. Tday,

w slar pals i t la ar claimi cicis 40%. Ad

tat ur will ctiu t ris as w uild ur spac slar pwr

irastructur.

Mawil, w’v dvlpd ds i t udrds

rckt-typs capal carryi car it spac. Amrica as

tm. T eurpas av tm. T Russias av tm. T

Cis av tm. Ad v Idia — t lw-cst utsurcr

cic r lw-pricd vryti — as tm. our stacl?

I t US, w still mak ts rckts y ad at a tim.

or tat’s my layma’s udrstadi. but wat wuld app

i w mass-prducd tm, t way t Syrias ar w mass-

prduci srt- ad mdium-ra missils? T pric wuld

cm dw.

T tr ar t rckts w’v t ad ar aut t




trw away lik t suttl rckts — t

s tat av carrid udrds ts

car it spac. Wy trw ts rckt

dsis ad mauacturi acilitis away?

Wy rtir t tams tat mak tm? Wy

t amrti t cst tir rsarc ad

dvlpmt y uildi mr tm? Wy

t tak advata cmis scal t

driv tir csts pr lauc dw? Ad wy

t us tm t uild a irastructur ispac?

h+: I wonder about the claim that we

will run out of all energy resources

during this century, even the natural

kind. Aren’t we going to invent better

technologies for collecting wind, solar

and hydro? What about nuclear? Or the

potential for fusion? Wouldn’t making

these technologies ever safer, cheaper

— maybe even using some form of self-

replication — be cheaper than putting

big heavy material up into space?

hb: Mik Sad ca aswr tis ttr ta

I ca. h’s usd rus urs aut t

amuts ry trrstrial surcs lik

rud slar ad wid wuld prduc. Ad

o mr dtail. ev i w sav

ry lik misrs, w will av t spd

trillis t icras ur ry utput t

satisy ur w ds ad t lvat t

livi stadard t Tird Wrld t t lvl

yu ad I jy tday. Ad wat will w t

r it? Frakly, ysrs wit additial

valu. Tr ar multipl uss —

additiv ts r mils ad mils slar

pals ad ills studdd wit widmills. Wat

w’ll t ut a virus spac slar pwr

prram is radically dirt. W’ll t a

irastructur i a trritry wr rsurcs

ar stui. T m is a imms

surc raw matrials r ccrt, stl,

lass, ad smi-cductrs. Sm call it T

eart’s eit Ctit. Liti rsurcs

rm t M’s surac is ixpsiv. T

M’s ravity is -sixt urs r

art. Wat’s mr, astrids ar massiv

surcs ickl, titaium, ad platium.

Ad cmts ar mil ul statis mad

t liquid xy ad ydr w us t

prpl spac sips.

Wat i t wrld wuld w d wit

udi amuts uildi matrials

i spac? Ts ar t raw matrialsrm wic w ca uild scd ad tird-

rati spac slar pwr satllits.

Ad ty’r t raw matrials rm wic

w ca uild u rtati clis tat ca

us 10,000 umas r mr. Spac is ral

stat. It’s ral stat i t su. evry spac

slar pwr satllit w uild is a part t

irastructur a w cmy. It’s a way

stati t way t t stars.

Ad t just a way stati r us. It’s

a way stati r li, r csystms, ad

r t utur t rad xprimt

DnA ad clls, a xprimt i d w

lads t irm, w lad — ad skis — t

r.

h+: I think the new paradigm with

’s usd vry csrvativ urs aut

wat ur ry ds will . but yu’r

rit. Flks lik Ray Kurwil swar tat

atclis ad tr raktrus

will prduc arly d-lik icrass i

t amut ry w ca squ rm

sulit alli t surac t art.

I was a i str rud slar

i its arly days. Wit t mmrs

Styx, I put ttr t rst sris

pr-slar pulic srvic radi ads i 1981.

S I lik rud slar. but wat sms mr

imprtat t m is tis: t put ttr i-

scal rud slar prjcts, w will av

t dstry csystms. May t rud

slar ma-plas I’v s rquir cvri

mst t Mjav Dsrt wit slar pals

r wit slar-cctrati mirrrs.

gdy t t liards ad t t

plats tat ar uiqu t tat virmt.

gdy t idivrsity ad dlits r t

y. Mr crucial — v i yu put c-

lidrs, tr is ly s muc ral stat

art yu ca cvr wit slar cllctrs. T

sr lad is i t ru ut. T sam is

tru cal, il, atural as, trmal, adv usal ral stat r wid. All tm

ar it. W d a surc tat is iit.

T ly tw arly iit surcs I kw

ar usi — wic ds’t yt xist ad

wic as ctiud t lud us r 60 yars

— ad slar pwr rm spac.



evry spac slar pwr satllit w uild is apart t irastructur a w cmy.It’s a way stati t way t t stars.

earthbound solar collectors (and with

wind), is that it would be distributed.

You wouldn’t so much be building huge

solar farms, you’d have solar collectors

pasted everywhere – (and I believe thin,

sheet-like solar power collectors have

already been developed…correct me if

I’m wrong).

hb: Lik yu, RU, I’m a prsal a

distriutd pwr systms. I suspct

tat, lik t Itrt, a ily paralll-

distriutd systm wit pwr rati

i yur m wuld mr lackut-pr

ta ctralid systms. Prsal pwr

ratrs wuld als icras ur ss

ctrl vr ur livs.

W I rst t ivlvd i spac

slar pwr, I askd i tis pwr culd

distriutd. Tat is, culd t city

Milwauk av its w spac slar pwr

satllit? Culd t kids i bual, nY (mym tw) cip i t dllars ac — t

way w did w I was a kid t uild ur rst

i-lau sprts tam, t bual bills?

Ad culd w us ur pld racks t

t ur w satllit? T aswr I t was

ys.

T tr’s distriuti t pwr.

Spac slar pwr ca amd dw t

rmt lcatis, lctriyi distat villas

i Asia ad Arica tat ar vry ard ad vry

xpsiv t rac y t traditial wiri

systms w av i nrt Amrica.

but my suspici — rm Jams

Mical Sad’s Spac Dvlpmt

Stri Cmmitt study — is tat it wuld

vry dicult t lctriy yur us, at

it, car yur car, ad pwr yur c

wit ly slar pals yur r ad a

widmill av yur cimy.

h+: I’m glad to see people dreaming

about space colonization again. I’ve

heard rumors that there’s a resurgence

of interest in these ideas at NASA. Can

you confirm or comment on this?

hb: nw tat t bus mid-r is di,

I ar w rumrs aut t taw at nASA

wkly. Drams tat av utikal

r it yars ar rvivi. T prsidtial

lcti is tmrrw as I typ tis. W’ll s

wat impact t mix plitical ca ad

cmic cras as ur aility t atasi

ad t mak ts atasis cm tru. T

aility t tur atasy it rality is at t

art t uma vlutiary prcss ad

at t cutti d atur’s tciqus

r crati. Its rvival — wtr r, i

Cia r i Idia — is a cssity.T ttm li is tis. W av t

ri spac t li y rii li t spac.

ecmis tru ma-crass ruly

c vry 70 yars. It’s tat way

sic t tulipmaia cras ruly 1637.

Wat lits cmis rm ts massiv

alls? nw rtirs, w rsurcs, w

tclis; w ways t tur txic wasts

it ry ad w tciqus tat tur

ara it ld. W vlvd as umas y

turi stil virmts t advata.

W vlvd as umas y di ways t liv

t ds Ic A lacirs ad t

ris dsrts. W vlvd y utxi

60 rs ad 18 prids massiv lal

warmi. Tday w av a w rtir

ws pttial is larr ta ay stil

ri w’v vr cqurd r. It’s a

w rtir t just r uma is ut

als r tir csystms — r mss

livi is rm actria ad ala t

trs, cats, ad puppis. It’s a massiv ic

waiti t rd. Ad w ar t ly

is tis plat tat ca rac it. W

ar t ly s w ca r it. Tat vast

w ladscap as av ur ad.




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GEOTHERMAL: WE’RE GENERATING STEAM HEAT

gtrmal ry mit cjur imas ysrs, t spris, ad Iclad. but t cutti d is wit ird

trmal, taki advata t atural lical at availal just aut vrywr ( ary vlcas rquird).

Als kw as “t rck” trmal, t prcss pumps watr t arud v kilmtrs udrrud, wr t prssur

kps tmpraturs i. It turs ut tat t csts ar’t all tat i r stti up a ird trmal ratr,ad tat t systm ca v usd r limitd car squstrati.

Wat culd it r? A 2007 MIT study arud tat t rcks trmal culd mt a siicat prcta US

ry dmad -- i pricipl, up t 100%.

Prximity: Pssil w, ut praly v t t yars rm srius tsti.

Prsis: Culd d up i t rplacmt “as-lad” pwr r aras usi a lt itrmittt wid ad slar.

SOLAR: FLEXIBLE AND UBIQUITOUS

glass-plat slar pals, usi silic r rmaium, rmai t ist-cicy slar pwr tclis. Urtuatly,

ts pals ar still typically i, rittl, ad xpsiv. but a ral slar raktru is just arud t crr — ad will

cm t tru cicy, ut tru uiquity, driv y t rducd csts ad widr applicaility.

Wlcm t t wrld fxil slar. Flxil plastic ptvltaics ad pait- slar dys will allw prviusly -

ry-prduci suracs — suc as walls ad widws — t cm micr-surcs pwr. nw prducti tciqus,

suc as ts dvlpd y naslar, t away rm lass plats, ad ca cut prducti y 90%, immdiatly maki

slar cmptitiv wit v cap cal pwr. o t ri, car-atu slar prmiss t add ry prducti ad

stra t arly ay mauacturi matrial.

Prximity: Pssily tis yar, ut last-miut litcs may ma a arly 2010s mrc.

Prsis: T tcly is cmi ttr, ut t ral qusti is w l it will tak prduct, uildi ad ura

dsirs t tak advata t w matrials.

HYDROKINETIC: THE MOTION OF THE OCEAN

hydrkitic pwr is udutdly t dark rs ry tcly. Dspit studis rm ry tik taks swi tat

it culd prvid upwards 30% pwr ds i sasid atis, claly ad at lw cst, w ppl av ard it. but

wav pwr is alrady starti t… wll, mak wavs.

Simply put, ydrkitic pwr turs t rular, prdictal mti wavs, tids ad currts it lctricity.

Sm dsis just up ad dw, wil trs act lik udrsa wid turis. o dsi, still i its arly stas, taks

advata a tcly dvlpd r Cld War sumaris — t matydrdyamic driv — t prduc pttially

vast amuts pwr. Ad mst ts ar’t just iri prttyps — wrki wav pwr systms ar w i

dplyd al t or ad Prtuus castlis, dlivri udrds kilwatts pwr — wit mr t cm.

Prximity: It’s r. gt usd t it.

Prsis: Fudi r it rmais lw, s it will tak awil r ppl rally tic its pttial.






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MOTION: SHAKE YOUR BODY

Praps t mst surprisi mri surc pwr is yu. Ys, yu, sitti tr. Wll, t w yu’r sitti tr,

ut w yu’r ut ad aut, walki ad v daci. Ad t just yu — ayti tat mvs, rm rids t trs t

uildis — culd usd t prduc pwr rm t mti.

T tclis usd t d s vary csidraly, rm pilctric matrials rati lctricity rm prssur, t

wli micrratrs, t small fywls spu y mvi mats. I mst cass, t amut pwr ratd is small,

ut tat’s i wat yu’r tryi t pwr ar micrssrs, i-mitrs, r — i yu’r rally wrki at it — MP3 playrs.

but frs tat rat pwr rm ppl walki tm (tru pilctric matrials r matic cils), w usd i

a varity acilitis rm dac clus t tss ctrs, ca prduc up t 60% a acility’s pwr ds, just rm ppl

di wat ty cam t d.

Prximity: Slwly i dplyd.

Prsis: Will dsirs ad arcitcts i t tik frs as pwr surcs? Ty suld.

GETTING FROM HERE TO THERE

Fw ts ry tclis r a drp-i rplacmt

r ld-styl cal plats ad ai uclar ractrs. Tat’s kay

— ty d’t d t. T utur ry is’t i a ctralid

pwr rid, ut i a ls, distriutd twrk wr uildis,

vicls, v ppl ca t pwr prducrs ad pwr

csumrs. Slar walls ad widws, pwr-rati frs,

ad ird pwr kits d’t add up t livi -rid —

ty add up t cmi t rid. T i ry prducti

sits, v t wid arms ad slar pals, ar likly t vlv

it t ackup t t distriutd pwr twrk.

T advata distriutd pwr cms dw t

rsilic. As w’v s acrss a varity systms, i, titly

likd, ily ctralid systms ca still ail, ad w ty

, ty catastrpically. Lsly itrdpdt, distriutd

systms td t av mr rdudacy ad fxiility, ad ca

mr radily witstad uxpctd scks.

Frtuatly, t ry tclis witi ur rasp

will t it a distriutd rid quit icly. A d ti, t —

it’s likly w still av quit a w i scks aad us tis

ctury.

It’s almst as i t acit pilsprs ad it rit: it

all rally cms dw t air, art, r ad watr — ad may

a it daci.

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What Do We Do

About Wa?gIL FRIenD

Watr.

T ld u: “Watr, watr vrywr, ad t a drp t drik.”

T w u: “Watr is t xt car.” Mai tat as usiss ad scity ar

ii t t it srius ar aut car missis ad climat ca (r at

last ii t mak srius is aut di s), tr’s a rwi raliati

tat tr may a cascad criss patitly waiti t mas tmslvs it ur

csciusss t mmt w cm up r air rm t car crisis.

Wat’s t prlm?

Risi ppulatis, cupld wit idustrialiati ad uraiati, av

driv up watr dmad tru t wrld. Mst t wrld’s ladi rai

prduci cutris ar alrady i watr dcit — ad dmad is still risi.

oly 3% t wrld’s watr is rs watr; ly 0.3% tat is surac

watr. 30% is i rud watr, wic is i tratd lik a ssil rsurc ad

i mid astr ta it is rplisd. I additi t quatity, tr’s t mattr

quality. W d cla watr, ad mst ppl aliv tday d’t rmmr a

tim w it was sa t drik rm rivrs ad strams. Idustry ds cla watr

t.

Ad t tr’s ry. It taks ry t mv, at, cl ad trat

watr — aut 19% Caliria’s lctricity udt, r xampl. Ad it taks

watr t crat ry — t cl pwr plats, tc. I act, duri t at wav

2006, Frac ad t pwr dw svral uclar ractrs caus rivr watr

was t warm t ctivly cl t plats. Ad, curs, tr’s t pttial

impact climat ca t watr supply ad dmad. o wat a tald w

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but tr’s a critical dirc tw ry ad watr. W

ca sustitut ur way ut t ry crisis. Ptrlum

may ds ad cvit, ut w d’t av a cmmittd

rlatisip wit it. As s as atr ry surc ds t j ttr

ad capr, it’s “sayara Saudis.” T St A did’t d caus w

ra ut sts, Sik zaki Yamai wisly srvd, ad t Ptrlum

A w’t d caus w ra ut il.

but w ca’t sustitut ur way ut t watr crisis. Watr is

t stu li, ad tr is a irrducil miimum lw wic li is t

sustaid. S w av t t smart aut watr.

Wat ar t slutis?

T asic aswr is “di mr wit lss,” as bucky Fullr was

d sayi. Watr cicy — ad v radical watr cicy — is

i ur uturs, ad w’ll aciv it i tr ways. Lt m summari tm:

sxist rst, mst prtal last.

Tcly is t mst xciti pti, sic w’r t dald

y cl w tis ad raid arud maki my rm tm. T

catal r is divrs. It icluds lw-fw xturs lik aucts (dw

rm 2.2 alls pr miut just a w yars a t 1.2 pm tday) ad

tilts (dw rm 1.6 alls pr fus t 1.28) ad watrlss tilts

(lik t urials yu’r starti t s i c uildis tat sav 40,000

alls pr yar ac, at a rtur ivstmt (RoI) 14% pr yar).

(As always, yur mila may vary.) It icluds ypr-cit pumps ad

mtrs lik t turis ad impllrs rm t Pax grup, ispird y

autilus slls ad tr ilical slutis; ad lw-ry ltrati

tcly usi car atus, wic will pass watr mlculs — ut

t viruss, actria, txic mtal is, ad lar xius raic mlculs

— tru tir smt, watr-rpllt itrirs.

but as wit t rduc/rus/rcycl irarcy i wast

maamt, tis is t tird stp i t prcss, sic ivstmt will

mr prductiv i tr’s a smallr fw r it t maa.

T scd majr lvr: prici. As wit may ky rsurcs,

prics ar t distrtd y plicis, wtr ty istric lacis r

dcisis t supprss prics t xpad accss (icrrctly pricd rsurcs

ict ppl t vrus). Cvrsly, lili rats ca prvid accss t

asic supplis at a mdst pric, wil scalati rats r ir usa

tirs prvids ictiv t cicy. Watc r t varial watr prici

ad calls t istric watr susidis.

bavir ca, t tird lvr, is t t asist — caus it

rquirs ivstmt, cmplx ca i irastructur, la tim

— ad t ardst, caus it dpds ppl cai aits. It’s

als t last lamrus. It’s as simpl as t rui t watr w yu

rus yur tt r was t diss; t vr-watri yur law; r (a it

ardr) curai yur mplys t tic ad ca w ty cla a

prducti li.

Watr utilitis arud t wrld ar ivsti avily i cicy

tcly ad ducati, caus ty d it a muc mr cmically

ctiv ivstmt ta uildi w supply irastructurs.

Fially, sm t mst itrsti tcly ds’t t i

t rmal “cla tc” taxmy, sic it’s mr aut systms ad

prcsss ta tis. My avrits xampl is t TReeS prram i Ls

Als. LA’s raiall wuld dlivr al its watr udt, ut 75%

LA is pavd, s mst tat rai rus t t sa — ad at tat, ly

atr rui tru, ad urdi, t city’s watr tratmt plas.

T TReeS uss tclis — rm prmal pavi tat capturs

raiall t rstati prrams tat prvid massiv watr stra i t

rt trs — tat mimic t “sp ad ltr” ucti rsts

ad dmstrat t asiility rtrtti a city t ucti as a ura

rst watrsd. T prram as alrady savd t city $200m — ad

accrdi t prjctis, it will cut watr imprts y up t 50%, crat

up t 50,000 js, rmv t 100 yar fd trat t L.A. Rivr,

ad limiat t d r a $4 illi tratmt plat. nw tat’s cl

rrsi tcly.

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Be More Than You Can Bein the New Enhanced Army

US Military cultur is amusly wird (t civilias), ad iamusly cit at uli

ur war-maki raiatis. Wit t xcpti mldramatic ad sallw taks

warrir’s rituals as prstd i ppular mdia, t cultur is larly clsd t

civilias, ad vry dar t t m ad wm i uirm. ev t vry mdr rits ad

rituals warrirs av rts tat ca tracd ack udrds r tusads yars.

T traditi sil cmat, r istac, is still aliv i t “rud matcs”

US Army Iatrym. T smtims ltal ai sailrs “crssi t li”

(quatr) i t 1800s as madrd it tlr rms pllyw aus, t

ivlvi Jll-o r cs… ad ar-llid Ci Ptty ocrs.

T w twrk-ctric warrirs t pst-Rumsld ra liv i

a military cultur tat straddls t traditis tw ystrday ad t

tc-savvy warrirs tat ty ar xpctd t cm r tmrrw’s

cficts. T tls tat tday’s warrirs w must us ds tm clsr,

idividually ad cllctivly, tward a trasuma stat. Tis practical

istatiati (sm t rssr lmts ) trasumaism still ru

arud t ldr military midst ad cultur. hw d yu maitai

a strict irarcical cai cmmad i a raiati mvi tward

t valuati a twrkd ts? Lt’s lk at sm ts likly

tspts r citiv dissac, ad csidr tir cts.

InFoRMATIon WoRTh KILLIng FoR

o t mst tly sut ad tradd ci i t .mil cultur is r ad p -classid mtadata

sari. Military mvrs ad sakrs ar ski ad usi irmati ratd y civilia -prts,

crpratis, r vrmt acis t slv prlms lik d distriuti i t Irrawaddy Dlta pst-

naris; rlatisips tw icm ad disas vctrs i Asadaad; r t crati smart rrak

pattrs i SCal. T raliati tat muc missi-sstial irmati as cratd ad pulisd

li, t sard rly, y -military rups, is a prud pit wit srius rvrratis truutmilitary ad allid raiatis. It ris up qustis aut t pssiility pratial irc y

“r ad p” i-sari allis.

but tr is als, vry aturally, a lss ippi-cum- latt, mr arssiv sid t military irmati

maamt. Prsal x-ray dvics r si tru mud walls ad ccrt ukrs, rcd syas ttic

ailitis (lik t navy SeAL w ss dis i t watr y tasti t saltwatr wit is cyrar),

pckt-sid rward try dvics (PFeDs) r crdiati air striks wit iatry russ, twrkd

it-visi mcls, ad tr prs-lvl irmati tls ri tcly it ar-mdimt t

— ad witi — t sldir. Sari tis tactical data is strictly itrat, ad its us is t usually as

uma as t wrk a a trplist i a huma Trrai Tam tryi t ur up t st ru t t ru

a swa ditc.

WooDY eVAnS



SAnCTIoneD ACTIon

Cai cmmad is asd tp-dw irarcis i wic irmati ad

actis ar strictly ctrlld y cmmadrs t cai. I a twrk-ctric

military, irmati mvs muc mr quickly, ad trr actrs lwr t

cai ar t mr irmd (r irmd mr quickly) ta tir suprirs. As

a rsult, rapid actis wit dirct sacti ar t rm. etr “swarmi,”

wic is a alritmic way t dsi actis ad uild-i sacti witut t

cstat ad immdiat prsc cmmad. bria Fril, i is Spri 2002

gvrmt excutiv articl, “hirarcis ad ntwrks,” dscris it as

vry kwi tir j, lik a tall tam — ut t mmt t all

is i t ppsit tam’s ads, vry tam mmr raks ls ad rus tm

t ll dw.

I Alxadr Ktt’s k, battl Citi: t Futur Irmati-

Ric Warar ad t Mid t Cmmadr , Ricard hart Siric, rmr

Dirctr t Army’s Scl Advacd Military Studis, writs aut t

tmpral “cmprssi” tat apps i tday’s amts: attacks “i

mr prcipitatly, traspir mr rapidly, ad trmiat mr aruptly ta ty

av r cturis.” I suc a wrld, datd irmati is dadly. Cmmadrs

must allw umdiatd dcisimaki wry t swarm, praps a squad r

a plat (10 t 50 warrirs r s), stays wit t prscrid duty up t t pit

ty yall t my. T, all at c, ad i sm variati a wll-drilld

crrapy, ty kill t ad at wit t all. Tr’s yur tactical aility.Tr’s yur pst-twrk pack lis.

genDeR, MInD ALTeRATIon, AnD eVeRYThIng eLSe

gays i t military. Lsias i t sipyards. Lsias w usd t m wrki

t ally: yummy stu, cmrads. As t pysical distictis tw m ad

wm rw uy tru tcly ad tciqu, s d t psyclical,

scilical, ad cultural rls m ad wm. bcaus warrir cultur

rlis vry clarly dd dr rls, it will a imprtat trasuma

prvi rud r dr mdicati ad altrati. Military rlatisips ar

vrwlmily aut trust — ad it’s ard r mst t trust atr sailr i yu

ca’t v tll “wat” s / is. I w av t rit t ca ur dr, t tak

tis v urtr, may w av t rit t ca ur mids utracutically

r tically. All tis ps t pssiilitis idtitis ad avirs tat

wuld av traditially s as dicult t maa ad uslss i wartim.

Yu’v t t kw tm t trust tm. It’s ard t kw r trust tm w

ty’r all mrcurial ad pst-idtity. but, i r a py w ar, ad t us r

t tls as t rquisit uilt-i uy-i t t ts tir us. our tls ca

us, ad t sam is tru r t tls tat warrirs us. ntwrks ar cai

cmmad squcs. T widr suit traditial “trasuma” itrsts, lik

irmati tcly, will ca military cultur.

.MIL heADS WITh DeCISIonS To MAKe

It is clar tat tcly is cai ppl — pysically, mtally, ad (mst

prtit r) culturally. W ca’t s wr w ar i, ad t military,

r all its prativ itllic, is drivi rward wil lki i t rar

viw mirrr (t rrw a li rm McLua) lik all t rst us. but wll-

myd militaris (ad urrillas) av a pprtuity ulik ay tr rup

eart t crat uparallld dstructi ad cas. Mst us rw up i

a iilistic-uclar-rakut kid wrld, ad t ida mcaid aut-

xticti is ti w t makid i 2009. Praps it is tru t adpti

ad mutati lmts rm a trasuma wrld tat t military pwrs may

cm smti alttr w ad dirt. T sap wat it cms

will dtrmid y wtr — ad t wat xtt — t d r raid

arssi ad ds xists i a pst-uma wrld.

but t twrk, t tcly, its dplymt, ad its mdimt —

ts all av tir vulrailitis t. I act, ty may attract attack. Accrdi

t Tmas K. Adams, autr T Army Atr nxt: t First Pstidustrial

Army , t “criticality ad vulraility” litwit rlay/trasmissi

vicls mak it “wrt csidral rt” t tak ut ts (t missi-

critical) ds i t twrk. Wtr r t t strts twrks will

cutralac tir mri waksss is a vry i qusti. May w’ll

aswr it r t Siularity, ad i t, w’ll arud t iv a dam

ayway? Imai “trrrism” drippi rm ur strils i t rm lack

— piratd ural ds atally vrru y malwar. evlvi wit t viruss may

cst mr livs ta w’r willi t r up.

As w strts ad waksss dvlp ad stalis spac i t

mids cmmadrs ad tir maris, airm, sailrs, ad sldirs, w twists

ld ways stalisi dmiac ad trust ar likly t dvlp i t

warrir culturs. grud matcs cm guitar hr atdws. Trpd Juic

driki ams t spikd wit hgh. Ad as drs, macis, ad s t

lurrd at t uirm, “crssi t li” rituals tak w dimsis.

T utur t military is i t ads tmrrw’s k-kids playi

Kdic ad Twr Ds ams, swilli tir tauri, ad uri ut wat it

mas t a ma i a wrld em. Ty will t s ui t isid

track as ty spd al t curv tward Siularity. Ty will t twrkd

warrirs w udrstad Al Qada wll u t, ally, ur it cmpltly rm

t ac t eart.

The future of the military is in the

hands of tomorrow’s geek-kidsplaying Kdice and Tower Defense

games, swilling their taurine.





Nanotechnology,for Better or for WorseMike Treder

AI

Feb 2009

bIo enhAnCeD nAno neURo hUMoRFoReVeR YoUng

W K. eric Drxlr ppularid t wrd

‘atcly’ i t 1980s, was

dscrii wat w w call mlcular

mauacturi: uildi macis t scal mlculs,

a w amtrs wid — mtrs, rt arms, ad v

wl cmputrs — ar smallr ta a cll. Drxlr spt

t xt t yars dscrii ad aalyi ts prjctd

advacs, ad rspdi t accusatis tat is idas wr

scic cti.

Mawil, cmists ad itclists wr

dvlpi t aility t uild simpl structurs a

mlcular scal. As atcly cam a accptd

(ad wll-udd) ccpt, t mai t wrd

radd t cmpass ts simplr kids amtr-

scal tclis.

Mst t currt wrk tat carris t lal

‘atcly’ is t atcly i t riial

mai. It is, istad, a st rlatd lds maki us

prprtis uiqu t t ascal, s tat actris ca



Mik Trdr, xcutiv dirctr t Ctr r Rspsil

natcly, is a prssial writr, spakr, ad activist wit a

ackrud i tcly ad cmmuicatis cmpay maamt.

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prduc ars tat ar addd t arics t icras stai-rsistac,

r aparticls tat it csmtics t imprv asrcy, r catis

r lass t kp it clar lr. All ts ar arualy valual, ut

ar spcially rvlutiary.

A usul way t tik aut t dirc tw tday’s

atcly ad tmrrw’s mlcular mauacturi is tat t

rmr uss i macis t mak small prducts, wil t lattr will us

small macis t mak i prducts. Similarly, ascal tclis

ri ly icrmtal advacs i prduct prrmac, wil mlcular

mauacturi will r pwrul w prducts ad spctacular,

rvlutiary ts. o t dwsid, wil ascal tclis ri

ly amiliar risks rlatd t cmical txicity, mlcular mauacturi

will itrduc a wl w class uamiliar prlms. T currt issu

+ is dvtd t “slutis” rd y mri tclis. I’v

titld tis clum “Fr bttr r Fr Wrs” caus r vry xciti

sluti mlcular mauacturi mit dlivr, tr is a qual ad

ppsit ativ call t vrcm.

natcly is smtims rrrd t as a “ral-purps

tcly.” I its advacd rm, it will av siicat impact

almst all idustris ad all aras scity. It will r ttr-uilt,

clar, sar, ad smartr prducts r t m, r cmmuicatis,

r mdici, r trasprtati, ad r idustry i ral.

Lik lctricity r cmputrs r it, atcly will r

ratly imprvd cicy i almst vry act li. but as a ral-

purps tcly, it will dual-us, mai it will av cmmrcial

uss ad als military uss, maki ar mr pwrul waps ad tls

survillac. Tus it rprsts t ly

wdrul ts r umaity, ut als

rav risks. o t psitiv sid, w ca

lk rward t t dvlpmt w

irastructurs r cla, ixpsiv pwr,

wit t mpasis likly t slar ry.

Tday’s slar cllctrs ar t as cit as dsird ad ty

drad ratr quickly, maki t idustry ly marially al

t cmpt cmically. but atmically prcis mauacturi

suld al ar ir rats cvrsi slar ry rm

sulit t lctricity.

May xprts liv tat mlcular mauacturi will

mak accss t utr spac ar asir ad lss xpsiv ta i

t prst day. Prdictis ar tat w suld s t csts

spac accss drp as lw as 10% wat ty ar w, r may

v 1%. buildi lar slar cllctrs i spac rs t prmis

audat lw-cst ry, wil t tcly als ps up

t pssiility r practical ad prductiv mii t astrids.

o curs, tr is t wrry tat suc rady accss t spac may

lad quickly t t sprad a a arms rac it rit. Tat’s

clar xampl atcly’s ttr-wrs dyamic:

will t pi w capailitis i spac lad t audat

sustaial ry r all, r will it divrtd it darus

military cficts?

T sam tcly tat culd prvid trillis dllars

audac als culd trir a vicius scraml t w vryti,

pitti pwrul crpratis ad vrmts aaist atr.

T sam tcly tat culd prvid twrkd cmputrs

r vry i t wrld als culd usd t mak udrds

illis dust-mt-si twrkd camras s vrmts

ar al t watc ur vry mv. T sam tcly tat

culd prvid lisavi mdical rts t tr t ldstram

ad dstry cacrus tumrs, rpair tissu dama, r cla ut

cld artris, als culd usd t prduc millis ts

utracal waps mass dstructi.

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Li is t srt t spd it d dw wit paiul

mmris. Trauma may uild caractr, ut plasur

prims t patways succss, ad mdr umas

spd t muc tim wallwi i trauma ad miimii plasur.Wil ard-itt li stris mak r d litrary mmirs ad

oscar-ait lms, ty ar ardly t matrial w wat r ur w

livs. I advacd scity mas advacd accss t irmati ad

pprtuity, it suld als ma advacd accss t t mmris

ur cic; mmris appiss, plasur, ad succss. Frm

last-ctury’s psyctrapy t tis ctury’s citiv scic,

mmry is lr a mystry t uma cditi, it is a

upradal atur.

Lt’s say yu ar t kid dspical prs — lik a

it ma r a pliticia r a ctractr r blackwatr — w ds

asty tis tat wuld caus ay uma mtial scars. hw

culd yu liv wit yursl witut cmi a scipat? Just

caus yur j dscripti maks yu d rril tis ds’t

ma yu av t liv yur tir li wit t atrscks uilt.

Yu ca asily us a varity cmical ad traputic mas t

st t mmris yur rril past ad rcrat yursl

as a rmal, appy wll-adjustd prs. Tis kid mmrysti is calld “rcslidati,” ad it wrks y taki

advata a prprty t rai tat autmatically rcds

a mmry atr it as csciusly rcalld. Rsarc as

sw tat i a traumatic mmry is csciusly rcalld udr t

ifuc a ta-lcki cmical (lik Prprall), tat sam

mmry will rcslidatd wit ar lss mtial impact ta

t riial mmry. I ctrast, i a mmry is cdd wit i

lvls adrali ad crtisl (t vry sustacs tat ta-

lckrs iiit), tat mmry will cssarily cm traumatic.

by all kw psyciatric masurmts, traumatic mmris stut

t aility t rw mtially ad lar w tis; ty wi

dw t psyc wit mtial aa. I yu culd cmically

dump yur aa i t ctxt a ridly traputic stti,

Jams Kt

AI

Feb 2009

bIo enhAnCeD nAno hUMoRFoReVeR YoUng neURo



wuld’t yu? or wuld yu ratr liv yur

li wit t mtial scars a damad

caractr?

nw lt’s assum yur wl li

as a walki trai wrck ad luck

ad ad mmris rm Day o. Istad

driki yursl t livi (wic ly

tmprarily rass mmry), wy t try a

cmplt mmry makvr? Yu culd start

y slctivly rasi ad mmris usi

rcslidati tciqus i t prsc

a iiitr tat lcks t prti sytsis

rspsil r mmry; tis wuld rsult i

t kid mmry tikri mad amus

i t mvi T etral Susi t

Sptlss Mid . Tis prcss is t as dicult

as yu mit tik; mmry rmati rlis

a cai tic istructis i t

ippcampus prpaatd y t itracti

calcium ad prtis rm t mysi V

(MYo5b) at r ar t ural syaps.

Tis itracti is st i mti y rmal

rspss t stimulus, t immdiat ad

rcalld, ad i a mmry is rcalld wil

t mysi V sytsis is disruptd, tr

s watvr mmry yu try t rcall.

Fad t lack.

but say mmry sti r v

slctiv mmry dlti is’t u r

yu. Lt’s say yu dd a ttal mmry r-

d s yu ca start uildi w mmris

rm scratc. Yu’r i luck, caus tr

is w vidc dmstrati tat all yur

l trm mmry ca wipd ut wit a

sil lcal applicati a prti kias

C (PKC) iiitr, suc as prti kias M

ta (PKMta). W PKMta is applid

t rats tir l-trm assciativ mmris

vais rapidly ad ty xiit all t sis

irrvrsil amsia, wic mas t

prti kias C isrm is sstial t t

prpr maitac l trm mmry

a daily asis; lck it l u ad

yur mmris sptausly vais. Wit

PKMta, yu may al t prmatly

dump yur tir mmry istry i a sil

sssi tat lasts lss ta

a w urs, a itrsti

ti r ts us w

wis w culd start li vr as

sm w.

I yu ar csidri

radical mmry itrvti,

it is always lpul t mak a list t w

mmris yu wat t imprit. ev tu

als mmry impriti is csidrd

a uwatd sid-ct yptrapy

– ladi t may cvlutd uprv

claims sxual aus ad aducti tat

wr “rcvrd” rm tcd yptic

sssis – tis sam tciqu ca usd t

imprit a tirly w st li mmris

t a rcptiv mid. Wil tr is still

ctrvrsy i t psyciatric cmmuity vr

t validity als mmry sydrm, t

mtd r impriti als mmris is wll

udrstd. T imprit a als mmry all yu

av t d is put t sujct i a trac stat

(ypti tm), plat t mmry tru

susti, ad t t t sujct t accpt

ad itrali tat mmry as part tir

larr li stry. W t sujct is rut

ack ut t trac stat, ty will al

t talk aut tir w mmris ad ll i

all t dtails r tmslvs; yu wuld

surprisd w radily t rai ca ll

i mmry aps ad ratiali paradxical

mmris all i t srvic uildi a

mr ully ralid . T mmris d’t

actually d t tru; ty just d t

t s yu wat. Ad d’t wrry i yu

pick a mmry tat yu d’t lik, yu ca

always av it rasd ad start vr rm

scratc latr.With PKMzeta, you may be able

to permanently dump your entire

memory history in a single session

that lasts less than a few hours.

Prprall ad mmryrcslidatittp://cliicaltrials.v/ct2/sw/ nCT00611871

Prti sytsis ad mmryrcslidatittp://www.cll.cm/ur/astract/ S0896-6273(02)01001-2

Mysi V ad mmry rmatittp://www.mi.r/ws/ lrs20081031.tml

Rapid erasur L Trm Mmryttp://www.scicma.r/ci/ ctt/astract/sci;317/5840/951

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Jams Kt is t rmr pulisr

Trip maazi ad ditr

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The oVeReXTenDeDPhenoTYPe:

PeTeR WATTSInTeRVIeW

PAUL MCeneRY

At t sarp d Darwiism, tr’s

ral dirc tw a fu virus ad a

cmputr virus…wit uma csciusss

smwr i t middl t tw. It’s all just

rcmiat irmati, ctaius u t

rprduc ad rust u t s prdatrs.

Ad tat’s wat mari ilist ad SF vlist

Ptr Watts ivs us, a yrid wrld ttacular

rrrs tat tickl t crtx.

I Watts’ wrld, ur cmputrs ar mad ad cs — articial wtwar wit its w

tic ada; t Itrt as dvlvd it

a sti ucscius ull sl-rati

lirms lari t mimic umaity caus...

wy t?; wil ali clis mimic umaity

caus… d wy?; ad umaity mimics vry

iuma mstr it ca tik t surviv: -

ird mi xcutivs, spac vampirs, ad

aus victims cp-sppd it cratur rm t

lack la — caus ty’r t ly s wca tak t prssur.

nt r Watts t clstial datasprs

cyrpuk. Tis is t urltily matrial wrld

ilical prcss, t lpy dpts uruk,

wr t viscra uma rlatisips ar

pard dw t smti ucludd y cscic,

rmrs, r dlusis mrality. Wic may t

u w atur as scd tuts aut t

valu csciusss r DnA itsl.

Watts as kw sic t a six tat was i t a writr ad, wit t rissu

t Ritrs Trily ad t rctly rlasd

blidsit , ’s mrd as t ma t at. Carls

Strss calls blidsit “a tur d rc tat’ll mak

yur ski crawl”; Jrmy Lass ( nit Sad

bks) dscris it as “a pmal xplrati

csciusss, ilical try, mpaty

ad mti…amitius i scp, succssul i

xcuti, ad audacius i implmtati”;

wil Karl Scrdr says it’s “a scki admsmrii prrmac prvcativ ad t

alarmi idas.”

Tis is t dark sid w cutr i Ali ad

Trmiatr — a trilli, trriyi ad ufici

jury t t d it tat ris us ultimatly

t a pit tru p, a plac wr iuity ad

cura crt t mstr utsid ad isid

urslvs, ad t urcy li itsl lads us t

prvail.



h+: From a marine biologist, you might expect a finger-wagging

warning, but instead it ’s more like you’re gleefully excited. End

of the World, Ma!

PeTeR WATTS: Yu’r praps t rst t rmark up m i

“lul” (altu itrstily, trs av assumd I’m sm

kid su tisist asd my dpictis sxual trtur). but

wat xcits m is li ti ack —t pssiility uprisi: avirmt tat puss ack aaist t sl-ritus cacr tat’s

sitti it sic t Idustrial Rvluti; sp pusd past

sm lastic rakpit, siki tir tt it t trats tir

pprssrs.

h+: How much does the world in your books come from your

own life?

PW: Prtty muc all t ut-lvl udrwatr amic was

irmd y my w divi xpric. Tr ar tims w yu’r

aut 60-80 t dw ad t wl ca just suddly s dark

arud yu. T rst ti yur raistm tiks is tat sm i

ucki prdatr as just lckd ut t su, ad t mmt yurll vr yu’r i t s t mstitcd ia ri a trasit

killr wal pi up t it yu i

al.

I st Starfs at a ydrtrmal

vt caus I’d avi drams aut ts placs vr sic

ty wr discvrd i t Svtis. I put armr-yd Li Clark

dw tr caus I was tryi t ur ut a irlrid mi

r s d rsl, asically. It was a simulati mdl itrati

arud rmac wit t sl-dstructiv. Ad ts tw lmts

cam ttr t rm a majr tmatic sutxt t wl trily,wic is: civiliati is uilt t acks its utcasts.

h+: So the traumatized by nature and nurture are the best

men and women for the job of handling the future — which

sounds like a lot of scientists, not to mention science fiction

fans. Honest observa tion or shameless pandering?

PW: Spd u tim i acadmia ad yu s tis tim ad

aai. T wll-adjustd vracivr xists, ut s’s a rar ird;

mst t ppl w warrat t iat rats ar cctric at st

ad cmpltly uckd i t ad at wrst. Ts ar t ppl

w cur t disass, ad ivt t micrwav vs — ad yu

praly wuld’t caut dad iviti ay tm t yur nw

Yars’ partis. Starfs is kid a i-yur-ac mtapr r tat.

Ts ppl ar uckd up i (ad y) t scial virmt

tat sapd tm, wic just apps t av pr-adaptd tm

r t cmpltly dirt virmt tat ty’r w i

a psiti t iait. I just crakd up t dysucti t

lv, ad waitd t s wat wuld app.

but blidsit ds’t psit a crw rjcts ad utcasts;

ty’r a A-Tam at t tp tir rspctiv lds.

W aslis may rard tm as dysuctial caus

w d’t liv i tir civiliati, ut ty d just

i t lat-21st Ctury circls ty mv i. Ty d a lt ttr

ta w wuld. Frm a purly pramatic prspctiv, I cs

tm t illustrat t tm; ac caractr illustrats a aspct

csciusss rlvat t t vrall arumt. but aai, wy

rard tm as vlutiary lid allys? Ts lks ar suprmly

adaptd t tir aitat; t rard tm as lid allys caus ty

wuld’t t li t party i 2009 is a it lik dscrii a sas ill-adaptd caus it ca’t rat air.

h+: You seem to be asking, in Blindsight , if consciousness

itself is a blind alley, and the enemy of humanity, if not life

itself. Is it?

PW: I yu d us as t littl muculi id t ys tat says

I am, t : csciusss is t t my umaity caus

csciusss is umaity. but t aai, tapwrm is i t

aru tat it is a trat t t dy it iaits, ad suld trr

xtrmiatd. blidsit did’t start ut as a radical stad t

maladaptivss csciusss. I’d just spt t ttr part

a dcad musi vr wat csciusss mit d r, adI kpt cmi up lak. Als, t mr I lkd at it, t mr

csciusss smd t cst: it’s a ry mtalically, ad

it’s slw as cstipati. Fially I trw i t twl. Imai my

surpris w paprs startd cmi ut xplicitly ccludi tat

csciusss is just a sid ct t way t rai wrks, wit

adaptiv valu watsvr. nw t ida as rw s maistram

tat last Sptmr’s Discvr maai actually mtid a “smallut rwi” rup w spak ut aaist t maistram paradim

tat w’r all just mis.

h+: Since publication, are there any augments that have

become more likely? Are there any you particularly fancy...or

fear?

PW: T ad css ar prtty muc r alrady; w’v ad

ur culturs rui mdls ad maciry r a w yars w,

ad ty’r aut t start rui cmmrcial pwr rids as wll.

but praps t dvlpmt tat truls m mst is rm my

Ritrs ks. Asluti is a dru yu culd tak tat wuld sut

dw suc rspss as uilt, rmrs, ad rrr — sstial r

ts card wit di trril tis r t ratr d. Ad

w, r i t ral wrld, w av drus r pst-traumatic strss

disrdr — asically ty svr t mmry a rric vt rm

t mtial rsps assciatd wit it — ad s ar as it s, I

supps tat’s a d ti. but w all kw it’s ly a mattr tim

r blackwatr dss its mrcs up wit tis stu r sdi

tm utsid t r , s ty ca u dw civilias wit a

clar cscic. Ad tat scars m.

We baselines may regard them as dysfunctional because we don’t

live in their civilization, but they do just fine in the late-21st Century



I is Ritr’s Trily ad blidsit cycl, Ptr Watts prsts us

wit a cast caractrs strait ut t bi bk Prsality

Disrdrs. Watts ivs us surically implatd “rcvrd mmris”;

psycpats trird y t cmical supprssi cmpassi; a rai

lasrd it sparat vlums t crat multipl prsalitis; ad t

autistic astraut w — avi lst al is rai — is’t v capal

sl-awarss.

Wat w, i t traputic a, rard as dysuctis t

ltmid wit pills ad cvrsati, Watts rvals as psyclical

cds waiti r t virmtal cditis i wic ty’ll triv. S

ar, s typical — w d it i may t pstuma prdictis scic

cti (ad w d it dlicatly itd at y t avir sci- as).

nw tis viral visi t adaptivity patly as scapd t mr

stric sci- las ad is trivi i t ppular maistram i sws lik

hus , Dxtr , ad battlstar galactica.

oK, actually it’s tat way sic t ii t r.

Ca Dyl’s ratst scic cti is’t T Lst Wrld r W

t Wrld Scramd , it’s t Srlck hlms stris. hlms is t

arctyp t crackd dtctiv — iplar, oCD, ad icapal

uma rlatisips. Ulss yu’v t a mystry t slv, ’d ratr

lar w 3000 typs ciar smll dirt.

hus is David Sr’s uprad t hlms myt. nw t

caractr ds’t v car aut t uma dramas murdr ad

lackmail. h ly ts ut d r t tald rs disasd

fs, ad v t ly i it’s a catic cudrum. Wari t

limp La — t vd d idd kwld, imsl

t scrtly cctd t t grk hrms, d mdici

— hus will v put imsl it a cma t dw it t

udrwrld ad cm ack wit a cur. Lik hlms, ’s a

wudd sama itrstd ly i rstri rdr t a

utidy plat.

T sw’s ctral dilmma is tat, wil

all ts arud t mai caractr, Dr. hus,

yar t rstr t scial rdr y maki im

traditially uma, hus is ati-scial, ati-

uma, ad as t stay tat way t prrm

is ucti. T sam is tru Dxtr ,

a rsic scitist wit a sidli i srial

killi. Dxtr suvrts t trps t r. Istad slvi murdrs,

assmls a cas tat will allw im t cmmit .

T sur, Dxtr riidly adrs t is tical cd ly killi

killrs; ut it ils dw t “d’t t caut.” Ad xplicitly wdrs

at is lack ral mpaty r is victim’s victims. eac sris arc prsts

ur Asprrs-y scipat wit t spctr caractr dvlpmt. Will

uckl t t tmptatis umaism (ad try dm t sw)?

or will simply lar w ways t simulat “rmality” ad try

imply tat’s all ay us vr d?

Tat’s als t ctral issu i battlstar galactica. W’r

tld t qusti is: “W’s t uma, ad w’s t psycpatic

Cyl?” W’r i Pilip K. Dick trritry, ut wit rts ratr

ta cmmis udr t d. Ad yt, wit al a sas lt t

, t ay ussi am as t wic ur lad umas

is t Fial Cyl is irrslval caus tr is ral

dirc. T uma mtis ar mcaical ad driv y

cssity; t Cyl mcaics ar t supprssd ailitis

elitmt umaity.

eac ts sws is itsl a lari amaly witi

maistram TV, wr t ali must rdmd

tru caractr dvlpmt it ull umaity.

but hus , Dxtr , ad battlstar galactica

ar Picci rusi t cm a y. Tir

mssa is plai: t umas i t sw ar

ti ut dyi mat. It’s t alis w

kp makid aliv.

t ma ms a mcaca ad d b css;

C mcacs a sssd abs egm ma

pagpcdspa:

House, Dexter & Battlestar Galactica

Paul Mcery

hus: Fx TV

Dxtr: Swtim

battlstar galactica: T Sci Fi Cal







early 1980s, I was sitti i my Wst hllywd apartmt wit

William gis ad a crtai mvi dirctr w ad sm

u i. Mr ta kid u. W wr talki aut

adapti a stry rm buri Crm r tis uy — a stry tat was as

cyrpuk as ayti is — ad my di rcllcti is w rqutly

t dirctr xcusd imsl t t atrm ly t cm ack sifi,

trmli ad talki wit v mr rapid-r malmaia ta r.

bsids adapti t stry, I pitcd im a script, wic was t ratr

ladly calld Macrcip , asd sm ida sssis bill gis ad I

ad, ad tat Ptr Wa (prducr Max hadrm ) ad ptid. Ad

I rmmr tat tis dirctr, w jyd mac psturi, said, “Just as

l as it’s t i ucki alls!”

h did’t us ur script, r t ack t us aut Macrcip , ad

gis’s carr cam stratspric (gis ard it, y dit talt

ad ard wrk). h was s ccupid, say, lpi “Mick ad Kit” wit

tir sta dsi r a majr tur, ad did’t av a lt tim ad…

w vr did ayti ls wit t stry. I t lat 1990s I mad a

it at turi it it a vl, wic I calld black glass , ut y t my

writi ad sidstppd it a kid ura atasy ad I was’t tiki

cyrpuk.

but last yar, ai aut m at t rat wid wrld, I

rmmrd black glass ad was ispird t is it — caus black

glass dramatis tcly as mtapr, a pm cmi clarr

vry day.

nt tat tcly as mtapr is w. gi way ack, tr

was t syml t stam trai cui acrss t plais, litrally

t mdimt idustrialiati impsi its adass stl wls

t atural wrld. I La’s Mtrplis ad Capli’s Mdr Tims ,

macis wr mtaprs r t mcaisms plutcratic rprssi.

but smtims w miss t crllary, tat ral-wrld tcly itsl

is mtapr, quit utsid drama, as muc as tat stam trai was.

Tcly is a iatly dramatic xprssi ur cditi.

Tik ack t w tclis wr impsd us tat passd

lar al t t csumr — w w all a di upaid wrk r

crpratis. Custmr srvic prsl wr rplacd y prrams tat

rquird us t prss 1 i w watd tis, 2 i w watd tat, 7 i w watd

t scram. W w d t wrk as stati mplys, cducti t

my trasacti urslvs, lli ur w taks. Suprmarkts startd

sl-srvic lis wr yu ad a lasr scar d t cckut prs’s

j, ad airlis w mak us cck urslvs t fits at a tuc-scr

throuGh BlACKJ S ramagls Cbk 21s C

I d writ prs. I’m t sur i it’s fcti. I liv

ayti yu ca imai ully is tru.

--Ricard hll, i a lttr t t autr, 2/17/87



GlASS: stati. It ca sm lik w’r srvi t macis at last as muc as

ty’r srvi us.

but it’s t crpratis w’r srvi. All tat tcly is itsl,

mtapr r ur sumissiv rlatisip t t multiatials.

Rctly a ws stry rm Tky fickrd tru itrt ws

pas: A 43-yar-ld Japas pia tacr’s sudd divrc rm r

li usad i a virtual am wrld mad r s ary tat s ld

ad killd is diital prsa, plic said Tursday. T wma as

jaild suspici illally accssi a cmputr…

T lady idtid wit t virtual wrld s truly tat r

li rality ad cm mr ral t r ta t “mat” rality. I

kw: apps vry day. but w vry mtaprical idd…

nw, t udrlyi stry ad prmis black glass was ccivd

i a ra w cyrpuk writi was mr aut t xisttial ptry

scic-cti, mr aut t sr scilical drama tclical

impact, ta aut t pssiilitis tcly r lryi i prdicti.

W tk a stp ack rm it all.

Lat 1970s ad wll itt ‘80s, bill gis, bruc Strli

ad I usd t crrspd. (Usi

pysical “sailmail” lttrs, i ts

days.) Arud t tim nurmacr

was pulisd, I wrt t gis

spculati w usi a wrd

prcssi prram wuld act prs

writi. h wrt ack t m, as always, a maual typwritr:

“I sm’s i t av styl at all, ty’ll rac a pit wr

t rcrdi mdium is ‘traspart’ ayway...My avrsi t t ti is

prtty mild… cmputrs pr s r t sit ut m, all tat tctalk ad

t urius tusiasm t yist…I tik I’ll praly t r

I d t av …I tik a prcssr mit act my styl r a littl

wil…”

Yt ivtd t wrd ‘cyrspac’ a maual typwritr. W

wr’t vry dp it tcly t — w wr dpr it srvati,

ad xpric. Cyrpuk writrs wr ifucd y Jams M. Cai as

wll as Alrd

bstr, ad black

glass rfctd

tat. gis was

typically all aut

“t strt’s uss

r tcly”

ad I was aut

tw-std m ad wm struli wit rprssi i a ar-utur

dystpia. but was tat v rlvat aymr, w I rturd t black

glass i t yar 2007? My ssiility was mr r lss ard-sd

pulp, wit surrally artistic vrts, t way tat puk rck is larly

structurd is lvatd y t ptry dac. Tat’s t vry nal

Stps r Cry Dctrw — uys w prsid t 2007 paradim

t m.

Yt w I lkd arud at t rat wid wrld 2007, I

ud black glass i it. T vl is a uturistic cyrpuk tal aut a

ma mri rm t ur-yardrmacy a spcial pris wr

is mid was sut dw ad is dy

was rdrd t wrk r t stat.

o rlas, tis x-cp, Cadl, ts

mrild i a t wit t

33 crpratis tat ctrl t

wrld, til t ad t crprat

vrlrds ar lidsidd y a uxpctd msis: a ‘midcl’.

Mr prprly: tis is a ‘smlat’ prram — a prram tat sds a

idistiuisal raltim aimati yu t virtual crcs, say,

r taks wcam calls r yu. It kws wat yu’d say ad says it r

yu, ad ’s sur i it’s rally yu r t. but a w ‘multismlat

midcl’ cmpsd crtai pwrul m ad wm, cmid it

prram, drads it a psycpatic prsality tat taks a li

its w...ad i t ackrud strt rls allid wit Cadl prat

a black Stck Markt usi clud cmputi.

T csciusss-suspsi pris is a vius mtapr wit

tcg s a a

damac xss

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21st ctury; ad smlats ar a xtsi t mid-stat tat wma i Tky was i w

s t arrstd. W sit ur ctr idtity it diital rprstatis. W vrlap wit ur

tcly. Ad smtims tat’s a usul acmt — tr tims it ly mais wat’s

wr wit us, as wit ackal -vti macis.

Ad t tr’s tat black Stck Markt—wat’s mr rlvat i t a ailuts? S

black glass was rlvat. I just ad t updat its tc, virmtal ad cultural rrcs ad

rci tat my pulp-ifctd mtapr may at t pp d art, ut it’s vitalid y t

pitd sty its symls. I t updatd black glass , Cadl stalks tru t mrdatly

amd “Autpia,” wr ppl liv i imprvisd structurs cmpsd aadd asli-

i cars. h tiats “Rtw,” a twri saty cmplx ppulatd y rus rm

t rat swamp lal warmi. T strt as its w uss r tis, ad Cadl uss

tcly xclusiv t t ric ad pwrul, a fyi sl-drivi car, t iltrat is my’s

rstrictd skyscrapr cmpud.

It all cam ttr — caus tcly itsl is mtapr, ad w I lk arud at it, I

d tat tcly is spaki t us. Tcly itsl is tlli us stris. oly, yu’v t t

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D a quick gl sarc r “psitiv scic cti vl” ad yu

mit surprisd. It sms tat may tday’s SF autrs liv

w’ll wip urslvs ut wit lal warmi, acial mltdws, r

atr catastrp du jur, r w av a cac t ris av ur

aturs. Ulss yu rac ack t t gld A, yu ar’t i t

rad a lt psitiv wrk aut t trasrmativ pwrs scic.

hr ar a w rct xcptis:

5poSitive SCienCe

Fiction Novels ej W Wag SgaJas Stddard

ACCeLeRAnDo ChARLeS STRoSS

Culd csidrd t “Siularity

bil.” Tis ccptually ds ad

tclically calli vl taks

us tru t ifcti pit t Siularity, t a ar-

utur slar systm tat as cad yd rciti. Lts

u wit mlcular assmlrs, ali crpratis, ad

Matriska rais.

DoWn AnD oUT In

The MAgIC KIngDoM CoRY DoCToRoW

Yu kw a k tat starts wit a

li rrci t “dat dat”

is a a at rid, ad tis lk

at a cultur i wic rputati as rplacd currcy, ad

rjuvati ad dy acmt ar d riuur, ds’tdisappit.

DIAMonD Age

neAL STePhenSon

hw ds a k tat starts wit a tu

tti a skull u qualiy as psitiv?

bcaus it prtrays a scity i t

middl a cvici trasiti t pstscarcity; ralistically

dpicts a altrativ t t ati-stat; ad sws t pwr ducati ad stry i trasrmi ur at.

SPIn RobeRT ChARLeS WILSon

o it, t stars ut. eart is

casd i a slw-tim ul, as t

uivrs utsid russ twards its d,

ly 20 yars away. examii t last 20 yars eart wuld

u r may autrs, ut t ppl Wils’s art

dcid t t tir at y trrarmi Mars, wic is utsid

t ul. Ad t t Martias sw up . . .

A Dpss i t Sky

Vrr Vi

Wat ds a vl st it tusad

yars i t utur av t tll us tday?

I tis cas, quit a lt. I a uivrs

wr t spd lit is rally t limit, w av spacari

uma culturs, livaly dd alis, ad sm its at wr

t ral trasrmatis mit cm.





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tucsts. Tr’s crtaily srta jtpacks i buck Rrs srials

r Jams bd lms. Ad ts w til t ulll ts arautical atasis

d s wit csidral vrlap. (T sam ma w sud r Sa Cry

duri Tudrall’s pr-titl squc als jttd av tusads r t 1984

olympics.) hps r a ardal Mdl-T--t-ack av crusd y

t csidral xpss it taks t mak v t ydr prxid ul, t

say ti maai t uaticipatd sky trac. Mtad as cattd

wit yists w spd tusads tir ard-ard dllars rprduci bll

Aircrat prttyps, ut ds’t av t uts t tll us t trut. T jtpack is

slk-lki ad iviti, ut t vry slsss its dsi cat imprv t

uma cditi. T dram t jtpack is t rcit Witma’s “S Mysl”

i a lly ara.

T druk w warls is way tru Pric’s “Rasprry brt”

may sm at rst t a sad ad dilitati spirit wrki aaist

uma advacmt. but bria Ratry’s D’t Stp blivi’ (Da

Cap, $16.00, 288 pas) lpully tracs sm t scial cditis

tat av draw s may t karak tis sid t Pacic. Crativity ad

mtial sptaity av furisd, ad t mpty rcstra as lld up wit

iddy pprtuitis t s t mr playul sid a uptit rid.Ratry’s vlum is t a sclarly k, ut a lisurly prsal arrativ

tat is v willi t ivstiat t y lms playi id t ilitd

txt. nt ly ds t cwy dwar aturd i gart brks’s “Frids i Lw

Placs” vid prvid a asurdly litral ima r t rvus sir t lau

vr, ut ts lms av Austi Pwrs dirctr Jay Rac is rst j id

t camra. Wil t sssi musicias w prrm accurat istrumtals r

t discs ar prly paid, t karak idustry rmais d r usiss,

mplyi KJs, clu wrs, ad artdrs acrss t ati.

T prap’s ris crtaily trasrmd musical cultur,

dli a sit rm prrmd music t rcrdd music, ut karak

as stumld up a uxpctd way t mak prrmac mattr

aai. T -ky sir w ds t t tru a s ds

t rally sk am r rtu, ut tis as’t prvtd a

w rality TV prducrs rm sullyi tis scial xpric.

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AI bIo enhAnCeD nAno neURoFoReVeR YoUng hUMoR

i' SMArter th m K,

Damm!J Quirk

Tis mri, I lckd my kys i my car.

Tis atr, my wi placd r kys r car sat.

I said, “D’t d tat. Yu mit lck yur kys i yur car.”

S said, “My kys w’t lt tat app. Ty’r itllit.”

Atr I dwladd divrc paprs, I ad t wdr: hw d w kw w

AI is smartr ta us? Tr ar t may ways t masur itllic. by my

wi’s stadard, r kys ar smartr ta m, caus ty ca rmmr wr

ty ar. by my stadard, I’m smartr ta r kys, caus I ca trw tm it

t uss.

“W’s smart w?” I askd t kys.

A, ut my wi still tiks r kys ar smartr, caus s ca prss a

utt ad — vila! — r kys call r lp. A, ut I still tik I am smartr,

caus I ca trw t kys t t r ad — vila! — uck yu, smart-ass

kys.

Itllic ca’t rducd t a IQ umr. Tr ar may dirt kids

itllics. Smtims it’s t a tity’s actis tat mak it itllit, ut

t actis tat tity causs tr itllics t mak.





AI

Feb 2009

bIo enhAnCeD nAno neURoFoReVeR YoUng hUMoR

Ricard Dawkis, i T extdd Ptyp , dscris t

pm wr a i dy ca maipulat a rai isid

atr raism, as i a mal crickt w stridulats is wis ad

cmpls t mal t apprac im, wic is swt; r a rais parasit

tat cmpls t racc t it yu, wic is t s swt. I t mal

crickt’s istac, it may tically cial r r t discr

t st mal musicias. I t racc’s cas, it’s mst ditly t

tically cial r im t pass t rais virus t yu.

Is a rais virus mr itllit ta a racc? It dpds

w yu masur itllic.

Fr istac, my wi put m a ki yctt util I climd

t t r ad rtrivd r kys. I ld ut r svt urs (a

rcrd) t t t laddr ut t ara, pi r sm mak-up

sx. but as I maully add r t kys, I ralid t kys ad rturd

tmslvs t r purs y i mr usul ta a usad’s pis. T

kys wr maipulati m.

nw I’m starti t paic. Csidr t xptial rat ca

i irmati tcly. Wat will xt yar’s smart-kys capal

? Supps my wi mts a pair kys tat rularly irms r

its lis, duls as a dild, rmmrs t put t sat ack dw,

ad maks mr my ta a writr? (I xpct AI will aciv ts

milsts i rvrs rdr.) Wat i it ca last lr ta tr miuts

ad twty-v scds (atr rcrd)? Crist, wat i it’s a d

listr? Tis is wr I start t vadali my w appliacs. Suddly

t smu tc-prrssiv isuciac wit wic I plad t trtai

yu is altri.

Fr tcis, t Siularity is ar. Fr dummis, t Siularity

as alrady surpassd us.

Fuck rliquismt. Attack w. I call r a pr-mptiv strik

aaist AI. Yu’r itr wit us r aaist us. W ca’t wait r t

smki u t a at clud. Tis tim I’m uryi r kys i t

ack yard.

but r’s w I rassur mysl. Sr cmputatial vlum is

t t ly actr cssary r itllic.

Ws smartr? Yu r a rais virus?

T uma rai as mr cmputatial pwr ta a micrscpic

virus. Lt’s say it as aut a ajilli tims mr. S lt’s r AI at sm

pit i t utur w it as aut a ajilli tims mr cmputatial

pwr ta my rai.

S! Will it smartr ta m? Will it utprrm m i wii

my wi’s actis?

It will ly smartr ta m t t xtt tat I am smartr

ta a rais virus. Tis rassurs m.

I ca d all kids stu tat a rais virus ca’t d, ut t rais

virus ds’t iv a sit. T rais virus vlvd t prspr i acstral

virmts lik racc rais. As Rrt Saplsky pits ut, a rais

virus kws mr aut w t maipulat t urilical asis r

arssi ta all t urscitists i t wrld put ttr. I ca d

lts cl sit, ut I ca’t mak a racc it yu. nr ca I tur t

racc’s aility t xpric ar ad pai t acilitat iti.

AI will als d all kids cl stu I w’t kw r car aut.

I vlvd t prspr i a spcic acstral virmt. Lt’s call tat

virmt: tr ppl. My trial, pair-di rai is xquisitly

dsid t ituit tr mtial stats, rad acs, prdict ittis,

ad mitr my rlatisips wit tr ppl.

AI suld aut as d at di tis as all t urscitists

i t wrld ar at maki a racc it yu, r all t tmlists ad

musicias i t wrld ar at sduci a mal crickt.

nw w I imai my rmatic rival — a viratr-acd,

laudry-ldi, t-massai pair car kys — I’m t s itimidatd.

I t it w’t al t mak r lau.

J Quirk is a silic itllic tat as passd t Turi Tst i is ks It’s

nt Yu. I t’s bily.: T Scic Lv, Sx & Rlatisips ad t vl T

Ultimat Rus , t atial stsllrs. h is currtly at wrk a k aut

T Mari Mammal Ctr.

Ss m w ms

a a ks a

ga ms

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as a dd, mmbs

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