Jan 08, 2010 11:45
The Singularity is not shiny happy wish fulfillment, it is the coming wave which you can either surf or be drowned by.
A lot of people are going to be drowned, a lot of people will refuse to adapt, and we will think of them the same way we think of rednecks or other non-technological rural folks. Depending on society's willingness to build boats and surfboards (as opposed to denying the coming wave) a lot more people may be overwhelmed.