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...potted plant. De Koff also became despondent. "I wondered whether [varenicline] was zapping my brain's pleasure-delivery system to such a degree that not only did I find no reward in cigarettes, but I also found no reward in socializing, exercising, writing, or any of my usual self-stimulating tricks," he wrote. De Koff thought about throwing himself in front of a bus or launching his head into his computer...
...twisted little family, which includes his servant Clov (Thomas Derrah) and immobile parents, Nagg (Remo Airaldi) and Nell (Karen MacDonald), who live in ashbins. Unable to move from his wheelchair, Hamm is at once in command of this bizarre family unit and yet powerless to fully control his own self. What ensues is the daily, almost ritualistic routine of these characters, who move towards no perceivable end other than death and are incapable of escape from the misery of their lives. Andromache Chalfant’s beautiful, austere set enhances this sense of powerlessness and inability to break...
...futurologists—foresee a non-biological intelligence explosion, a future in which miraculous technology transforms human lives in manifold ways. This fascinating idea, which deserves careful attention from all well-educated citizens, turns on machines becoming smarter than humans. In such a scenario, the artificial intelligences would recursively self-teach, gaining abilities the designers could not imagine. Irving John Good described this possibility in 1965: “Let an ultraintelligent machine be defined as a machine that can far surpass all the intellectual activities of any man however clever. Since the design of machines is one of these...
...systems in the first place, and incorporating technology in its schools from day one. In a not-so-distant generational quantum leap, literally billions of well-fed, well-read, well-entertained, and well-capitalized young men and women will suddenly enter the matrix of humanity with heightened sense of self-worth. Their contributions will be game-changing...
...even three generations hence, the creative and productive powers of the largest populations will be abruptly unlocked. They will produce legions of scientists, authors, entrepreneurs, and doctors. There will be billions of dignified families, living in dignified homes with running water, armed with the self-esteem and desire that accompanies good health and literacy, mobility, and legal security. The human singularity will bring bangs of creative flowering in heretofore unknown volumes and quality, and the Asian air will be signed with newfound confidence and pride. I dare any technological singularity to match this future in scale of ambition...