From: Jeff Schwab <jeff@...>
Date: 2009-04-20T01:10:12+09:00
Subject: Re: Goodbye Ruby - Hello Earth

Phlip wrote:
> Alexey Petrushin wrote:
> 
>> The Singularity will come earlier (~30).
> 
> Thirty years? Note that only 40 years ago, futurists predicted we'd have 
> flying cars, moonbases, and brain transplants by now...

Didn't you get your jet pack? :)

> The closer we get to the upper right, the less valuable each scientific 
> advance becomes. Eventually, a billion dollars of research will not yield a 
> million dollars of profit from new gizmos.

We've got a long, long, long way to go before we get there.