Ultimate Constraint and the Probability of Singularity

01/09/2015
Ultimate Constraint and the Probability of Singularity

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Episode Synopsis

There is a hypothesis by Theodore Modis, (1943-Living), that we can expect the rate of technological progress to begin slowing soon, because contrary to Ray Kurzweil (1948-Living), and ilk, technological progress is not exponential, it is logistical. It is Malthusian growth – named for Thomas Robert Malthus (1766-1834) – whose essay, An Essay on the […]

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