http://www.metafilter.com/tags/JohnShirley Posts tagged with 'JohnShirley' at MetaFilter. Thu, 01 Dec 2011 03:36:37 -0800 Thu, 01 Dec 2011 03:36:37 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/109954/Two%2Dnot%2Done%2Dsingularities With everything rolling towards the abyss, our only hope for a bright future seems to be the <a href="http://www.aleph.se/Trans/Global/Singularity/">Singularity</a>, <a href="http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,2048138,00.html">a technological transformation of what it means to be human</a>. But in a talk for TEDx Brussels, science fiction and horror writer John Shirley argues that there are really two Singularities — and yes, everything will be terrible in the short term. So why is he optimistic about the future of the human race? <a href="http://io9.com/5863186/the-next-50-years-why-im-optimistic-because-everything-will-be-terrible">Read on.</a> tag:metafilter.com,2011:site.109954 Thu, 01 Dec 2011 03:36:37 -0800 futurtalk io9 johnshirley scifi singularity ted Brandon Blatcher http://www.metafilter.com/84038/Hacking%2Dthe%2DGibson <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/bn-review/note.asp?note=24038011&amp;cds2Pid=22560&amp;linkid=1445995">Aging Chrome: Cyberpunks in 2009</a> tag:metafilter.com,2009:site.84038 Tue, 11 Aug 2009 06:38:42 -0800 BruceSterling cyberpunk JohnShirley Neuromancer PaulDeFilippo RudyRucker Sciencefiction WilliamGibson writing Artw