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A Gentle Introduction To The Near Future

Whether they're calling it radical evolution, transhumanisim, or the singularity, things are moving faster in biotechnology than most people imagine. Here's a gentle introduction in Popular Mechanics. Note that only half the stuff is speculative, while half is real and actually happening at this moment.

(Thanks Jerry.)

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John_B (mail) (www):
Dean, let me recommend What We Believe but Cannot Prove : Today's Leading Thinkers on Science in the Age of Certainty.

This collection of essays is, at the very, very least, thought-provoking and right up your alley!

It ranges from evolution to AI with a lot in between.
5.7.2006 11:49am
jody (mail) (www):
I think I'm going to have to get a subscription to Popular Science. From 9/11 to Katrina to biofuels to this. All well-researched articles nicely synthesized and neatly presented for mass consumption.
5.7.2006 3:34pm
Tom Grey (mail) (www):
As we move towards Computer Aided Telepathy, I'll feel more vindicated. (With computer aided telepathic eavesdropping!)

But I'm waiting and waiting for good multi-voice Voice to Text (and to have it used on "podcasts" so I cut to the interesting parts).
5.7.2006 6:11pm
Ronald Coleman (mail) (www):
I'm waiting for a Microsoft OS that doesn't crash.
5.7.2006 10:11pm