A 25-Year-Old Bet Comes Due: Has Tech Destroyed Society?

Tue, 12 Jan 2021 05:25:45 +1100

Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>

Andrew Pam
<https://www.wired.com/story/a-25-year-old-bet-comes-due-has-tech-destroyed-society/>

"In 1995, a WIRED cofounder challenged a Luddite-loving doomsayer to a
prescient wager on tech and civilization’s fate. Now their judge weighs in."

Via Jim Douglas, who wrote "I dunno, man. Looks like a photo finish to
me, and the next 25 years aren’t looking like a safe bet."

Cheers,
        *** Xanni ***x
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net               Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/                 Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/            Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/               Manager, Serious Cybernetics

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