Re: Wil McCarthy on Singularity

From: Dani Eder (danielravennest@yahoo.com)
Date: Tue Apr 05 2005 - 07:53:12 MDT


There is a factual error in his article. According to
the US Census Bureau, population growth already has
passed the inflection point. The peak was in the late
1980's:

http://www.census.gov/ipc/www/img/worldpch.gif

>
> <Don't get me wrong; the singularity (or inflection
> point) is a force to be
> reckoned with. We'll hit several of them over the
> next 100 years­in
> population, computing power, ecological resources
> and the explosive growth
> of Third World economies.

 

                
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