Last week I did a brief hit and run on the concept of the Singularity. Today I’d like to raise awareness of one of the taproots of Extropian thought — specifically, the origins of modern singularitarian thinking in the writings of the 19th century Russian Orthodox teacher and librarian, Nikolai Fyodorov (or Federov).
I’m not sure if the point is really anything more than guilt-by-association, because he doesn’t really make a complete argument for anything in particular.
[LINK] Charlie Stross: Federov’s Rapture
Federov’s Rapture at Charlie’s Diary
This is a follow-up to his article on Singularitarianism last week, which was also discussed here.
His own introduction:
I’m not sure if the point is really anything more than guilt-by-association, because he doesn’t really make a complete argument for anything in particular.