Interrupt-Driven

This (70MB Mp3) has been on boingboing some time ago but i’ve only managed recently to have a look at it. It’s is a recording of a speech given by one of my favorit authors Bruce Sterling at the LongNow Foundation.

Bruce talks about the subject of the Singularity. The Singularity is an idea quite popular in sci-fi which describes a point in time at which the speed by which technical progress is made can’t no longer be understood by human intelligence. The origins of this idea go back to von Neuman and Venor Vinge.

The speech showcases the major points of the Singularity and gives them a critical look. Besides the speech is also damn entertaining!