Comments on: Singularity of Great Britishness http://kybernetikos.com/2007/03/09/singularity-of-great-britishness/ Sat, 22 Nov 2008 03:47:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 by: zosima http://kybernetikos.com/2007/03/09/singularity-of-great-britishness/#comment-467 Mon, 26 Mar 2007 13:44:55 +0000 http://kybernetikos.com/2007/03/09/singularity-of-great-britishness/#comment-467 A lot of things are growing exponentially these days, most specifically population. It's difficult to disambiguate the more interesting network causes that are driving informational change and the more trivial resource causes driving informational change. In either case, like Moore's Law or Malthusian growth it often turns out we are looking at the first half of a sigmoid not a true exponential growth curve. If we are going to believe otherwise we need a good reason to think so. A lot of things are growing exponentially these days, most specifically population. It’s difficult to disambiguate the more interesting network causes that are driving informational change and the more trivial resource causes driving informational change.

In either case, like Moore’s Law or Malthusian growth it often turns out we are looking at the first half of a sigmoid not a true exponential growth curve. If we are going to believe otherwise we need a good reason to think so.

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