Between the Lines
I've learned a lot over the past 48 hours at Accelerating Change 2005. Yesterday's sessions ran from 8:30 AM until after midnight. I intend to write up what I've learned at the various presentations and panels...eventually. My original plan was to do little mini-write-ups between sessions, but this has prove impractical. The brief intervals between the sessions turns out to be more packed even than the sessions themselves. They provide the opportunity to discuss the ideas we're hearing amongst ourselves. And frankly, I couldn't resist the opportunity spend a few minutes talking with the likes of:
Methuselah Mouse Prize co-founder Dave Gobel, who can introduce more interesting new ideas into a single conversation than most people come up with in a lifetime.
Singularity Institute for Artificial Intelligence leaders Tyler Emerson, Michael Anissimov, and Eliezer Yudkowsky, who continue to challenge me on the subject of the risks that the Singularity potentially represents.
Foresight Nanotech Institute Chair of the Board Christine Peterson, whose long-anticipated interview we will be publishing over the next week or so, along with an update on what's happening with the Institute now.
Futurist George Gilder, founder and editor of the influential Gilder Technology Report and driving force behind the annual Telecosm conference.
Ray Kurzweil, who has suggested that we interview our old friend Ramona on FastForward Radio...great idea!
Peter Bishop, Chair and Professor, Studies of the Future MS Program, University of Houston, and Tom Malone, author and Professor of Management at the MIT Sloan School of Management, both of whom have me seriously thinking about going back to school.
And, of course:
ASF founder John Smart, who puts on one heck of a conference.
More later.