Index to Transbot
Punctuated Technological Change (PTC) occurs when a tipping point happens in various
technologies.
For example,s:
1. Videos are introduced on the web such as the YouTube site. This causes a rapid transition
during which many sites start to use embedded video content. Even newspaper sites now
often use video content.
2. Compact flourescent light bulbs save energy and last longer. There use becomes very
pervasive in a short period of time.
3. White LEDs become sufficiently inexpensive that they then replace the compact fluorescent
bulbs, providing even better efficiencies and even longer life.
Other examples of Punctuated Technological Change are as follows:
Example of punctuated technological change: The iPhone
Brains will be punctuated when humans choose differently
Minimal robot creates discontinuity in production
Automobile Quality
Automobile Accidents
Automobile Pile-up
Implications for humans
Transhumanist Goals Questioned
This is a link to the Transhumanist meeting in Chicago called Transvision 2007:
http://www.acceleratingfuture.com/people-blog/category/events/transvision-2007/page/2/
Donbot
Punctuated equilibrium is a theory in evolutionary biology which states that most sexually
reproducing species experience little change for most of their geological history, and that
when phenotypic evolution does occur, it is localized in rare, rapid events of branching
speciation.
Punctuated Technological Change (PTC) occurs when a tipping point happens in various
technologies.
For example,s:
1. Videos are introduced on the web such as the YouTube site. This causes a rapid transition
during which many sites start to use embedded video content. Even newspaper sites now
often use video content.
2. Compact flourescent light bulbs save energy and last longer. There use becomes very
pervasive in a short period of time.
3. White LEDs become sufficiently inexpensive that they then replace the compact fluorescent
bulbs, providing even better efficiencies and even longer life.
Other examples of Punctuated Technological Change are as follows:
Example of punctuated technological change: The iPhone
Brains will be punctuated when humans choose differently
Minimal robot creates discontinuity in production
Automobile Quality
Automobile Accidents
Automobile Pile-up
Implications for humans
Transhumanist Goals Questioned
This is a link to the Transhumanist meeting in Chicago called Transvision 2007:
http://www.acceleratingfuture.com/people-blog/category/events/transvision-2007/page/2/
Donbot
Punctuated equilibrium is a theory in evolutionary biology which states that most sexually
reproducing species experience little change for most of their geological history, and that
when phenotypic evolution does occur, it is localized in rare, rapid events of branching
speciation.
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