To put it another way: this is all about the symptoms of "accelerating technological change," and almost nothing about the consequences.
If the symptoms represent the change itself, and the consequences are the result of the change, there is one further crucial part to the process; that's the cause of the change. The value of studying the before, as well as the during and after, of the impending dramatic change, is that we can see the places that are ripe and free to change, and the things that we expect will hold out even in a brave new world.
Cascio's' suggested study tracks - especially 4 through 10 - allow for considerations of the future which are grounded in the past and present - and so available to be pursued fruitfully now, without depending on scientific speculation. In serious consideration of the singularity, the arrival of the technologies is a given, whatever form they might take. The points to contemplate, and the things to prepare for, are the aspects of life that will be impacted, and the ways they are prone to change.
The SU's proposed tracks look very uninspiring from that point of view.
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If the symptoms represent the change itself, and the consequences are the result of the change, there is one further crucial part to the process; that's the cause of the change. The value of studying the before, as well as the during and after, of the impending dramatic change, is that we can see the places that are ripe and free to change, and the things that we expect will hold out even in a brave new world.
Cascio's' suggested study tracks - especially 4 through 10 - allow for considerations of the future which are grounded in the past and present - and so available to be pursued fruitfully now, without depending on scientific speculation. In serious consideration of the singularity, the arrival of the technologies is a given, whatever form they might take. The points to contemplate, and the things to prepare for, are the aspects of life that will be impacted, and the ways they are prone to change.
The SU's proposed tracks look very uninspiring from that point of view.