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“Miraculous.” – Michele Vivona, Chief Operating Officer, Lexis/Nexis; on the results of a phone consult with Mark Anderson.

 

“Mark Anderson is one of the six smartest guys in the world.” – Michael Pfeffer, Partner, Kolahala Ventures.

 

 

FiReGlobal : West Coast – premieres

October 15, 2009, in Seattle

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[We are seeking FiReStar companies for FiReGlobal : West Coast – companies that are making a positive impact on the world, and which need and deserve notice. Tesla Motors, CytomX Therapeutics, and InTouch Health are among the early winners in this category. – mra.]

 

SNS Annual Predictions Dinner in NYC

          Save the Date! December 10, 2009

                        Waldorf=Astoria

 

Future in Review 2010:

The 8th annual FiRe conference, May 11-14,

at the Terranea Resort, Palos Verdes

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» The Cost of Complexity

 

It’s a complicated world out there.

 

SNS Member Vernor Vinge said it in 1983, when he first voiced concern over whether the invention of a super-human intelligence would lead to “the post-human era.” Bill Joy and many others picked up the theme, and eventually Ray Kurzweil wrote a book about it, now encapsulated in the new “Singularity University.”