<div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px;">Hi all<br _moz_dirty="" />I interviewed Rudy for Digimag a few years ago, also talking about Post-Singular (http://www.digicult.it/digimag/article.asp?id=1204).<br _moz_dirty="" />Generally speaking, I think that Rudy's approach often includes amazing ideas related to open and p2p (i.e. the idea of a global network made by nano-particles that interfere directly with the brain); his main core, anyway, is always an extremely psichedelic approach to life and spirituality.<br _moz_dirty="" />So, nothing particularly strong from the scientific or philosophical point of view, but a lot of great insights and visions.<br _moz_dirty="" />Ciao<br _moz_dirty="" />Bertram<br _moz_dirty="" /><br /><br /><span>Il 26/01/11, <b class="name">Michel Bauwens </b> &lt;michelsub2004@gmail.com&gt; ha scritto:</span><blockquote cite="mid:AANLkTikK=9Sur75jiNwnxNHRuvZZL=HBjNQ2YEVQbOmg@mail.gmail.com" class="iwcQuote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 255); padding-left: 13px; margin-left: 0pt;" type="cite"><div class="mimepart text html">ok, I prefer Vernor Vinge in that post-singularity style,<br /><br />Michel<br /><br /><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 11:35 AM, Kevin Carson <span dir="ltr">&lt;free.market.anticapitalist@gmail.com &lt;free.market.anticapitalist@gmail.com&gt;&gt;</span> wrote:<br />
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;"><div class="im">On 1/22/11, Michel Bauwens &lt;michelsub2004@gmail.com &lt;michelsub2004@gmail.com&gt;&gt; wrote:<br />

&gt; Hi Kevin,<br />
&gt;<br />
&gt; just wondering if you are familiar with rudy rucker's latest books, like<br />
&gt; hylozoic and whether they are pertinent to p2p concerns?<br />
&gt;<br />
&gt; <a href="http://thecommandline.net/2010/10/27/rudy_rucker/" target="_blank">http://thecommandline.net/2010/10/27/rudy_rucker/</a><br />
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</div>This is the first I've heard of them. �Sounds like a bit of a stretch<br />
to me, based on the desc-ription at Amazon. �Seems to be focused mostly<br />
on the psychological/spiritual end of things.<br />
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--<br />
Kevin Carson<br />
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