Michael Nielsen: Vinge's 1993 "opaque wall across the future" is now being felt by more people
eigenhector · x · 2026-10-10
A retweet chain quoting Michael Nielsen: the "opaque wall across the future" that Vernor Vinge described in his 1993 Singularity essay — the inability to clearly imagine a post-acceleration future — is now being felt by more and more people. Shared as a prescient observation.
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