Around the Web – January 18th, 2011

Yes, The Singularity is the Biggest Threat to Humanity. Imitation and Social Cognition in Humans and Chimpanzees (I): Imitation, Overimitation, and Conformity. Doesn't fall into the trap of either/or, where chimpanzees are qualitatively different from humans in too stark of a manner, or simply quantitatively different in an implausible fashion. Emulation, Simulation, and the Human Brain. Tim B Lee is skeptical of whole brain emulation. Borderless Economy, Jobless Prosperity. The real issue is whether the nation-state matters in any deep way as anything more than an organizational convenience and semantic convention. I would say it does. Many globalists would disagree. The Chicken, The Egg, The Media and Sarah Palin. Sarah Palin is magnetic. Buying Blind: Steve Jobs isn't saying why he's taking a medical leave. Is that fair to Apple investors? Looks like there's a lot of squishiness about what does, and doesn't, need to be disclosed. But if Apple ...