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Welcome to Life: The Singularity, ruined by lawyers

June 25, 2012

A video inspired by Jim Munroe’s Everyone in Silico (the idea of a corporate-sponsored afterlife) and Rudy Rucker’s Postsingular (the horrifying idea of consciousness slums)

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Posted by GamerFromJump on 06/25 at 08:56 AM

The obvious response is not to cancel the Singularity, but to DESTROY ALL LAWYERS!

Posted by Slaweklink on 06/25 at 02:47 PM

Imagine waking up to such a message, if you didn't hear about the Singularity before! Really creepy!

Posted by René Milan on 07/03 at 11:58 AM

No need, gamer, the singularity will obliterate the current breed of lawyer think.

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