Congratulations to Lightman. He sounds perfect for H +.

I agree with almost everything he says, which is in of itself quite amazing.

I’d tweak the bit about creating a religion by changing that into creating a foundation dedicated solely to fundraising and disbursing funds to individuals and companies who come up with the wild and crazy ideas that may help us get to the Singularity.

Each organization existing now does its own fundraising, but having a “Catholic Church” kind of powerhouse fundraiser would be a true boon to Singulatarians.

BTW, his idea about human technology creating God has been done a number of times quite well in science fiction, (The Final Question) and in science books, (The Anthropic Cosmological Principle).

All in all, loved it.