false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171046144m/83518.jpg 83518 5 <b>A radical and optimistic view of the future course of human development by "the best person I know at predicting the future of artificial intelligence" (Bill Gates).</b> At the onset of the twenty-first century, humanity stands on the verge of the most transforming and thrilling period in its history. It will be an era in which the very nature of what it means to be human will be both enriched and challenged as our species breaks the shackles of its genetic legacy and achieves inconceivable heights of intelligence, material progress, and longevity. While the social and philosophical ramifications of these changes will be profound, and the threats they pose considerable, celebrated futurist Ray Kurzweil presents a view of the coming age that is both a dramatic culmination of centuries of technological ingenuity and a genuinely inspiring vision of our ultimate destiny. 1080 2005 The Singularity Is Near: When Humans Transcend Biology total:618|5:200|4:215|3:157|2:29|1:17| 618 2406 1371 148 1 11 false false Wed Jan 21 17:39:18 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 02 03:28:40 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 21 17:39:18 -0800 2009
(If you loved "Future Shock", and "The Celestine Prophecy" changed your life, this is the book for you)

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His definition of singularity is: a future period during which the pace of ...more...]]> 0 0 false false Thu Feb 05 09:39:07 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 05 09:39:07 -0800 2009 Kurzweil is one of the world's most respected thinkers and entrepreneurs. Yet the thesis he posits in Singularity is so singular that many readers will be astounded__and perhaps skeptical. Think Blade Runner or Being John Malkovich magnified trillion-fold. Even if one were to embrace his techno-opti...

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1) Kurzweil is loony
2) Kurzweil is visionary
3) Kurzweil is smart, bu...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Mon Aug 11 20:29:45 -0700 2008 Tue Feb 17 10:16:20 -0800 2009 -singularity: merger between biological thinking/existence and our technology
-the rate of change itself is accelerating
-the most advanced mammals have added 1 cubic inch of brain matter every 100,000 years whereas the computational capacity of computers doubles every year (b...more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Jul 26 11:57:08 -0700 2008 Sat Jul 26 12:08:11 -0700 2008 Ray Kurzweil hits his point home through and through. Which is: technology is developing at an exponential pace, and that the "singularity," representing the point in time when that pace hits the "knee" of the exponential c...more...]]> 4 0 false true Sat Nov 18 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Sat Mar 01 21:57:32 -0800 2008 Sat Mar 01 21:58:51 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Feb 17 11:05:05 -0800 2008 Wed Mar 05 17:12:47 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 0 true false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Feb 03 08:35:22 -0800 2008 Sun Feb 03 08:57:39 -0800 2008 ...more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=83518