Another example of this super-exponential growth is the rate of increase of computer power. There is a dictum called Moore’s law, which states that computers double in power every 18 months. With such an increase, computers are powerful but never hit a singularity. But others have suggested that just as the time it takes for the population to double seems to be getting shorter, the same applies to technology. The possibility of a technological singularity has given rise to something called the Singularity movement. Popularized by inventor and futurist Ray Kurzweil in his book The Singularity
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