The Singularity is Near: When Humans Transcend Biology in Science and Inquiry

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The Singularity is Near: When Humans Transcend Biology

Ray Kurzweil

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Apr 15, 2011 Tracy Black rated it did not like it

Shelves: didn-t-finish

First I have to admit that I only made it to page 50. If Krurzweil redeems himself later in the book, I guess I'll never know. I was expexting more because so many very intelligent people I know have read it and loved it. He seemed to be cherry picking history to fit his ideas, that technology is advancing exponentialy and has been doing so since the dawn of civilization. I don't agree with this. I know that it is advancing rapidly right now, but it has also done so at other times in the past an ...more

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Jun 22, 2012 Clay rated it liked it

Shelves: non-fiction

Kurzweil is brilliant. The arguments that he puts forth are convincing and titillating. By the end of the book I was convinced that the Singularity could be a real and plausible occurrence in the future; however, I am a bit less optimistic about the time line that Kurzweil lays out.

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1) It is a bit out of date and it would be interesting to see which predictions were fruitful and which were not (the out-dated nature is in no way any fault of Kurzweil - just the nature of ...more

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Jun 14, 2008 Yari rated it it was amazing

Just amazing!
I have never read anything so shockingly convincing before.
This one book surely changed the way I see the world.
If you follow for some time the latest outcomes of the scientific community you can see that every little bit of new research falls exactly on its place along the pattern described by Kurzweil.

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