Kurzweil does it again

9th Engineer · 09-07-2006, 12:14 PM

Has anyone read Kurzweil's latest book The Singularity is Near? I haven't finished it yet but it's a great read so far. It helps to have read his other book The Age of Spiritual Machines because he does assume a bit of background knowledge on the part of the reader, but it's not hard to pick up if you haven't.

Flint · 09-07-2006, 12:17 PM

Somebody told me he is the same Kurzweil as the Kurzweil synthesizers.

9th Engineer · 09-07-2006, 12:23 PM

Yup

Look up his bio, simply amazing.

Flint · 08-18-2010, 10:38 PM

Don't know what ever happened to 9th engineer, but I've recently read Kurzweil's The Age of Spiritual Machines. (4 years later)

09-07-2006, 12:14 PM	#1
9th Engineer Bioengineer and aspiring lawer Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Pittsburgh Posts: 872	Kurzweil does it again Has anyone read Kurzweil's latest book The Singularity is Near? I haven't finished it yet but it's a great read so far. It helps to have read his other book The Age of Spiritual Machines because he does assume a bit of background knowledge on the part of the reader, but it's not hard to pick up if you haven't. __________________ The most valuable renewable resource is stupidity.

09-07-2006, 12:17 PM	#2
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	Somebody told me he is the same Kurzweil as the Kurzweil synthesizers. __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

09-07-2006, 12:23 PM	#3
9th Engineer Bioengineer and aspiring lawer Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Pittsburgh Posts: 872	Yup Look up his bio, simply amazing. __________________ The most valuable renewable resource is stupidity.

08-18-2010, 10:38 PM	#4
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	Don't know what ever happened to 9th engineer, but I've recently read Kurzweil's The Age of Spiritual Machines. (4 years later) __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

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