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The Singularity Summit Videos – A Treasure Trove For Futurist Geeks (video)

The Singularity Summit 2011 took place in New York this past October 15th and 16th. Once again the meeting was [...]

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Google This: The Internet Is Changing Our Brains – But So What?

The debate about whether or not computers are making us dumber, largely speculative to this point, has recently gotten a [...]

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The Law Of Futurology

In pretty much all walks of life, humans are prone to making their theories and ideas conform to their own [...]

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Reverse-Engineering The Brain: Kurzweil Defends Ideas In Open Letter

At the most recent Singularity Summit on August 14, 2010 Ray Kurzweil delivered a keynote promoting his thesis on how [...]

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Singularity Summit 2010 – August 14-15 San Francisco

Now coming up on its fifth year, the Singularity Summit is the premier annual gathering for those interested in all [...]

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Singularity University Launches Class of 2010 With Opening Ceremony

Monday evening Singularity Hub was in attendance as Singularity University hosted the opening ceremonies to officially welcome a class of [...]

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New York Times Hearts Singularity, Hub Featured

The Singularity meme gained some huge press this weekend with a piece in the New York Times titled In the [...]

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2010 Humanity+ Summit At Harvard To Feature Kurzweil Keynote

The day is fast approaching when genetic engineering and computational implants will allow humans to become something more than human [...]

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An Insider’s Look At Singularity University

This is a guest post by Shawna Pandya, an alumnus of the inaugural GSP’09 summer session at Singularity University, and [...]

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Igniting a Brain-Computer Interface Revolution – BCI X PRIZE

This is a guest post written by entrepreneur, Singularity University alumnus and teaching fellow Rod Furlan. He is an independent [...]

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Video of Kurzweil’s Latest Talk at Google

It’s appropriate that a man who often talks about the democratizing effects of technology can be seen for free on [...]

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Transcendent Man Wows At Tribeca Film Festival Premier

“Does God exist? Well, I would say, ‘Not yet.” —Ray Kurzweil, Transcendent Man, 2009 It’s not every documentary that predicts [...]

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Hub Exclusive – Interview With Transcendent Man Producer Barry Ptolemy (video)

This week Transcendent Man, a documentary about the life and vision of singularity evangelist Ray Kurzweil, is enjoying its world [...]

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Kurzweil in Rolling Stone – We Have the PDF

As many of our readers may have heard, Rolling Stone recently did a major story on Ray Kurzweil in their [...]

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Trailer For Upcoming Kurzweil Movie On The Singularity: Transcendent Man

Check out this trailer for the upcoming movie showcasing Ray Kurzweil’s ideas about the singularity, called “Transcendent Man“. Our verdict: [...]

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Official Powerpoint from Kurzweil/Diamandis TED Presentation

Today Ray Kurzweil and Peter Diamandis officially unveiled Singularity University to the world during a presentation at the TED conference [...]

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