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Its good to see Singularity getting more mainstream coverage. I think Singularity is inevitable, but I don't agree with Kurzweil's timeline or the fact that he is the face of Singularity. I understand that he wants to live forever but that doesn't mean he has to sell over-optimistic theories.

Maybe people who takes his over-optimistic predictions seriously will work harder to drive innovation?

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That's probably why Kurzweil's son mentioned he is "less-weird" these days. Just imagine being mocked for evangelizing futurists ideas that were thought impossible are now surfacing into mainstream science. Of course, acquiring a vast amount of knowledge from this Singularity training is absolutely rich. It is only up to you whether or not you want to take the next step of tapping and developing untapped technologies - even if society likes it or not.

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