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Meet Ray Kurzweil, who combines Moore’s Law with nanobots in a faux recipe to cheat death. Please share this episode with your friends and start a conversation.
For an entertaining deep dive into the theme of season five (Phalse Prophets), read the definitive peer-reviewed taxonomic analysis from our very own Jason Bradford, PhD.
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Ray Kurzweil's 2005 book checks in at 672 pages -- it's called The Singularity Is Near: When Humans Transcend Biology.Kurzweil's sequel from 2022 is called The Singularity Is Nearer.Brian O'Keefe, "The smartest (or the nuttiest) futurist on Earth," Fortune, May 2, 2007.David Hochman, "Reinvent Yourself," Playboy, April 19, 2016.Episode of Doug Henning's World of Magic, 1980.Society for CryobiologySingularity UniversitySarah Begley, "The Future of Food: Experts Predict How Our Plates Will Change," Time, October 9, 2014.Alan Thompson, "Dr Ray Kurzweil: 2022-2023 Updates," LifeArchitect.aiEric Brende wrote a book that counteracts some of Kurzweil's absurdities. It's called Better Off: Flipping the Switch on Technology.The Simplicity Collective is a good organization for exploring voluntary simplicity.Support the show
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