Ray Kurzweil

I saw his first TED talk at around Christmas/ New Years time this year online. Some of the stuff I learned from that talk really shaped my understanding of technology evolution as a natural process. I have always understood that technology has a crescendo to reach eventually, but Ray really helps identify what that will be. What the objective is at the other end of this vertical wall of exponential growth we're looking straight up at in history. A wall with a mural of every conceivable possibility painted upon it.

The first thing I'd like to point out is that without TED I wouldn't have learned from Ray as quickly. It is through TED that these terrific ideas finally get mass audience. It's almost like an ad agency for the scholars. I would not have learned about several movers and shakers had it not been for the Technology, Entertainment, Design seminar series. So, firstly, thank you to the minds responsible for TED (and also FORA while I'm at it).

Secondly, I recently acquired a copy of Ray's most recent book. It is full of some of the most amazing predictions I have ever read. This man is painting one of the most amazing pictures in my mind and I plan on using this blog in the future to reflect my own thoughts in contrast to some of his own.

Ray, and his ideas will be featured in an upcoming film called the Transcendent Man, which according to it's IMDB page was released 2 days ago.

Anyway, it's a highly recommended watch/read/surf. Please visit the film's website for more information.