Ray Kurzweil on NPR
Ray Kurzweil was interviewed on Talk of the Nation, which aired December 23, 2005. The 30 minute interview discusses the Singularity and the exponential growth of information technology.
Ray began thinking about these trends as an inventor. He wanted to make sure that his inventions would be useful by the time they were invented, produced and sold.
The more I think about this stuff, the more convinced I become. Change is accelerating at such a pace that it makes it difficult to plan for the future. For example, if the Singularity occurrs in 25 years, why should I save for retirement? The world will be a dramatically different place which, by definition, is impossible to imagine.
It will be the end of the world as we know it.
If anything, it inspires one to “never put off till tomorrow what can be done today.”
