whoa....
I'm reading a book about how technology will change humanity over the next couple of decades. What boggles my mind is how he explains how fast things will change.
It goes something like this; say from 1970 to 1980 things changed. Ten years worth.
Then from 1980 to 1990, things changed but faster. We crammed 13 years worth technological evolution into those ten actual years.
From 1990 to 2000, we crammed 18 years worth of change.
From 2000 to today, we went through 20 years worth. See where this is going?
Things will now be changing even faster.
From today through 2010 we'll go through maybe 40-plus years of technological evolution. By the end of this century, the human race will pass through 20,000 years worth of technological changes.
I'm not even 10 pages into it....but so far, whoa.
The Singularity Is Near by Ray Kurzweil
It goes something like this; say from 1970 to 1980 things changed. Ten years worth.
Then from 1980 to 1990, things changed but faster. We crammed 13 years worth technological evolution into those ten actual years.
From 1990 to 2000, we crammed 18 years worth of change.
From 2000 to today, we went through 20 years worth. See where this is going?
Things will now be changing even faster.
From today through 2010 we'll go through maybe 40-plus years of technological evolution. By the end of this century, the human race will pass through 20,000 years worth of technological changes.
I'm not even 10 pages into it....but so far, whoa.
The Singularity Is Near by Ray Kurzweil
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