Nature, and the natural human condition, generates tremendous suffering. We have the means to overcome that, and we should deploy it.
Ray KurzweilInventing is a lot like surfing: you have to anticipate and catch the wave at just the right moment.
Ray KurzweilSo what used to fit in a building now fits in your pocket, what fits in your pocket now will fit inside a blood cell in 25 years.
Ray KurzweilThose with engineering skills will build tomorrow's genius computers. But those with the ability to create knowledge of any kind will be the ones who are best able to extract great value from them. The way to create value in the age of genius machines will be to compile and disseminate knowledge that other people will find useful.
Ray Kurzweil