Inventing is a lot like surfing: you have to anticipate and catch the wave at just the right moment.

I'm an inventor. I became interested in long-term trends because an invention has to make sense in the world in which it is finished, not the world in which it is started.

I do have to pick my priorities. Nobody can do everything.

When you talk to a human in 2035, you'll be talking to someone that's a combination of biological and non-biological intelligence.

By 2010 computers will disappear. They'll be so small, they'll be embedded in our clothing, in our environment. Images will be written directly to our retina, providing full-immersion virtual reality, augmented real reality. We'll be interacting with virtual personalities.

Supercomputers will achieve one human brain capacity by 2010, and personal computers will do so by about 2020.

A Singularitarian is someone who understands the Singularity and has reflected on its meaning for his or her own life.