The Singularity denotes an event that will take place in the material world, the inevitable next step in the evolutionary process that started with biological evolution and has extended through human-directed technological evolution. however, it is precisely in the world of matter and energy that we encounter transcendence, a principal connotation of what people refer to as spirituality.

Sometimes people talk about conflict between humans and machines, and you can see that in a lot of science fiction. But the machines were creating are not some invasion from Mars. We create these tools to expand our own reach.

By the time of the Singularity, there won't be a distinction between humans and technology. This is not because humans will have become what we think of as machines today, but rather machines will have progressed to be like humans and beyond. Technology will be the metaphorical opposable thumb that enables our next step in evolution.

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

Humans feel deeply the suffering of their friends and allies and easily discount/dismiss the comparable experience of their enemies.

The story of evolution unfolds with increasing levels of abstraction.

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