I argue in this paper that we are on the edge of change comparable to the rise of human life on Earth.

Intelligence is the handmaiden of flexibility and change.

Hexapodia as the key insight...I haven't had a chance to see the famous video from Straumli Realm, except as an evocation. (My only gateway onto the Net is very expensive.) Is it true that humans have six legs?

I have argued above that we cannot prevent the Singularity, that its coming is an inevitable consequence of the humans natural competitiveness and the possibilities inherent in technology.

The heart of manipulation is to empathize without being touched.

Another symptom of progress toward the Singularity: ideas themselves should spread ever faster, and even the most radical will quickly become commonplace.

He claimed that nearby gun thunder cleared the mind - but most everybody else agreed it made you daft.