Ray Kurzweil talks about "Kurzweil's Law" Friday in SF

Stewart Brand says: "Ray Kurzweil's 'law of accelerating returns' is one of the most sweeping ideas ever, embracing all of human history and technology, all of biological evolution, and possibly the whole cosmic frame.  Fit subject for a Seminar About Long-term Thinking.

"Kurzweil presents compelling, and highly visual, proof of the accuracy of the idea for describing events in the past and present (where "Moore's Law" of accelerating computer technology is the most familiar version of the idea for most people).  In his brand new book, THE SINGULARITY IS NEAR: WHEN HUMANS TRANSCEND BIOLOGY, Kurzweil spells out how hyper-acceleration of technology is likely to play out in the next few decades and beyond.  (He even sets a date for the Singularity: 2045--- when a normal trillion dollars worth of worldwide computer intelligence will be a billion times more powerful than all human intelligence today).

"Ray Kurzweil, 'Kurzweil's Law,' 7pm (doors open), Friday, September 23, Herbst Theater (at San Francisco Civic Center).  The lecture starts promptly at 7:30pm.  Admission is free ($10 donation very welcome, not required).  Kurzweil will sign books after the talk. Link