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- New
York Times Best Seller
- AMAZON:
#1 book in science, philosophy, technology, and evolution
- NY
Times: 13th most blogged
about book of 2005
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AMAZON:
#6 on Editor's Picks: Best Science Books of 2005
- AMAZON:
Fourth best selling science book in 2005 (book was
published in fourth quarter)
- St.
Louis Dispatch - Best Non Fiction
Books of 2005
- CBS
News:
One of the Best of the New Fall Books
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Book
Reviews |
Articles |
blogs.ZDNET
"Nanotech and immortality"
Posted by John Carroll, 3:22 pm. 08-29-06 |
| Skeptical
Inquirer
"Evolution's Radical Future,"by James N. Gardner.
Vol.30, #4 July/August 2006 |
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Nature
(2.3 MB pdf)
"When computers take over," by Paul Davies.
Vol 437 / 440 / 23 March 2006 |
The
Paramus Post
"Author sees a future where biology and technology
unite," by Sandi Dolbee. Sunday, March 12 2006 |
Victoria
News
"Singularitarians in the City of Gardens"
by Keith Norbury.Feb 03 2006 |
SciScoop
Review of Kurzweil: The Singularity is Near, Fri Feb
03, 2006 |
Kevin
Kelly Cool
Tools -"The Singularity is Near Accelerating into
utopia."January 18, 2006 |
useless-knowledge.com
Ray Kurzweil: The Next Stage Of Evolution And Human
Destiny, by Steve Dayton. Jan. 6, 2006 |
Summation:
Book: The Singularity is Near, by Auren Hoffman. Jan
06, 2006 |
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The
Oregonian "Singularly Frightening
Future?" Sunday, by James N.Gardner. January 01,
2006
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Observations
( 64 MB pdf)-
This Is Your Brain on Nanobots, by Kevin Shapiro |
UXCentric,
"Virtual UX" Tuesday, November 29, 2005 posted
by Dave Rogers at 3:03 PM
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ThePodcastNetwork.com
G’Day World "“On The Pod” #57
- Ray Kurzweil," November 3rd, 2005 by Cameron
Reilly
Click here
for podcasts.10.25.05 @07:00 |
| neurodudes.com
(blog link)
"Review: Kurzweil’s The Singularity is Near"
Posted on Sunday, October 30th, 2005 at 8:39 pm |
| Baltimore
Sun (PDF 372
MB) "The Future" by Larry Williams.
October 9 2005 |
Fourmilog:
None Dare Call It Reason
"Reading List: The Singularity Is Near," John
Walker's Fourmilab Change Log. Friday, October 21, 2005 |
| Gilder
Technology Report "This Month's Featured Book" |
| CSS
Weblog "Ray Kurzweil
interviewed - The Singularity is Near." Posted Sep
30, 2005, 8:58 AM ET by Marc Orchant. |
| NanoApex.com
"How Near is the Singularity?" by Arya,
September 26, 2005 @ 16:11:29 PDT. |
| New
York Times:
"Will the Future Be a Trillion Times Better?,"
by Janet Maslin, published 10/3/2005. |
| San
Francisco Chronicle: "2 way-out views of technology's
role in shaping the future," by Tom Abate, published
10/3/2005. |
| Wired
News : "Merge With the Machine -- In 2020,"
by Mark Baard, published 10/3/2005. |
| Slashdot:
"Ray Kurzweil's "The Singularity is Near,"
published 10/3/2005. |
| Boston
Globe: "Which way will technology
take us?," by Anthony Doerr, published 10/2/2005.
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| Asheville
Citizen-Times: "Welcome to the machine,"
by Jim Buchanan, published 10/2/2005. |
| Wall
Street Journal: "Here It Comes,"
by Glenn Harlan Reynolds, published 10/1/2005. |
| CNET:
"Ray Kurzweil deciphers a brave new world,"
by By Declan McCullagh, published 9/29/2005. |
| San
Jose Mercury News: "Visionary sees future when
humans, tech converge," by Mike Langberg, published
9/25/05. |
| Boston
Sunday Globe: "The Age of Ray Kurzweil,"
by Drake Bennett, published 9/25/05. |
| InstaPundit:
"Ray Kurzweil: The Instapundit
Interview," by Glenn Reynolds, published 9/02/05.
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| Marginal
Revolution: "Is
the Singularity Near?" by Tyler Cowen, published
9/21/05. |
| New
Media Musings: "Review of Ray Kurzweil's 'The
Singularity is Near'" by JD Lasica,
Published 09/17/05 |
| Tech
Central Station: "The Singularity Sensation"
by James D. Miller, Published 08/15/2005 |
| BusinessWeek
online: "Ray Kurzweil's New Book" by Olga
Kharif, published June 21st, 2005.
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| Kirkus
Reviews: |
| Publisher’s
Weekly: |
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Reason
Online "Would
you give up your immortality to ensure the success of
a ...,"
by
Ronald Bailey July 27, 2007
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| Oprah
Magazine, (387
KB pdf) "Six
Beautiful Minds," by Thea Singer. June 2007 |
Sound
on Sound (1
MB pdf) "The
Synth Designer Who
Wants To Live Forever" by Gordon Reid, June 2007 |
| Fortune
Magazine "The
Smartest (or Nuttiest) Futurist on Earth" by Brian
O'Keefe. May 14, 2007 (See
page 60) |
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CRN
"Kurzweil: Biotech Will Drive Software Security"
by Kevin McLaughlin. Thu. Feb. 08, 2007 |
| The
BBC Horizon (~48
minute movie) "Human Version 2.0.”
Originally aired Jan. 9, 2007. |
| The
Nation "2006: a vintage year for ideas that will
change the world" by Will Hutton. 12-26-06 |
| New
York Times (77
KB pdf) "A Smarter Computer to Pick
Stocks" by Charles Duhigg. November 24, 2006 |
HPCwire
"Ray Kurzweil Dazzles Crowd at SC06,"
by Helen Thomson. Nov 25th '06 |
Information
Week " Kurzweil: Computers Will Enable People
To Live Forever," by Sharon Gaudin. Nov 21, 2006 |
| EETimes.com
"Kurzweil: Computers will enable people to live forever,"
Sharon Gaudin. (11/21/2006 10:36 AM EST) |
The
video of Ray's three hour Book TV "In Depth"
interview is now available on the web:
Book TV CSPAN2
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to view video (RealPlayer) |
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| HPC
Wire
From the Editor "The SC-ingularity is Near"
by Michael Feldman. 11-10-06 |
| Wisconsin
Public Radio "Humanity: A Work in Progress,"
10-1-06 |
| Popular
Science, "The Future of Robots," by Ray
Kurzweil. September 2006 Issue. |
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| PopSci
Podcasts
(6MB mp3)"Episode
15: The Future of Robots" 09-22-06 |
| Scientific
American
(89 KB pdf)
"Reprogramming Biology -Tinkering
with our genetic programs will extend longevity"
by Ray Kurzweil. July issue 2006 |
ScientificAmerican.com
"Reprogramming
Biology -
Tinkering with our genetic programs will extend longevity"
by Ray Kurzweil. June 06, 2006 |
| Playboy
Magazine (2
MB pdf) "The New Human - The next twenty years
will change our idea of what it means to be human"
an interview with Ray Kurzweil. July 2006 Issue |
| CNN.com
"Heaven or hell? How will technology shape our future?"
Monday, June 12, 2006 |
| CNN
Money.com
"No aging, robot cars - and radical business plans,"
by Chris Taylor. May 25, 2006 |
| The
Stanfor Daily
"Futurist sees world changed by technology,"
by Katherine Cox |
| The
Age "All change for immutable laws" May
16, 2006 |
| San
Francisco Chronicle
"Smarter than thou? Stanford conference ponders a
brave new world with machines more powerful than their
creators," by Tom Abate. Friday, 5.12.06 |
| Science
& Theology News
"Trends hint at a golden era of nanotechnology,"
by Ray Kurzweil. May 11, 2006 |
| Los
Angeles Times
"Futurist Sees Machines, Humans Merging in 2045"
by James Harkin. April 16, 2006 |
| Bio-IT
World.com
"Kurzweil: Life Is the Fast Lane" by John Russell.
Wed, 12 Apr 2006 3:40 AM PDT |
| Wired
News
"Getting Evolution up to Speed " by Annalee
Newitz April, 10, 2006 |
| TCS
Daily
"A Rapture for the Rest of Us," by Glen H. Reynolds.
05 April 2006 |
| Boston
FIRST Regional Robotics Competition (114
MB .wmv)
Friday, March 24, 2006 - Saturday, March 25, 2006 |
CNN.com
Transcripts CNN Live Event/Special "A Look
at How Technology May Shape our Future World,"
Aired March 25, 2006 - 15:00 ET |
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| NPR
"Thinkers Lay Out the Beliefs They Can't Prove,"
Talk of the Nation, March 9, 2006 |
| The
Huffington Post (The Blog) "One Faith, One Lord,
One Baptism - One Supercomputer?" by RJ Eskow 3-6-06 |
| California
Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology
"Challenging Students to Think: Smarr Presents Radical
Scenarios of the Future" by Stephanie Sides. February
21, 2006 |
| Ottawa
Citizen "Humanity's next great leap," published:
Thursday, February 09, 2006 |
| Yahoo!
Finance "Futurist Ray Kurzweil Tells Georgia
Technology Summit the Melding of Humans and Machines is
Near". Wednesday February 8, 4:01 pm ET |
| CRN
"Ray Kurzweil" interview by Sandar Olson. 12/05 |
| The
Futurist (1MB
pdf) The Future of Human-Machine Intelligence
-by Ray Kurzweil. March-April 2006 |
| Richmond
Times-Dispatch
"Quest for immortality continues" by Walter
Witschey. Wed, 25 Jan 2006 |
| Political
Cortex,
"Last Off Ramp Before Armageddon" by Devilstower.
01/20/2006 |
| boingboing.com
Cool
Tools Reviews "good books," Tuesday, January
17, 2006 |
| Ubiquity
"SINGULARITY: UBIQUITY INTERVIEWS RAY KURZWEIL"
January 10-17 2006 |
Stuff.com
"Soothsayers predict what lies ahead for mankind,"
17 January 2006 |
| Ubiquity
"Ubiquity Alert: An Interview With Ray Kurzweil,"
Volume 7, Issue 1. January 10, 2006-January 17, 2006 |
| ComputerWorld.com
Ray Kurzweil: IT Will Be Everything, by Gary Anthes. January
09, 2006 |
| Edge.org
"The
Third Culture" Ray Kurzweil. by John Brockman. Jan.1st,
2006. |
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NPR
"Ray
Kurzweil: Life in the Future," Talk of the Nation.
December 23, 2005 |
The
Register
"TechScape: I'm going to live forever Kurzweil's
faith in the future" by Bill Robinson
Published Friday 23rd December 2005 10:42 GMT |
What
is Enlightenment Magazine
(HTML)"Chasing
Immortality- The Technology of Eternal Life, an interview
with Ray Kurzweil"by Craig Hamilton.
- Click here
for the PDF |
| CRN.com
"Industry
Hall of Fame. Ray Kurzweil, Founder, Chai rman & CEO,
Kurzweil Technologies" by Heather Clancy, Fri. Dec.
09, 2005 |
| Z+Blog!
"The Singularity is Near" posted
by Ann Marie Healy on 12/08/2005 |
| Motor
Trend, "The Asphalt Jungle:
Street Smart" by Arthur St. Antoine. October 2005
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| Chicago
Tribune, "Falling Behind
The Curve?" by Alison Neumer. Published December
4, 2005 |
| TomPeters!
"Cool Friend: Kurzweil"
posted on 11-30-05 by Cathy Mosca |
| Diane
Rehm Show, "11:00, Ray
Kurzweil: 'The Singularity Is Near'," 11/23/2005 |
G’Day
World, “On The Pod”
#57 - Ray Kurzweil
November 3rd, 2005 by Cameron Reilly |
| CNN
Money, "My golden rule
- 49 leaders, from Buffett to Spitzer, share their secrets
to success." November 28, 2005: 1:37 PM EST |
| SETI
Institute "This Week; The
Singularity," reporter Bud Gundy. November 27, 2005 |
| Gaurdian
Unlimited, "The ideas interview:
Ray Kurzweil," Monday November 21, 2005 |
| Do
Computers Dream Of Silicon Sheep?: Anxieties of the Spiritual
Machine, (PDF
176 MB) by Richard Behrens |
| L.A.
City Beat, "We’re Doomed!" by Mick
Farren. 11-17-05 |
| ChannelWeb,"Visionary
Kurzweil Touts Technologies Of Tomorrow" by Kevin
McLaughlin, CRN Tue. Nov. 15, 2005 |
PR
Newswire via Yahoo! Finance,
"CMP Media's CRN Inducts Five Technology Innovators
into the CRN Industry Hall of Fame"
Wednesday November 16, 10:05 am ET |
| New
York Times (1 MB jpeg)"Recipe
for Destruction", by Ray Kurzweil and Bill Joy, October
17, 2005 |
| San
Jose Mercury News Sun, "Can
technology make us superhuman?" by Lynn Yarris. 13
Nov 2005 3:15 AM PST |
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Charlie
Rose on PBS,
Ray Kurzweil is interviewed about his new book,
The Singularity is Near, When Humans Transcend Biology
on November 1, 2005 (30 minutes)
- Click here
to view the interveiw (Windows Media Player 9 or
newer, 320 x 240 image, 89 meg streaming file)
- Click here
to view the interveiw (Quicktime, 160 x 120 image,
264 meg streaming file) |
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| WIRED
"Robert Moog (1934-2005) " - by Ray Kurzweil.
Issue 13.11 - November 2005 |
| Forbes
"Moore's Law, Kurzweil And Telecosm Stocks"
by George Gilder, Gilder Technology Report, 11.03.05,
12:00 PM ET |
AlwaysOn
"The Future of Technology is Inside You—Literally!"
by John Furrier
Click here
for podcasts.10.25.05 @07:00 |
Forbes
"Ray
Kurzweil On Merging With Machines"
10.24.05, 9:00 AM ET |
New
York Times Magazine "Beyond Human," by Christopher
Caldwell
Published: October 23, 2005 |
| Investor's
Business Daily "Nanobots Will Help Battle Ills
In Future," by Brian Deagon. Posted 10/21/2005 |
Information
Week "Robo-Thought Nears,"
by By Eric Chabrow.
Click here
for podcasts.-Oct. 17, 2005 |
| Internet
Time Group "The Singularity
is Near," by Jay Cross. Monday, September 19, 2005.
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| Future
Salon "Age of Anxiety
Future Salon" September 29, 2005 |
| Tech
News World Transcending
Biology Calls for Transcending Red Tape. By
Sonia Arrison 10/14/05 5:00 AM PT |
| The
Christian Science Monitor "Progress at light
speed" by Gregory M. Lamb. October 13, 2005 edition
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| Goldseek.com
"Aah, Brave New World" by: John
Mauldin, Millennium Wave Advisors -- Posted Sunday, 9
October 2005 |
|
Philadelphia
Inquirer
Listen
to an interview with author Ray Kurzweil. Posted on Mon,
Oct. 10, 2005 |
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WBUR.org
On Point: "Rise of the Machines," Aired: Monday,
October 03, 2005 11-12PM ET, by host Tom Ashbrook. |
| LifeExtension
magazine (PDF
3.2MB) "Futurist Ray Kurzweil: On
Building Bridges Toward Immortality," written by
Jon VanZile and published in the September 2005 issue.
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| NewScientist.com
Click here
for PDF(PDF
3.2MB) "Human
life: The next generation," written by Ray Kurzweil,
New Scientist, September 24, 2005 |
| Forbes,
"Long Live AI," by Ray
Kurzweil, published in August 2005. |
|
NPR
radio, Click
here
to download (MP3
file) "Here
and Now," Clip used with permission
of public radio station WBUR, Boston.
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| What
Is Englightenment Magazine
"Chasing Immortality,"
an interview with Ray Kurzweil by Craig Hamilton, published
in the Autumn 2005 issue. |
| BusinessWeek,"Prophet
of Longevity" by Otis Port, published August 1, 2005 |
| Edge.org,
"The Edge of Computation:
A Conversation with J. Craig Venter, Ray Kurzweil, and
Rodney Brooks," created for the TED Conference, June,
2005 |
| Inc.
Magazine,"Entrepreneurs We Love,"
- April, 2005 |
| Fast
Company,"60 Seconds with Ray Kurzweil,"
- April, 2005 |
| CIO,"Machine
Dreams," - October 15, 2004 |
| Investor's
Business Daily,(PDF
514KB) September 22, 2004 |
| Time,
"Future Visions," - February 17, 2003 |
| What
is Enlightenment
"Faster Forward - Impressions of Our Emerging Future"
by Melissa Hoffman.Sping-Summer 2003 |
| Invention
& Technology,(PDF
1MB) "Hall of Fame interview,"
- Spring, 2003 |
| CIO,(PDF
345KB)"The CIO 20/20 Vision Awards,"
- October 1, 2002 |
| WIRED,
(PDF 3MB) "Kurzweil's Law,"
- Apri,l 2001 |
| Upside,
(PDF 2MB)
"Claim to Fame," - February, 2001 |
| Time,
(PDF 732KB)
"Will My PC Be Smarter Than I am?" - June 19,
2000 |
| Psychology
Today, (PDF
1.2MB) "Live Forever," - February,
2000 |
| Technology
Review, (PDF
1MB) "The Story of the 21st. Century,"
- January/February, 2000 |
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